Hasanuddin University and Szeged University, Hungary, agreed to cooperate in the field of tri-dharma (education, research, and community service) development. The agreement was stated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Vice-Rector for Partnership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Business (Prof. Dr. Eng. Adi Maulana, S.T., M.Phil) and the Vice-Rector for Foreign Relations (Prof. Dr. Peter Zakar). The activity took place at Szeged University, Hungary, on Saturday (01/10).
Through an interview on Monday (03/10), the Vice-Rector for Partnership, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Business, Prof. Dr. Eng. Adi Maulana, S.T., M.Phil., explained that Szeged University is the best university in Hungary and has some of the best faculties in Central Europe.
In general, Prof. Adi said that Unhas continues to build partnerships with various sectors, including reputable foreign universities. This is one of the steps that Unhas is taking to reach WCU by making partnerships bigger.
Furthermore, Prof. Adi said that partnerships with various parties were needed by Unhas to expand its benefits for the nation and state. Collaboration with foreign partners, changing knowledge and experience, and working together on research will all have a big effect.
“There are several Unhas lecturers who are temporarily continuing their doctoral education there and also some lecturers who are temporarily conducting research. Szeged University opens full scholarship opportunities from the Hungarian government for doctoral degrees and for visiting research from Unhas. Hopefully, it can be used especially for student exchange programs, research collaboration, and other internationalization activities,” explained Prof Adi.
On various occasions, Unhas continues to maximize collaboration with various partners nationally and globally. This is done with the hope that, in addition to growing the number of partners, it will also have an effect on the WCU’s quality and ranking.
The WCU is a means of self-evaluation to find out the position of Unhas in its work at the international level, where there are indicators to measure the quality and contribution of Unhas to the progress of world higher education.
Kumara Tungga Dewa, S.S.
Editor: Supratman
