UQ strengthens Indonesian ties

Members of the UQ senior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University’s presence in one of Asia’s strongest performing economies.

The highly successful trip included UQ Alumni events in Jakarta and Yogyakarta, an UQ Research Seminar held at the Australian Embassy and the announcement of a new UQ Indonesian Alumni Award.

The UQ delegation visited two of Indonesia’s leading universities, the University of Indonesia and Universitas Gadjah Mada. The visit to the University of Indonesia involved a signing ceremony to renew a joint program in psychology as well as a new agreement for the articulation of engineering students.

The UQ delegation met with Indonesian government bodies including the Ministry of Education, Bank of Indonesia, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Communication and Information.

A seminar at the Australian embassy in Jakarta provided an opportunity for UQ to profile itself to an audience comprised of more than 130 university executives, academics, government officers and staff from Indonesian research institutions and philanthropic organisations. The seminar included keynote presentations by the UQ senior executive on international research collaboration and commercialisation.

UQ Indonesian alumni celebrations to mark UQ’s Centenary were held in Yogyakarta and Jakarta with more than 200 UQ alumni and guests attending.

At the Jakarta event, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Deborah Terry announced a new alumni award which will provide funding in 2011 for UQ Indonesian graduates to engage in collaborative research projects at The University of Queensland.

The Indonesian alumni events are part of a global calendar of Centenary celebrations stretching across Asia, North America and Europe.

Media: Darren Wise (d.wise@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 4746) at UQ International, or Allison Rock (Allison.rock@uqconnect.edu.au or 07 3365 2619) at UQ Communications