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Monash signs agreement with Bunda Mulia University

9 November 2005

Monash University has signed an agreement with Indonesia's Bunda Mulia University that will give information technology undergraduates from Bunda Mulia access to Monash's IT program.

After completing two years of study in Indonesia, the IT students will be able to enter Monash's Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems in Australia or Malaysia.

On completion of their studies, the students will receive dual degrees from Bunda Mulia University and Monash.

Monash University Malaysia's pro vice-chancellor, Professor Merilyn Liddell, said the agreement was a strategic move by the university to enhance academic links with high-calibre universities in the region.

She said the collaboration would create an effective and economical pathway for IT students from Jakarta to undertake quality education at any of the Monash campuses, including the Malaysia campus.

Indonesian students form the largest group of international students at the Malaysia campus, ahead of Sri Lanka and China, she said.

"There are plans for similar articulation agreements to be extended to other programs at Monash University Malaysia, particularly for the business courses.

"If everything goes as planned, the first batch of students will be joining Monash during the July intake next year."

Professor Liddell signed the agreement in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Miss Rita Djoko Susanto, the chairperson of the Bunda Mulia Education Foundation.