Australian university to grant scholarships to Pakistani students in a new deal

 

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and Australia's Edith Cowan University have signed a  Document of Understanding (DoU) to jointly work under a collaborative arrangement on various academic and research areas.

Under the agreement, ECU will admit up to 15 HEC’s PhD scholars per year for five years, starting in 2023.

The major research areas being covered under the agreement include Engineering, Arts and Humanities, Education, Medical and Health Sciences, Science, Nursing and Midwifery, and Business and Law.

The DoU signing ceremony was preceded by a detailed meeting of an ECU delegation, led by Executive Dean School of Engineering Prof. Daryoush Habibi, with Chairman HEC, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed.

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed briefed the delegation that Pakistan and Australia have a number of universities jointly working in various disciplines including Engineering, IT, Agriculture, and Business Management.

He stressed the need for enhancing the scope of bilateral collaboration in the fields of science and technology, with joint research on food security, climate change, and energy.

Prof. Daryoush Habibi appreciated the performance of Pakistani students and alumni at ECU and expressed a desire of increasing the number of Pakistani students and scholars at the university.