Dato’ Peter Ng, founder and chief executive officer of UCSI group meets the representatives from NPU.

Professor Dr Minoru Tsuzuki, Vice President of NPU signs the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff, Vice-Chancellor of UCSI University signs the MoU.

Representatives meet at the UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur campus to sign the MoU.

A group photo of members from both universities.

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UCSI University and Nihon Pharmaceutical University of Japan (NPU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic and educational collaboration in late February.

Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff, Vice-Chancellor of UCSI and Professor Dr Minoru Tsuzuki, Vice President of NPU, exchanged the MoU in the presence of Dato’ Peter Ng, founder and chief executive officer of UCSI group.

Professor Dr Yeoh Peng Nam, Dean of UCSI Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, staff members of the faculty, representatives of both universities and member of the media were also present.

The MoU would help the universities to promote educational and research activities based on traditional medicine, mutual exchanges between students and academic staffs and the expansion of the roles of pharmacists.

Professor Dr Yeoh Peng Nam mentioned that the MoU is a great platform for UCSI students in the first and second year of their pharmaceutical course to experience a student exchange programme to Nihon. She also stated of future collaboration extending to other faculties in UCSI.

During the press conference, Professor Dr Minoru Tsuzuki expressed his gratitude towards everyone in UCSI especially to Vice-Chancellor, Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff. ‘

’It is a great opportunity for us and a beginning of a strong relationship in the exchange and development of research for both universities’.

Founded in 2004, Nihon Pharmaceutical University was established by the Tsuzuki Gakuen Group, one of the largest educational institutions, developing from kindergarten to graduate school throughout Japan.

The university is focused on training medical professionals who understand "integrated medicine" combining the Eastern/Western medicine with preventive medicine and to adopt these concepts in modern society.