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45880
Mon, 02/16/2009 - 17:30
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AZAD UNIVERSITY MULLS BRANCH IN MALAYSIA
From Nor Faridah Abd Rashid
TEHRAN, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- Iran's Islamic Azad University (IAU) is looking at the possibility of opening a branch campus in Malaysia, its International Scientific-Cultural Cooperation director-general M. Setoudeh said Monday.
He said the university, founded in 1982, planned to have an office in
Malaysia first, before pursuing with the initiative to open the branch campus.
"Azad University is also keen to have some kind of cooperation with a
university in Malaysia," he said in a briefing to women journalists from various
countries taking part in a programme organised by Iran's Islamic Culture and
Relations Organisation (ICRO), in conjunction with the Islamic Republic's 30th
anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Setoudeh said IAU held discussions with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
recently, concerning cooperation regarding scientific and cultural ties.
Apart from Malaysia, IAU also plans to expand its campus to Kuwait and
Azerbaijan in the next few years, and also open branch campuses in China and
Mauritania.
The IAU, a private network of universities, already has branches in
Zanzibar, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Armenia, and is acknowledged as
a university which provides programmes that promote innovation and development.
With a student population of some 1.5 million, IAU is considered a mega
university and is the largest in Iran and the world.
The university has a mammoth role in the promotion of culture, education and
science throughout Iran, and now seeks to establish such academic relations with
other counties.
In line with this, it has signed agreements and memoranda of understanding
with over 45 well-known universities worldwide.
Setoudeh said that IAU, a non-governmental and non-profit network, did not
rely on any financing from the government or any other sector.
"IAU does not belong to anyone and expenses are covered by students' fees,"
he added.
-- BERNAMA
TEHRAN, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- Iran's Islamic Azad University (IAU) is looking at the possibility of opening a branch campus in Malaysia, its International Scientific-Cultural Cooperation director-general M. Setoudeh said Monday.
He said the university, founded in 1982, planned to have an office in
Malaysia first, before pursuing with the initiative to open the branch campus.
"Azad University is also keen to have some kind of cooperation with a
university in Malaysia," he said in a briefing to women journalists from various
countries taking part in a programme organised by Iran's Islamic Culture and
Relations Organisation (ICRO), in conjunction with the Islamic Republic's 30th
anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Setoudeh said IAU held discussions with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
recently, concerning cooperation regarding scientific and cultural ties.
Apart from Malaysia, IAU also plans to expand its campus to Kuwait and
Azerbaijan in the next few years, and also open branch campuses in China and
Mauritania.
The IAU, a private network of universities, already has branches in
Zanzibar, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Armenia, and is acknowledged as
a university which provides programmes that promote innovation and development.
With a student population of some 1.5 million, IAU is considered a mega
university and is the largest in Iran and the world.
The university has a mammoth role in the promotion of culture, education and
science throughout Iran, and now seeks to establish such academic relations with
other counties.
In line with this, it has signed agreements and memoranda of understanding
with over 45 well-known universities worldwide.
Setoudeh said that IAU, a non-governmental and non-profit network, did not
rely on any financing from the government or any other sector.
"IAU does not belong to anyone and expenses are covered by students' fees,"
he added.
-- BERNAMA
