The President of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Dr. Ir. Panut Mulyono, led the delegation with 20 deans and professors from different colleges, including Dean of Engineering College, Prof. Dr. Ir. Nizam, and Dean of Science College, Prof. Dr. Triyono, to visit Tunghai University. This is the first time that UGM visited Taiwan with so many academic directors, a development which reflected the close relationship between UGM and Tunghai University.

Photo of President Universitas Gadjah Mada, Dr. Ir. Panut Mulyono, and President of Tunghai University, Dr. Wang, Mao-Jiun.

Tunghai University is the manager of the Taiwan Education Center(TEC) in Jakarta, and in February 2018 organized the Higher Educational Fair at UGM with twenty other Taiwanese university participants. During the Fair, Professor Chien Shih-Sen from the Department of Physics recruited two MA students from the Physics Department at UGM who are now studying for their PhD at Tunghai University.

The Universitas Gadjah Mada, founded in 1949, is the first public research university established after the foundation of Indonesia. With the title of the oldest higher educational system, UGM has a great reputation in Indonesia. According to the QS Ranking system, it is ranked 105 among Asian universities. So far, there are 18 faculties, 27 research centers and around 55,000 students at Universitas Gadjah Mada. President Wang Mao-Jiun welcomed the delegation and introduced Tunghai University to the guests. This was followed by a signing ceremony during which the College of Engineering and the College of Science signed collaboration agreements with their respective partners at UGM.

The College of Science of both universities signing an MoU.