The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh has moved forward to increase higher education and joint research opportunities for Bangladeshi students in
Malaysian Universities.
The initiative was considered at a meeting on international cooperation and networking between Bangladesh and Malaysian universities at the UGC in Dhaka
on 17 July, according to a press release.
UGC Chairman Professor Dr SMA Faiz was there as the chief guest while Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Mohammad Suhada Osman, UGC members
Professor Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan, Professor Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Professor Md Saidur Rahman and Professor Masuma Habib were present as
Special guests at the event.
The event covered scholarship opportunities, joint masters, teacher-student exchange, PhD and postgraduate programmes, cooperation in biotechnology and
health sciences research, increasing industry-academia linkages, exchange of languages and cultures, invitation of joint research applications, organisation of
policy dialogue on good governance in higher education and strengthening climate resilience between Bangladesh and Malaysian universities.
UGC chairman Professor Dr Syed Muhammed Abul Faiz stated that Malaysia had many top-tier universities, and they are providing the same quality of education as the Western universities are providing. They have the strength needed in higher education and research.
He also stressed that it was essential to solve other recurring issues, including credit transfer and visa complications so that more students can get the chance to go for higher education in both countries.
Vice Chancellor of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology Professor Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan, Noakhali University of Science and Technology
pro-VC Professor Mohammad Rezwanul Haque, and UGC secretary Md Fakhrul Islam, among others, joined the event.