NTU and ITB Pursue Collaborations through Annual Bilateral Workshops

To strengthen collaboration with the Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung, ITB), Indonesia, the NTU College of Engineering hosted the “2018 Bilateral Workshop Between National Taiwan University and Institut Teknologi Bandung” on May 3, 2018.

The delegation, led by ITB Vice President, Prof. Dr. Bermawi Iskandar, was composed of nine deans, vice deans, and directors specializing in a diversity of fields from ITB. After meeting NTU Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs Ching-Ray Chang (張慶瑞), the delegation visited the College of Engineering, where both sides started the discussion about establishing a dual/double degree program. Both institutes also agreed on making this bilateral workshop an annual event in the future.

In the afternoon, the ITB delegation participated in parallel sessions with the college’s departments and graduate institutes. During the sessions, a number of departments signed MOUs and exchange student agreements with the delegation.

ITB is the best university in engineering in Indonesia, and is also a member of the Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering (AOTULE), as is the NTU College of Engineering.