To Foster Cooperation with Foreign Universities, the Rector of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta Signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UiTM Malaysia

Located in the rectorate building of UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Prof. Dr.Phil. Al Makin, S.Ag., M.A., as the Rector of the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga together with Dr. A'dillah Mustafa as the Senior Lecturer in Library Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia accompanied by Aznur Umiza Binti Abu Kasim from the Tun Abdul Razak Librarysigning international cooperation agreements between Universities.

Prof. Dr. Phil. Al Makin, S.Ag., M.A., welcomed Dr. A'dillah Mustafa, Head of the Library Science Study Program, Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences, Prof. Dr. Nurdin, S.Ag., S.S., M.A and lecturers were also present on this agenda, he explained many things about how this cooperation agreement was designed.

In addition to discussing the MoU, this meeting was also colored by jokes when having casual conversations about experiences and light topics such as typical food, campus descriptions of each other, and many other interesting things discussed.

Cooperation agreements like this are very important and of course needed by students in the era of globalization to open up students' horizons and insights. The Rector of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University said that students must actively seek foreign acquaintances and connections abroad, if they want to have a wider career, there is no way but to expand their horizons and increase their acquaintances and relationships.

"Go as far as possible, have a career, be international, have international insights" "Those who can tell stories are people who have experience," said Prof. Dr. Phil. Al Makin, S.Ag., M.A., when met in the rectorate room, on Tuesday, 5/9/2023.

Author: Salwa Nimaprilia (Nun)