On June 11, a five-member delegation headed by Dato' Huang Chuanfa, Executive Chairman of Malaysia’s UCSI University, paid an official visit to Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST). Lu Fuping, President and Deputy Secretary of the University Party Committee of TUST, received the guests. Senior staff from the International Exchange Office and the School of Electronic Information and Automation were present at the meeting.

President Lu extended a cordial welcome to Dato' Huang and his entourage. He elaborated on TUST’s history, disciplinary development, talent training systems and international cooperation. He noted that as a core ASEAN member state and an important partner under the Belt and Road Initiative, Malaysia has seen growing economic, trade and people-to-people ties with China. The two countries boast immense potential and bright prospects for cooperation across the higher education sector. Leveraging their respective strengths, the two universities can carry out in-depth practical cooperation in faculty exchanges, joint scientific research, student mobility and joint degree programs. These joint efforts will help elevate academic research and innovation capabilities, improve the quality of international talent cultivation, enhance the global profile of both institutions, and build a solid platform for exchanges and career development for teachers and students from both sides.

Dato' Huang expressed his sincere gratitude for TUST’s warm reception and gave a detailed introduction to UCSI University. He pointed out that China is among Malaysia’s key trading partners, and the number of Chinese students pursuing further studies in Malaysia has been rising steadily. Educational cooperation between the two countries keeps gaining momentum. He hoped this visit would serve as a new milestone for both universities to expand cooperation in faculty and student exchanges, academic seminars and joint research, so as to leverage complementary strengths and achieve win-win results.

Established in 1986, UCSI University is a distinguished private tertiary institution. It holds official accreditation from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and enjoys widespread global recognition. The university has campuses in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Bandar Springhill (Seremban/Port Dickson). Ranked 265th in the 2025 QS World University Rankings, it is rated Malaysia’s top private university. It also takes the 45th place in the 2025 QS Asia University Rankings and is the world’s only recipient of the QS Recognition for Progress Award.

UCSI offers an extensive range of academic programmes, including medicine, pharmacy, nursing, engineering, architecture, music, multimedia studies, education, humanities and hospitality management. All programmes are supported by cutting-edge facilities to meet students’ academic needs. Attaching great importance to cooperation with Chinese universities, UCSI has established partnerships with over 100 higher education institutions across China, such as Tsinghua University, Shanghai University, Sichuan International Studies University and Yangzhou University. In addition, it is among the first batch of Malaysian universities accredited by China’s Ministry of Education.

Moving forward, TUST will continue to implement its International Communication Initiative. The university will expand the scope and depth of high-level educational opening-up and conduct regular, diversified international exchanges and cooperation to elevate its global reputation and academic influence. Such efforts underpin its goal of developing into a high-level research-oriented university through robust international development.