THE HANDSHAKE: Dr Michael B. Murphy, President of University College Cork (UCC), Ireland and Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff, Vice-Chancellor and President of UCSI University shook hands on new beginnings.

BEARING WITNESS: Exchanging of the MoU was witnessed by the Irish Ambassador, His Excellency Declan Kelly (middle).

GUEST LECTURE: Dr Michael B. Murphy, President of University College Cork (UCC), Ireland share with the attendees about Professor George Boole, the inventor of Boolean algebra.

GROUP PHOTO: His Excellency Declan Kelly, Irish Ambassador to Malaysia (middle) joined by Dr Michael B. Murphy, President of University College Cork (UCC), Ireland and Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff, Vice-Chancellor and President of UCSI Univers

KUALA LUMPUR: UCSI University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with University College Cork (UCC), Ireland. The MoU calls for collaboration in research, curriculum development, mobility, and academic exchange between both universities. 

The MoU was signed by UCSI Vice-Chancellor and President Senior Professor Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff and UCC President Dr Michael B. Murphy. It was witnessed by His Excellency Declan Kelly, the Irish Ambassador, and other delegates from both universities. 

“UCSI and UCC are very similar in their academic offerings. There are quite a number of disciplines that we could develop research and students opportunities. Through this collaboration, we are keen to develop some research links here to take advantage of the European Union Horizon 2020 research funding programmes. We also look forward to have UCSI students coming to UCC to do their Masters and PhD,” said Dr Murphy. 

After the MoU signing, Dr Murphy went on to share with the attendees about Professor George Boole, the inventor of Boolean algebra (foundation of the Digital Age), who is also recognised as the first Professor of Mathematics at UCC – then known as Queen's College Cork (QCC) in the reign of Queen Victoria – from 1849 to 1864. 

UCC was named Irish University of the Year by the Sunday Times in 2003, 2005, and 2011. The 2011 QS World University Rankings assigned a 5-star rating to UCC, and ranked the university amongst the top 2% of universities worldwide. In the same year, UCC became the first university worldwide to achieve the ISO 50001 standard in energy management. 

The university also ranks fourth worldwide in terms of food research while its medical school was ranked in the top 200 for 2013.