New UM-Tsinghua institute on the cards


Grand plans: Prof Yang, Prof Noor Azuan (third and fourth from left) and UM and Tsinghua University management and academics, posing for a photo during the visit.

ESTABLISHED in 1911, China’s Tsinghua University, and Universiti Malaya (UM), the country’s oldest and highest ranked institution, will collaborate to set up the UM-Tsinghua Institute in KL, and to create a comprehensive educational ecosystem encompassing various research areas.

UM vice chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Noor Azuan Abu Osman said preliminary discussions have started on the possibilities of setting up of the UM-Tsinghua Institute to be based in UM, which will represent a transformative step in educational and research collaborations between UM and Tsinghua University.

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