By Asmahanim Amir
Pix Ikhwan Hashim

BANGI, 3 Feb, 2016 – Bilateral relations can be boosted through student exchange programmes.

“Exchange programmes enable the parties involved to share their experiences and ideas of common interests,” said UKM Vice Chancellor, Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali in his speech to welcome the delegations from Tsinghua University School of Business and Management (SEM), Beijing, China.

He regarded the visit by SEM as special because China’s economy is one of the most important economies in the world and this visit will encourage an intellectual discussion on the progress and challenges faced by China.

UKM first initiated a collaboration with universities from China – Tsinghua University and Jindal University – in 2012.

To date, four Master of Business Administration (MBA) students from the Graduate School of Business, had attended the MBA Summer Exchange Programme at SEM.

In response, a delegation from SEM, consisting of 25 students and three officers including a Professor visited the UKM-GSB, here in January for further cooperation.

They discussed issues pertaining to Malaysian government policies, Islamic banking and finance and also the traditional Malaysian Chinese family business.