UGM and Ibaraki University (IU) has established partnership since 2000. Also similar in that year, the Faculty of Agriculture UGM (Faperta) has become the major goal of Ibaraki University in any advancement activity such as KKN, student exchange as a goal of further study of master and doctoral students, as well as the summer course.
One of the active contacts in this partnership is Prof. Tatsuo Sato from IU. Many activities have been carried out since the 2000s such as collaboration in agriculture conducted at KKN in Central Java.
The development of partnership between the two parties developed to the MoU at the university level. The first MoU with UGM was held in 2010. Then it was continued in 2012 that a Double Degree partnership was formed with the UGM Biotechnology Graduate School and IU's Graduate School of Agriculture.
This partnership also launched various scholarships offered by Japan and Indonesia, one of which is MEXT which has been offered since 2007. IU participated in the AIMS in which has been initiated by the Faculty of Agriculture in ASEAN and until now the number of applicants continues to increase.
On this basis, UGM and IU re-signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) last Tuesday (11/2). The MoA was signed by the Chancellor of IU, UGM Rector, Prof. Ir. Panut Mulyono, M. Eng., D. Eng., IPU, ASEAN Eng., Dean of UGM Faculty of Agriculture, Dr. Jamhari, S.P., M.P., and Prof. Tatsuo Sato (IU). The signing of the MoA was also attended by representatives of the deans, heads of international units, cooperation, and alumni, IU alumni, OIA representatives, and other stakeholders.
Besides the signing of the MoA, there was also a room launching that will be used as a Joint Office at UGM Faculty of Agriculture. The room official launching was inaugurated by UGM Rector and IU Candidate Rector namely Prof. Hiroyuki Ohta and the Dean of UGM Faculty of Agriculture with a ribbon-cutting and embedding of Joint Office rooms.
Author: Abdul Hakam Najah
Translator: Natasa