Celebrating partnership, ITS Awarded 17 Excellent Partners at International Partnership Day 2023

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) through the Directorate of Global Engagement celebrated partnership by holding International Partnership Day (IPD) for Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) on Tuesday, February 7 and 14, 2023. Not only providing a platform for international partners to network and catch up with global trends and highlights, ITS gave awards to seventeen (17) excellent partners including institutions and figures.

The twin sessions were opened virtually by ITS Rector, Prof. Dr. Ir. Mochamad Ashari, M.Eng. To reminisce the cooperation occurring in the covid-recovery year, a video about the collaboration recap of ITS and partners in 2022 was played, showing a transition of the on-screen happiness of online activities to vibrant on-site activities.

“The kindness that you have sparked and the inspiration that we have gotten keep us making innovations. And this year, we decided to present awards to our excellent partners.” Reini Ariani, ITS Ge’s staff for International Partnerships, as the Master of Ceremony, started the awarding sessions. 

The Distinguished Partners Awards is dedicated to ITS international partner universities, institutions, and also individuals who are considered to have extraordinary contributions to the development of ITS international partnerships and collaboration, especially in the fields of academic, mobilities, and partnerships in research.

The Distinguished Partners Awards 2023 in Asia-Pacific

• Partner University of the Year: Outbound Student Mobility: Asia University, Taiwan
• Partner University of the Year: Outbound Lecturer Mobility: Soka University, Japan
• Partner University of the Year: Inbound Lecturer Mobility: Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), Malaysia
• Partner University of the Year: Inbound Student Mobility Tarlac Agricultural University (TAU), The Philippines
• Partner University of the Year: Joint Degree/Double Degree: Mokpo National University (MNU), Republic of Korea
• Most Collaborative Partner in Joint Publication: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia
• Outstanding Partner of the Year: Category of University: Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan
• Outstanding Partner of the Year: Category of Individual with University/Unit as Affiliation: Assoc. Prof. Ferda Ernawan, Internationalization Coordinator in the Faculty of Computing, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
• Outstanding Partner of the Year: Category of Individual with Government as Affiliation: Atty. Lily Freida M. Milla, Interim Deputy Executive Director, Director, International Affairs Staff at Commission on Higher Education (CHED), the Philippines

The Distinguished Partners Awards 2023 in Europe, Middle East, and Africa

• Partner University of the Year: Outbound Student Mobility: University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark
• Partner University of the Year: Outbound Lecturer Mobility: Istanbul Aydin University (IAU), Turkey
• Partner University of the Year: Inbound Lecturer Mobility: VIVES University of Applied Sciences
• Partner University of the Year: Inbound Student Mobility: EPITA – School of Engineering and Computer Science, France
• Partner University of the Year: Joint Degree/Double Degree: Hochschule Wismar, Germany
• Most Collaborative Partner for Joint Short Program: Heriot Watt University
• Outstanding Partner of the Year: Category of University: JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Outstanding Partner of the Year: Category of Individual with University/Unit as Affiliation: Prof. Henrik Johnsen Vindt, Assistant Director of international affairs, TEK Education, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark