On April 12, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Ajarn Naruemon Klatookwan, Vice Dean of the School of Political Science and Laws, and staff members of the Political Science Program’s ASEAN Studies Major convened an online meeting with executives and staff members of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Faculty of Modern Language and Communication to discuss sending Political Science students to Malaysia to continue their studies.

The Malaysian delegations were led by Associate Professor Dr. Adi Yasran Abdul Aziz, Deputy Dean, Associate Professor Dr. Nik Rafidah Binti Nik Muhammad Affendi, Deputy Dean and Head of the Department of Malay Language, and Associate Professor Dr. Mohammad Zariat Bin Abdul Rani, the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication’s Coordinator of Mobility and International Program.

This collaborative meeting was made possible via the coordination of Ajarn Abdulroya Panaemalae, Lecturer of Political Science, who has been responsible for facilitating academic collaboration between the School and Malaysian institutions. The meeting’s primary purpose was to plan for sending students from the School who have studied Malay to study in Malaysia for roughly seven months next academic year under the supervision of the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra Malaysia.

At the moment, the School of Political Science and Laws has academic affiliations with at least four institutions in Malaysia, where students are sent to study with each academic year.