Continuing the series of visits to Uzbekistan, the Rector of Hasanuddin University (Prof. Dr. Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, MA) with several faculty leaders, and the Rector of Hasanuddin University 2006-2014 (Prof. Dr. Dr. Idrus Paturusi, Sp.BO) held a meeting with Bukhara State University (BSU), Uzbekistan. The meeting took place Monday (11/18) morning Bukhara time. Unhas was officially welcomed by the Rector of BSU (Prof. Dr. Obidjon Khamidov), the Dean and several BSU professors and staff.
BSU is a university in the city of Bukhara, where the city is often referred to as "the oriental paris" or "age mate of rome". The university was born according to the instructions of the President of Uzbekistan on March 15, 1992, formerly known as Bukhara Pedagogical Institute (BPI) as a public university that was founded in 1930.
BSU in the Uzbek language called Buxoro Davlat Universiteti, has more than 6,500 students with a teaching staff of around 400 people. Fostering 12 faculties, namely: philology, pedagogy, preschool and primary school education, natural sciences, physical education, economics and tourism, physics-mathematics, history and cultural heritage, military education, foreign languages, arts, agronomy and biotechnology.
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Unhas and BSU was held at the Main Campus of BSU in Bukhara City. The event began with a brief introduction to each university. Furthermore, the Rector of Hasanuddin University, Prof. Dr. Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu, MA and the Rector of BSU, Prof. Dr. Obidjon Khamidov signed a memorandum of understanding. On that occasion, a discussion was carried out on the details of the cooperation plan and ended with the exchange of souvenirs and a group photo.
The event was followed by an event to enjoy some local snacks and drinks of Bukhara City. In addition, the BSU leaders conveyed some of the achievements of their university since it was founded almost 90 years ago, especially in the field of pedagogy.
The Chancellor of Unhas expressed his gratitude for the excellent reception by BSU. This visit is part of efforts to develop international networks and cross connections between scientists between two countries, not just two universities.
"As two countries with a large wealth of resources, surely this collaboration will be very useful in increasing the productivity of universities and countries," said Prof. Dwia.
Collaboration will be conducted related to education and academic activities. Specifically, joint education will be carried out (double degree, single degree, non-degree training in international classes), joint research, joint publications, lecturer and student exchanges as well as education staff, conferences and other academic activities..
Related to the collaboration between Unhas and BSU, the Rector of USB, Prof. Dr. Obidjon Khamidov welcomed and thanked about the visit and trust of the Indonesian government through Unhas by choosing BSU as one of the Unhas partners.
"We will prepare a follow-up to this collaboration and hope to visit Unhas in the near future by carrying out activities related to the agreement that was just signed," said Prof. Khamidov.
Director of Communication of Unhas, Suharman Hamzah, Ph.D, explained that in a series of visits to Uzbekistan, Unhas approached collaboration in two forms, namely specific scientific collaboration with partner universities, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
"Specifically, we want to increase achievements in the social sciences and humanities cluster. This was realized by signing an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics (TSUE), Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages (SSIFL), and Silk Road International University of Tourism (SRIUT),” said Suharman.
In another context, Unhas did not forget the collaboration that led to interdisciplinary collaboration. This model collaboration involves more work units. This will encourage various scholarships to take on the role and contribution to the achievement of targets according to the indicators that are used as a reference. (*)
