The Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nanjing Forestry University, in Nanjing, China, aiming to enhance mutual respect by sharing knowledge in terms of academic and research work exchange between the two parties.
The partnership is set to enhance relations and mutual understanding through a diverse range of activities including the exchange of academic and administrative staff, students, the organization of joint training programs, conferences, workshops, research projects, and joint funding applications. There will also be an exchange of academic information and materials along with other educational collaborations agreed upon by both institutions.
Chancellor Alizedney M. Ditucalan, expressing his gratitude and excitement at the signing ceremony, emphasized the strategic alliance's critical role in advancing the mission and vision of MSU-IIT. He passionately talked about how such partnerships pave the way for a sustainable future benefiting not just the present but also future generations.
Attending the signing ceremony from MSU-IIT were Vice Chancellor for International Affairs Joey Genevieve Martinez and this writer. NJFU was represented by their Vice President Prof. Yin Tongming and the deans of the various colleges of NJFU.
NJFU, a provincial public university in Jiangsu, China, is part of the Chinese central government’s World First-Class Universities and Academic Disciplines Construction initiative that started in 2015. This policy aims to elevate universities to world-class status by 2050 by emphasizing the development of their faculties and departments.
This partnership marks MSU-IIT's third collaborative venture with a Chinese university, joining current endeavors with Nanjing Agricultural University and East China University of Science and Technology.
This MOU that MSU-IIT shall have with NJFU calls for the betterment of their academic goals, impacting the global education environment massively. It would thus envisage a future when academics communities are connected and hence prospering together.
