The University of Macau (UM) and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) have signed a memorandum of understanding to ‘encourage contact and co-operation between faculty members, departments, and research institutions,’ a statement from the University of Macau reads. In addition, the agreement is also aimed at pursuing ‘various forms of co-operation, including visits of academic staff to deliver lectures, hold seminars and discussions, teach courses, conduct research and supervise student studies; visits of students to attend courses and conducting studies.’ Under this agreement, both the University of Macau and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati are expected to organise the joint development of teaching programmes and collaboration of faculty and students on research projects. “Ever since the world-renowned TV programme 60 Minutes, produced by CBS of the United States, showed the intellectual prowess of the early seven Indian Institutes of Technology, one being Guwahati, the world has become aware of the importance of these institutions,” said UM Rector Wei Zhao. This is the first top institution in India to sign such a document with the University of Macau, the statement added.
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