Philippine university presidents visit NCKU to seek collaboration in agriculture
Tainan, Taiwan, March 9, 2017
A 34-member delegation of presidents from the universities in the Philippines visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, today, to strengthen the partnership between NCKU and Philippine academia and to discuss the prospects of future collaboration.
NCKU Vice President Cheng-Hung Huang on behalf of President Huey-Jen Jenny Su welcomed the delegation and commented positively on the close tie between Philippine institutes and the university.
Dr. Brillantes who is a Muslim said that he was very impressed by the Muslim Center set up in university which is a very friendly gesture for the culture.
The delegation led by Dr. Alex B. Brillantes, Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, had a meeting with Deputy Director and staff from NCKU Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Center.
Dr. Francisco Gil N. Garcia, President of University of Southern Mindanao, said that they would like to hear the experience of incubation from the universities in Taiwan and how they were able to generate funds and how they were able to link up with the industry.
“So we’d like to learn your experiences as a university so that we could bring successful stories to show our faculty members and our students this is the road to success,” Dr. Garcia said.
He also said that in the meeting he realize how important to form a relationship with the industry rather than just having the research, spending so much money on it but not commercializing the findings.
“We see the secret here is how the technology can be used in the industry,” Dr. Garcia added.
Dr. Roland L. Adamat, Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, talked about their concerns in the higher education in the Philippines. He said, “Youngsters today are no longer interested in agriculture.
“One interesting thing we learned from here is that you change the name of agriculture program to bioscience and biotechnology which might attract students to engage with the agriculture,” he added.
Dr. Maria Luisa Soliven, President of Central Mindanao University, proposed her university’s need of internship opportunity for Philippine students come to NCKU to study agriculture.
According to Vice President for International Affairs Yueh-Min Huang, NCKU has partnered with three universities in the Philippines – University of the Philippines, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Poznan University of Technology.
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A 34-member delegation of presidents from the universities in the Philippines visited National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, today, to strengthen the partnership between NCKU and Philippine academia and to discuss the prospects of future collaboration.
NCKU Vice President Cheng-Hung Huang on behalf of President Huey-Jen Jenny Su welcomed the delegation and commented positively on the close tie between Philippine institutes and the university.
Dr. Brillantes who is a Muslim said that he was very impressed by the Muslim Center set up in university which is a very friendly gesture for the culture.
The delegation led by Dr. Alex B. Brillantes, Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, had a meeting with Deputy Director and staff from NCKU Technology Transfer and Business Incubation Center.
Dr. Francisco Gil N. Garcia, President of University of Southern Mindanao, said that they would like to hear the experience of incubation from the universities in Taiwan and how they were able to generate funds and how they were able to link up with the industry.
“So we’d like to learn your experiences as a university so that we could bring successful stories to show our faculty members and our students this is the road to success,” Dr. Garcia said.
He also said that in the meeting he realize how important to form a relationship with the industry rather than just having the research, spending so much money on it but not commercializing the findings.
“We see the secret here is how the technology can be used in the industry,” Dr. Garcia added.
Dr. Roland L. Adamat, Commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, talked about their concerns in the higher education in the Philippines. He said, “Youngsters today are no longer interested in agriculture.
“One interesting thing we learned from here is that you change the name of agriculture program to bioscience and biotechnology which might attract students to engage with the agriculture,” he added.
Dr. Maria Luisa Soliven, President of Central Mindanao University, proposed her university’s need of internship opportunity for Philippine students come to NCKU to study agriculture.
According to Vice President for International Affairs Yueh-Min Huang, NCKU has partnered with three universities in the Philippines – University of the Philippines, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Poznan University of Technology.
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