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The Ohio University - Malaysia Connection

Ohio University - Malaysia Connection

Ohio University's relationship with Malaysia began in the early 1960s. It was initiated by the then Malaysian High Commissioner to Nigeria, who is now the tenth hereditary ruler (Yang di-Pertuan Besar) of the State of Negeri Sembilan and the ninth King (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) of Malaysia. His Royal Highness, Tuanku Ja'afar Ibni Al-marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, holds an honorary doctorate from Ohio University granted in 1990

Significant OU - Malaysia Connection Points

  1. Honorary Degrees
  2. The Abdul Tun Razak Chair in Southeast Asia Studies
  3. North American depository for Malaysian materials
  4. Southeast Asian Studies Program at OU
  5. Business Education progams at the Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM)
  6. Business Education programs at IKATAN
  7. Malaysian alumni
  8. More information

Honorary Degrees

Ohio University has awarded four honorary doctorates to Malaysian citizens:
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Official Depository for Malaysia Materials

Since 1987, Ohio University has been officially designated by the Malaysian government as the sole depository library for Malaysian materials in North America. The Malaysian Resource Center in Alden Library's Southeast Asia Collection houses one of the finest research collections on Malaysia in the Americas and maintains a close working relationship with the National Library of Malaysia
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Southeast Asian Studies Program

The Southeast Asian Studies Program, operating within Ohio University's Center for International Studies, has been recognized by the U.S. Government, by private foundations and by the international scholarly community as a premier training site for those seeking to acquire scholarly expertise about Malaysia and the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region, currently the most dynamic area of economic growth in the world. In cooperation with the OU Press, the Center also publishes an internationally known Southeast Asia Monograph Series.
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MBA and EMBA Programs at ITM

Ohio University is acknowledged in the international education community as the pioneer of the concept of "twinning" of higher education institutions in Malaysia. Ohio University began its historic relationship with the MARA Institute of Technology (ITM) in 1968 and launched its cooperative OU\ITM BBA program with its first intake of students in 1975.

In 1994, Ohio University through its cooperative programs at ITM, became the largest producer of MBA and EMBA graduates in Malaysian history, thereby helping Malaysia to meet a critical manpower shortage identified by Malaysian national development planners. These programs are now phasing out as ITM begins to offer its own advanced degree programs.

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CMBA Program at IKATAN

Ohio University's now completed Corporate MBA program with Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Malaysia's recently privatized electric utility company) at its new training center called IKATAN (Institut Kejuruteraan Teknologi Tenaga Nasional or the Institute of Engineering Technology) located in Bangi, Selangor represented a pioneering partnership between higher education and the private sector in Malaysia.
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Alumni

Ohio University Alumni Association of Malaysia. Tan Sri Arshad Ayub, the Director of ITM during its first decade of dramatic development, is known as "Bapa ITM," or "the Father of ITM." received an honorary doctorate from Ohio University in 1973 and is the current Patron of the Ohio University Alumni Association of Malaysia. He represented Malaysian alumni at the Asian Alumni Leadership Conference held in Hong Kong in March 1994 and invited this group to hold its second meeting in Kuala Lumpur in March of 1996. More information is available on current Malaysian student activities at Ohio University, Malaysian alumni and other Ohio University Alumni activites.
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For more information on Ohio University MBA and EMBA programs at ITM, please click here or send an e-mail message to the ITM-OU coordinator.

For more information on other International programs of the Ohio University College of Business , send an e-mail message to the director of the Center for International Business Education and Development (CIBED).

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