NEWS
2025.12.24
Global Activity
Re-execution of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Technology Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
On December 4, 2025, a re-signing ceremony for the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement was held at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Our university and UTS originally concluded an international comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in February 2023. Since then, collaboration in education and research has steadily progressed, including the joint organization of international conferences and the participation of UTS professors as lecturers in our Global College program (graduate-level courses in English). In order to further promote more concrete collaboration, particularly in the area of research, both institutions agreed to renew the partnership agreement.
UTS is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although it is a relatively young university with a history of just 35 years, UTS has earned a strong global reputation. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, it was placed 88th worldwide and was recognized as one of the world’s top 100 universities. Its campus is situated in the heart of Sydney, adjacent to Central Station, and it is regarded as one of Australia’s leading universities, alongside the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. In the 2022 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings, UTS was ranked first in Australia and eighth globally, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading young universities (under 50 years old).
The primary area of collaboration between our university and UTS is the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. At the re-signing ceremony, UTS was represented by Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Innes Ireland, and Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Our university was represented by President and Chair of the Board, Professor Yoshikazu Miyanaga.
Following the ceremony, Vice-Chancellor Parfitt expressed interest in our university’s initiatives in next-generation semiconductor research and development. President Miyanaga provided an overview of the current status of these activities, including collaboration with Rapidus Corporation and participation as a new member of the Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), an external organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that promotes education and research in next-generation semiconductors. Looking ahead, both universities have agreed to establish joint project teams focused on next-generation semiconductor research and development and to advance substantive collaborative research efforts.
UTS is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Although it is a relatively young university with a history of just 35 years, UTS has earned a strong global reputation. In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, it was placed 88th worldwide and was recognized as one of the world’s top 100 universities. Its campus is situated in the heart of Sydney, adjacent to Central Station, and it is regarded as one of Australia’s leading universities, alongside the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. In the 2022 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings, UTS was ranked first in Australia and eighth globally, and is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading young universities (under 50 years old).
The primary area of collaboration between our university and UTS is the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. At the re-signing ceremony, UTS was represented by Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Parfitt, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Innes Ireland, and Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Our university was represented by President and Chair of the Board, Professor Yoshikazu Miyanaga.
Following the ceremony, Vice-Chancellor Parfitt expressed interest in our university’s initiatives in next-generation semiconductor research and development. President Miyanaga provided an overview of the current status of these activities, including collaboration with Rapidus Corporation and participation as a new member of the Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC), an external organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry that promotes education and research in next-generation semiconductors. Looking ahead, both universities have agreed to establish joint project teams focused on next-generation semiconductor research and development and to advance substantive collaborative research efforts.
Photo 1:
Commemorative photograph taken at the MoU signing ceremony (from left: Vice-Chancellor Andrew Parfitt and President Yoshikazu Miyanaga)
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Photo 2:
Commemorative photograph taken at the entrance to the UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Office (from left: Associate Professor Ying He (School of Electrical and Data Engineering), President Yoshikazu Miyanaga, Associate Dean Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz, and Professor Xiaojing Huang (Head of Discipline, SEDE Communications and Electronics, School of Electrical and Data Engineering))