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Engineering colleges sign pact with Sydney varsity
“Students can now have hands-on industry exposure in Australia.”
Chennai-based RMK & RMD Colleges of Engineering signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, to foster academic and research cooperation between them. The MoU was signed with specific, mutually acceptable aims of general forms of cooperation that include student/faculty visits and exchange programmes and exchange of information including, but not limited to, library materials and research publications.
The institutions will also collaborate on course development and delivery. In addition, there will be joint research activities to cater to the increasing scope of global research and joint participations in internationally-funded projects.
The MoU was signed by Prof. David S. Goodman, deputy vice-chancellor, UTS, and R.S. Munirathinam, founder & chairman, RMK & RMD Colleges of Engineering.
“With increasing globalisation, this MoU will certainly prove a boon to RMK & RMD students. They can now be active participants in global research and get to know emerging trends. They can now have hands-on industry exposure in Australia — one of the preferred education destinations for Indian students,” said Mr. Munirathinam. UTS is a cosmopolitan university, with the largest campus in the inner city of Sydney. It is a contemporary and progressive university with a global perspective that is linked to the knowledge requirements of industry and its professionals globally.
“One of our key strengths is the social and cultural diversity of our students, staff and partners in the professions and the community. This diversity has created an exciting and rich learning environment that prepares graduates for a borderless workplace. Our excellence in teaching and learning performance was recognised by the Australian government in the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund 2008, where we were ranked Equal First in Australia,” said Ross Milbourne, vice-chancellor and president, UTS.
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