Tehran University, Putra Malaysia sign MoU on academic coop.
Tehran University, Putra Malaysia sign MoU on academic coop.

 University of Tehran and the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide the grounds for joint research projects with a focus on social responsibility. During a meeting between UT’s Vice President for Research, Mohammad Rahimian, and the Senior Vice President of UPM, Renuganth Varatharajoo, in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

 University of Tehran and the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide the grounds for joint research projects with a focus on social responsibility.

During a meeting between UT’s Vice President for Research, Mohammad Rahimian, and the Senior Vice President of UPM, Renuganth Varatharajoo, in Tehran on Tuesday, the two sides agreed to conduct joint researches in the fields of “health communication” and “students’ life quality”.

The two projects will be concurrently carried out in Iran and Malaysia.

During the meeting, both sides also exchanged ideas on various topics, especially the Malaysian university’s programs on social responsibility and interaction with industry and community.

UPM is among Malaysia’s leading research universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a wide range of fields such as science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business and social science. UPM was ranked 229th best university in the world in 2017.