Indonesia¡¯s second foreign branch campus ¡®months away¡¯

An Australian university says it is months away from establishing a ¡°fully fledged¡± campus in Indonesia, as more foreign institutions eye outposts in 바카라사이트 world¡¯s fourth most populous country.

Central Queensland University (CQU) expects to open a campus in 바카라사이트 North Sumatran capital of Medan next February, with staff and students recruited from August this year. ¡°This will be a full-suite campus with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes,¡± said CQU¡¯s vice-president for global development, Alastair Dawson, who is visiting Indonesia for 바카라사이트 signing of several agreements.

They include a deal to provide Australian MBAs to Indonesian government officials, in partnership with Jakarta¡¯s Bakrie University, and a A$10 million (?5.5 million) grant to support an institute of sustainable farming in North Sulawesi.

Mr Dawson said that 바카라사이트 ¡°Triple Helix¡± project would include industry engagement and research in agricultural technology ¨C an area of strength for CQU, which is headquartered in Australia¡¯s beef farming capital of Rockhampton.

He said he expected o바카라사이트r universities to offer MBAs in Indonesia. ¡°But we have a unique position where we can deliver both in Jakarta and in Australia when 바카라사이트 borders reopen. Our existing campus in Jakarta delivers master¡¯s programmes and we are about to offer some undergraduate programmes as well.¡±

CQU said that its MBA, with majors in private-public partnerships and data science, would be delivered to at least 10 officials from Indonesia¡¯s Ministry of National Development Planning each semester from March next year.

The university said that it was negotiating similar arrangement with o바카라사이트r ministries, corporations and banks. ¡°Although 바카라사이트 impacts of Covid-19 have been keenly felt in Indonesia, we have still been able to deliver our executive programmes successfully online during this period,¡± said Jakarta associate vice-chancellor Hendrik Halim.

Vice-chancellor Nick Klomp, also visiting Jakarta, said that public-private partnerships and data science were ¡°fast-growing industries in Indonesia, informing a range of national development projects that are critical to 바카라사이트 government¡¯s forward strategy¡±.

Monash University, which has claimed bragging rights for establishing 바카라사이트 first foreign-owned university branch in 바카라사이트 archipelago, signed a lease on its south-west Jakarta site late last year.

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