Dr. Reynaldo B. Vea, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Mapúa Institute of Technology, Philippines, led a delegation to visit National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan, January 11-13, facilitating the collaboration in engineering education with the university.

In order to strengthen the academic and research collaboration and promote teaching excellence, NCKU and Mapúa enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the smooth implementation of the Technology and Engineering Tour (TEST), the Joint Development Research (JDR), and Undergraduate Summer Course (USC).

The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the NCKU and Mapúa was held on the morning of January 12 at the College of Engineering, NCKU.

In the ceremony, NCKU Executive Vice President Cheng-Hung Huang on behalf of NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended his warm welcome to the delegation and said, “Both Mapúa Institute of Technology and the College of Engineering in NCKU are well-known research institutions in terms of engineering education.”

“Mapúa Institute of Technology is one of the top IT schools in Manila,” said Vea who visited NCKU for the first time and claimed that he was impressed by the beautiful city and the campus as well.

“I’m glad that I met some of your faculties last year in Philippines,” Vea said to Huang, “and some lectures delivered by your professors to our students and faculty members.”

Vea also said, “It’s my pleasure to be able to return the visit today to your university and in the era of globalization, I think it’s very important for schools anywhere in the world to be able to work in a global arena.”

“And we’d like to be partners with you and move up together with you in particular aspects to be globally recognized,” he continued.

NCKU College of Engineering Dean Woei-Shyan Lee also extended his welcome to the delegation and commented, “We must strengthen our international collaboration relationship to well-positioned ourselves among the world universities.”

The Delegation of Mapúa Institute of Technology includes President Vea, Dr. Delia B. Senoro, Linkage Officer & International Linkage for Research and Development, and Dr. Rosette Eira E. Camus, Dean of Admissions and International Programs.