An Academic Delegation from Macquarie University, Australia in Sharif

A delegation consisting of Prof. Rahat Munir, Head of Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance and Mr. Tanveer Shaheed, the university’s Regional Director of South Asia & Middle East, visited Sharif on May 6, 2018.

The delegation had a meeting with Dr. Talebian, a professor at the Graduate School of Management and Economics. Hosted by GSME, Dr. Munir held a talk titled “Skills or Knowledge? Practical sense of Graduate Attributes” about how the organizational skills are changing and how students and universities should prepare to meet the new expectations.

Accompanied by Dr. Talebian, the delegation then visited International Affairs Office where Dr. Talebian gave a brief introduction of SUT. Dr. Mehrany, Deputed Head of Graduate Studies at Electrical Engineering Department also joined the meeting and topics such as student and professor exchange and the possibility of using the SUT Kish Island campus for such affairs were discussed. Finally, both parties expressed their hope that this visit can lead to a fruitful collaboration between the universities in the near future.

It is worth mentioning that Sharif and Macquarie have already signed an MoU and Dual Degree Program Agreement.