Hanyang University of Korea to set up a branch campus in Malaysia
Hanyang University President Lim Duck-ho said Wednesday the school plans to set up branches in Asian countries where Korea's economic and cultural presence is growing as part of its globalization programs.
Its first branch school will be established in the Malaysian city of Seremban, some 60 kilometers southeast of the capital Kuala Lumpur by 2014 in close partnership with the city government and Beta Group, a Malaysian engineering firm.
The school, tentatively named Hanyang Malaysia Institute of Technology (HMIT), will be built on 19,000-square-meters of land that Seremban will provide for free. Beta Group will construct buildings and develop the area.
"The concept of the HMIT is an institution of higher education that will specialize in offering technology and engineering courses. That's where Hanyang has a competitive edge," Lim said in an interview.
Under the plan, the HMIT will operate 10 undergraduate courses for some 2,400 Malaysian students in electronics, engineering science, business administration as well as international studies. Its faculty members will include about 20 experienced professors who have taught in Hanyang, according to the school (READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE FROM KOREATIMES)
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