{"id":18091,"date":"2016-07-31T12:12:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T04:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/fabu2024\/?p=18091"},"modified":"2016-07-31T12:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-31T04:12:59","slug":"utm-contributes-to-highly-successful-2nd-asian-undergraduate-summit-aus-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/builtsurvey.utm.my\/fabu2024\/utm-contributes-to-highly-successful-2nd-asian-undergraduate-summit-aus-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"UTM Contributes to Highly Successful 2nd Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has contributed significantly as one of five Partner Universities (PUs) to the success of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> installation of the prestigious Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS) organised by the National University of Singapore\u2019s <em>NUS Students\u2019 University Scholars\u2019 Club<\/em> (USC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The AUS is an annual thematic program that was inaugurated in 2015 by NUS-USC.\u00a0 The AUS brings together strictly selected Asian universities (the PUs) to host the \u201cOverseas Leg\u201d program of the summit in which NUS students would visit for one week.\u00a0 In return, NUS would host the main \u201cSingapore Leg\u201d program that hosts students from PUs also for one week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The AUS 2016 has been aptly themed \u201c<em>Leadership in a Complex World: Smart Cities Smart Citizens<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 UTM, through the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (JPBW), Faculty of Built Environment (FAB), played host to ten \u00a0NUS students on 20-24 June 2016 with a rich array of intellectually charged input lectures from the academia and industry; site visits and briefings; interactive discussions; group activities and presentations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Ten students from the Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning Program (SBEP) then descended on NUS on 11-16 July 2016 together with participants from the other PUs that comprise: 1) Mahidol University, Thailand; 2) Universitas Airlangga Indonesia; 3) Vietnam National University; and 4) Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In Singapore, some 90 AUS participants from NUS and the five PUs were treated to interesting input lectures; exciting site visits; stimulating design thinking workshops; and group activities.\u00a0 The program culminated with Group Final Presentations from the participants which were judged by a panel of facilitators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">UTM participants contributed to three group awards, including two \u201cMost Feasible Award\u201d which is nominated by the judges for practical and easy to implement product (a software); and one \u201cFacilitators Choice Award\u201d which is nominated by the all facilitators based on their evaluation on participants\u2019 design thinking process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">UTM participants\u2019 positive contribution to the successful organization of the AUS 2016 testifies to the quality and effectiveness of research and teaching in the university, and the innovativeness and competency of UTM graduates, which are at par with prominent institutions in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_gallery_post_type\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has contributed significantly as one of five Partner Universities (PUs) to the success of the 2nd installation of the prestigious Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS) organised by the National University of Singapore\u2019s NUS Students\u2019 University Scholars\u2019 Club (USC). 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