M`SIAN UNIVERSITY FOSTERS COLLABORATION WITH UZBEKISTAN VARSITIES

KANGAR (Malaysia) -- Jan 30 (Bernama) -- The University of Malaysia, Perlis
(UniMAP), located at the northernmost part of the Malaysian peninsula, has
fostered collaboration with three institutions of higher learning in Uzbekistan.

Its chancellor, the Regent of Perak Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail,
said the institutions were Tashkent State Technical University (TSTU),
Uzbekistan State University of World Language (USUWL), and Samarkand State
Architectural and Civil Engineering Institute (SAACEI).

The collaboration is aimed at paving the way for student and lecturer
exchange programmes and joint research and cooperation in academic and
engineering programmes, he said when contacted by Bernama Friday.

Syed Faizuddin is heading UniMAP three-day visit to Uzbekistan which started
on Thursday.

"UniMAP would benefit from the collaboration with the three renowned
institutions," he said.

UniMAP was represented by its vice-chancellor Prof Dr Kamarudin Hussin
at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
institutions while TSTU was represented by its rector, Dr Shaabidov Sorahmat
Askarovic and USUWL by its rector, Prof Abdulla Ismailov.

TSTU and USUWL are located in Tashkent while SSAACI in Samarkand.

The Perlis Regent also visited Tashkent Medical Academy and held
discussions with rectors of National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent Islamic
University, Tashkent Medical Academy and Samarkand State University.

He also met Uzbekistan Deputy Prime Minister Kasimov Rustam Sabirovich and
two deputy higher education ministers.

Eighty Uzbekistan students are currently pursuing higher studies in
Malaysia.
-- BERNAMA