Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) and Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) renewed their longstanding partnership through a formal exchange of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) at a ceremony held during the Malaysia–Russia Joint Commission meeting in Langkawi.
The signing, held on 11 November, was witnessed by Minister of Higher Education Senator Dato’ Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir and Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education HE Valery Falkov.
UniKL was represented by its Deputy President for International, Industrial, and Institutional Partnership, Prof. Ir. Dr. Azmi Hassan, while MAI was represented by its Rector, Mikhail Pogosyan.
Representatives from both universities attended the ceremony, reaffirming their commitment to providing students with enhanced learning experiences and further advancing international academic cooperation.
The renewed MoA, spearheaded by UniKL Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (UniKL MIAT), builds on 20 years of successful collaboration in aviation and aerospace education and continues to strengthen cooperation in areas such as student mobility, joint programmes, and research initiatives.
One of the key programmes under this collaboration is the 3+2 degree programme, where students spend three years at UniKL completing their Diploma of Engineering Technology in Aeroplane Maintenance, along with bridging Russian studies, followed by two additional years at MAI to earn a bachelor’s degree.
Over the past 20 years of collaboration, a total of 276 students have graduated, and currently, 45 students are pursuing the 3+2 programme at UniKL MIAT, with 13 students set to fly to Russia by next year to complete their studies.
