KUCHING: Management and Science University (MSU) will lead the Asean Scholars on International Education Network (Ascien) -a non-profit academic collaboration between four other universities in the region.
In a press statement from MSU, the other universities are Bogor Agricultural University from Indonesia, Thammasat University (Thailand), SEAMEO-RETRAC (Vietnam); and University of Philippines Manila (the Philippines).
Ascien seeks to promote mobility, credit transfers, quality assurance and research clustering among students, besides harmonising regional communications, networking and professionalism as a roadmap to the setting up of a definitive regional guideline
To leverage its connections and key resources, Ascien is set to further gather the collective powers of governments, corporations, academic institutions and communities through a series of profile-raising activities and membership drive slated between 2016 and 2019.
Meanwhile, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed at MSU recently which marks the establishment of Ascien as a major regional drive among higher education in the Asean region.
With an aim to present Asean as a hub provider for international higher education, Ascien is committed to support the internationalisation of higher education in the Asean region.