MoU with National Yang-Ming University

UTAR and National Yang-Ming University (NYMU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for dual Master’s degree programme at UTAR Sungai Long Campus on 3 August 2015.

“Today marks a new begining for Yang-Ming and UTAR. Today’s event is just the beginning for many greater collaborations between us”, said National Yang-Ming University President Prof Dr Liang Kung-Yee.

“Even though today’s MoU is for dual Master’s degree programme, I hope our institutions will not only collaborate on the field of medicine, but also in other science and technology areas,” said UTAR President Ir Prof Academician Dato' Dr Chuah Hean Teik.

Also present at the ceremony were, Vice President of UST Prof Cheng Cheng-Chen, UTAR Vice President (Internationalisation and Academic Development) Prof Dr Ewe Hong Tat, Dean of UTAR Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Emeritus Prof Dr Cheong Soon Keng, Deputy Dean of Medical School NYMU Prof Huang Chih-Hsien, and Dean of Office of International Affairs Li Chuan.

Also, the 4th UTAR Seminar on Stem Cell and iPSC Research (SCiP) were held in conjunction with the 1st UTAR-UST Symposium in Stem Cell Research on 3 and 4 August.

In 2014, an MoU on research collaboration was signed between UTAR and the University System Taiwan (UST), Taiwan, which includes four prominent national public universities, Yang Ming, Tsing Hua, Central, and Chiao Tung.

It was agreed between UTAR and UST to regularly hold joint research symposia between the two university systems. UTAR has now taken the lead to hold the first joint research symposium in stem cell research in 2015.

One of the booths at the 4th UTAR Seminar onSCiP and 1st UTAR-UST Symposium in Stem Cell Research

Prof Liang and Prof Chuah with the signed MoU agreements

Prof Liang giving his opening address