| Abdul HakiimYakof |
PENGIRAN Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa’adatul Bolkiah Institute of Health Sciences (PAPRSB IHS) of Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and University of Adelaide, Australia recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the IHS Extension Building, UBD.
The MoU signing brings in more active collaboration from UBD and University of Adelaide. The deal will provide more placements for UBD students for their clinical learning experience in continuing their MBBS programme at University of Adelaide. Additionally, UBD and University of Adelaide will be developing more collaboration in student and staff exchange, and research collaboration in the fields of health sciences and biodiversity.
PAPRSB IHS looks forward to sending the first batch of BHSc Medicine to University of Adelaide in January 2017.
Signing on behalf of UBD was Dr Joyce Teo Siew Yean, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Global Affairs), while University of Adelaide was represented by Professor Alastair Burt, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences.
Also present to witness the signing were Dr Hajah Rafidah binti Gharif (Dean of IHS) and other principal officers and academicians of UBD.
Founded in 1847, University of Adelaide is one of Australia’s oldest universities. It is consistently ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide (142 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 125 in the QS World University Rankings) and is a member of the Australian Universities Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia’s foremost research-intensive universities.
Dr Hjh Rafidah binti Gharif, Dr Joyce Teo Siew Yean, Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Global Affairs), and Professor Alastair Burt during the signing of the MoU. – ABDUL HAKIIM YAKOF
They are recognised as a world leader in health education and research. Their graduates are highly skilled and compassionate professionals in their chosen careers who aspire to the highest standards of integrity and ethical behaviour.
Their Faculty of Health Sciences has embarked on a major infrastructure project, the construction of a 14-floor building in the South Australia Health and Biomedical Precinct in the West End adjacent to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). This is due to open in early 2017 and will house five major research themes, the new dental hospital and their flagship medical and nursing programmes.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam developed a medical programme which has been running successfully for the last 10 years. Students study at UBD for three years and graduate with Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc Medicine) ordinary degree before transferring to partner medical schools in the UK, Ireland and Australia.
Their graduates enter the 3rd year of the partner medical programme and complete their medical degree programme overseas. The University of Adelaide is one of Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Partner Medical Schools in Australia.
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