UMS to have a Confucius Institute
Published on: Saturday, December 08, 2018
Kota Kinabalu: A Confucius Institute (CI) will be set up in Universiti Malaysia Sabah with collaboration of Hanban, the agency under the Ministry of Education China that oversees Confucius Institute. Further discussion between UMS and Hanban on this matter was held on the sidelines of the 13th Confucius Institute Conference in Chengdu, China recently.The Institute in UMS is scheduled to be officially launched in early 2019.
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The Conference was attended by more than 2,000 international delegates, including representatives from institutions that have established the Confucius Institute. UMS delegation to this Conference was led by Chairman of the Board of Directors, Datuk K Y Mustafa. This makes UMS the third higher learning institution in Malaysia to host the Institute, and among 510 Confucius Institutes in 127 countries worldwide. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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