Events
Opening Ceremony of the Overseas Base of “Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities” and “International Center for Human Resource Development in Environmental Management” in the University of Malaya
Date: January 20, 2010
Venue: Auditorium, Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Organized by:
- University of Malaya
- Kyoto University Global COE Program “Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities”
Co-organized by:
SCF Project “Kyoto University International Center for Human Resource Development in Environmental Management”
Number of attendants: about 100
Report 084
Outline
In November 2009, Kyoto University GCOE Program “Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities” signed the MOU with the University of Malaya to establish its seventh overseas base. This ceremony aimed at celebrating the establishment of the Kuala Lumpur base, as well as sharing expectation and prospects of the base.
Report
In the opening ceremony, Y.Bhg. Prof. Dato’ Dr. Mohd. Jamil Maah, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Malaya, delivered an opening address. Then Prof. Koichiro Oshima, the Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, described the past exchanges between Kyoto University and the University of Malaya, and also his hopes on the new base. Also Y.Bhg. Datuk Dr. Ghauth Jasmon, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Malaya, explained significance of the base in competitions among universities. HE Mr. Masahiko Horie, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Malaysia, expressed his hopes on the program in fluent Bahasa Melayu, the official language in Malaysia. The two universities exchanged the MOU, and HE Mr. Horie signed a plaque. Then a gift exchange took place, and a commemorative photograph was taken lastly.
Afterwards Prof. Yuzuru Matsuoka, the leader of GCOE-HSE Program, mentioned objectives the GCOE program pursues, and the roles of human security engineering in Asia. Prof. Shigeo Fujii, the leader of the EML Program, reported e-learning activities and gave the overview of the EML Program “International Center for Human Resource Development in Environmental Management.”
After the ceremony, a press conference and a question and answer session were held, and we received several questions on the issue of exchanges of international students. Some of the key members visited the office of the base later, and the ceremony ended in success.
More than a hundred people participated in the ceremony, indicating close ties of friendship between Kyoto University and the University of Malaya. The participants showed a high level of interest in the GCOE-HSE Program and the EML Program as well. We look forward to the Kuala Lumpur base’s further development in the future.
