The UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Malaysian Ministry
of Education on Sunday 18th of May, 2014. His Excellency the Minister
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, and His Excellency Haji Idris bin Jusoh,
Malaysian Minister of Education signed the MoU within the framework of the
recent visit of the Malaysian Prime Minister to the UAE.
In an effort by the Ministry of Higher Education and
Scientific Research, and by the directives of his Excellency the Minister
Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, to encourage cooperation between
universities and institutions of higher education and scientific research in
both the UAE and other countries, including cooperation in research and
technology, especially joint research projects, this Memorandum came to activate
cooperation between the two countries, continue the bilateral relations between
the two countries, and provide an important opportunity to expand the horizons
of the cultural and scientific exchange between both countries, as they realize
the importance of higher education as one of the supportive factors for economic
development and strengthening relationships between both parties. Therefore,
they both agreed on exchanging information on the education system and
accreditation of academic certificates, as well as exchanging academics,
teachers, trainers, experts and students between higher education institutions
in coordination with the Malaysian Ministry of Education and the UAE Ministry
of Higher Education and Scientific Research, with regard to programs of mutual
interest to both parties, exchanging information about the system and structure
of higher education, reforms, and modern educational techniques, exchanging
visits and training faculty members and administrators, exchanging scholarships
to continue education in the higher education institutions recognized by both countries,
mutual recognition of the academic, vocational, and multi- technology
qualifications, the possibility of mutual recognition of qualifications, for
instance, the academic, vocational, technical, artistic, and scientific
qualification, and supporting the exchange of expertise in the fields of information
technology, communication, technical and vocational education, mathematics, and
sciences, and any other area of cooperation in the field of higher education
between them.
His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, discussed with the Malaysian Prime Minister the cooperation
and friendship between UAE And Malaysia, and means of supporting and developing
them, in order to achieve mutual interest between the two countries and
nations, and his Highness emphasized that the continuation of the excellent
relations is in the best interest of both countries and peoples, which leads to
building a typical relationship that seeks to expand horizons of cooperation in
the different educational, economic, and investment fields, and both his
Highness and the Malaysian Prime Minister witnessed signing of the Memorandum.
19/05/2014