UMP and HsMA Germany will offer dual degree business engineering programs

Kuala Lumpur, 9 February 2022- The strategic collaboration between Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (HsMA) will expand academic collaboration at the international level in leading German engineering education (Fachhochschule) in the country.

This collaboration will benefit from the sharing of expertise in academics, research, staff and student exchanges as well as industrial training.

In this program saw Professor Dato 'Ts Dr Yuserrie Zainuddin who performs the functions of Vice Chancellor of UMP and Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Management, Dr. Mohd. Hanafiah Ahmad signed the MoA.

While the HsMA was represented by the Rector of HsMA, Professor Dr. Astrid Hedtke-Becker and Head of Department of the Faculty of Engineering and Management, Professor Dr. Mathias Hafner signed the deal online.

Also witnessing the event was the Chairman of the UMP Board of Directors, Tan Sri Dato 'Sri Dr. Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman and the German Ambassador to Malaysia, HE Dr. Peter Blomeyer.

According to Tan Sri Dato 'Sri Dr. Abdul Aziz, UMP and HsMA agreed to offer the Business Engineering program that will be offered from the next intake.

"Students will receive two degrees when they graduate, namely the Bachelor of Business Engineering from the Faculty of Industrial Management (UMP) and the Bachelor of Engineering and International Management (HsMA)," he said.

UMP, which is now 20 years old, can be proud to gain international trust as a result of the successful cooperation program established starting in 2010 with Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA) and then in 2014 with Reutlingen University (HsRT).