Eight Japanese students to learn, live in Brunei
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
EIGHT Universiti Brunei Darussalam's medical students are expected to enrich their learning experiences with the arrival of eight Japanese medical students from Kagawa University to the sultanate yesterday.
Bruneian students would gain the same positive effects as Japanese students, in broadening their medical, language and cultural knowledge through the academic exchange programme, said Hashimoto Itsuo, the Japanese ambassador to Brunei.
Speaking during the welcoming ceremony for participants of the inter-institutional summer medical programme, the Japanese ambassador said that academic exchange programmes were important to the relationship between Brunei and Japan.
"I hope this programme will be successful and become one of the important stepping stones for further cooperation between the two universities," he added.
He noted that collaboration between Universiti Brunei Darussalam's Institute of Medicine and Kagawa University's Faculty of Medicine had been regarded as one of the most important collaborations under the cooperation chapter of the Japan-Brunei Economic Partnership Agreement.
"The cooperation between the two universities would surely have a mutually beneficial impact on both Brunei and Japan," he added, during the ceremony at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Siti Rohaiza Ahmad, chairperson of the inter-institutional summer medical school, said that the programme was generally aimed to enhance knowledge, skills, understanding and professional behaviour of the students.
She said that the programme, the second of its kind to be organised, would be delivered through problem-based learning techniques, which was currently adopted by the current curriculum in the undergraduate medical programme of UBD.
It is also hoped that the universities' collaboration would extend to other academic areas including research and staff exchanges, hence promoting an exchange of knowledge and expertise.
The participants who are staying for more than a month, will have an excursion trip to Kampong Ayer and other indoor activities such as a debate workshop, academic group presentations and medical lectures.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam and Kagawa University started their academic cooperation following a visit by Professor Seiji Shibata to Brunei in February 2005, and a working visit from Brunei delegation.
The Brunei Times
Bruneian students would gain the same positive effects as Japanese students, in broadening their medical, language and cultural knowledge through the academic exchange programme, said Hashimoto Itsuo, the Japanese ambassador to Brunei.
Speaking during the welcoming ceremony for participants of the inter-institutional summer medical programme, the Japanese ambassador said that academic exchange programmes were important to the relationship between Brunei and Japan.
"I hope this programme will be successful and become one of the important stepping stones for further cooperation between the two universities," he added.
He noted that collaboration between Universiti Brunei Darussalam's Institute of Medicine and Kagawa University's Faculty of Medicine had been regarded as one of the most important collaborations under the cooperation chapter of the Japan-Brunei Economic Partnership Agreement.
"The cooperation between the two universities would surely have a mutually beneficial impact on both Brunei and Japan," he added, during the ceremony at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Siti Rohaiza Ahmad, chairperson of the inter-institutional summer medical school, said that the programme was generally aimed to enhance knowledge, skills, understanding and professional behaviour of the students.
She said that the programme, the second of its kind to be organised, would be delivered through problem-based learning techniques, which was currently adopted by the current curriculum in the undergraduate medical programme of UBD.
It is also hoped that the universities' collaboration would extend to other academic areas including research and staff exchanges, hence promoting an exchange of knowledge and expertise.
The participants who are staying for more than a month, will have an excursion trip to Kampong Ayer and other indoor activities such as a debate workshop, academic group presentations and medical lectures.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam and Kagawa University started their academic cooperation following a visit by Professor Seiji Shibata to Brunei in February 2005, and a working visit from Brunei delegation.
The Brunei Times
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