KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- The newly launch CIMB-Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Chair of Banking and Finance will endeavor to develop the area of banking and finance through research.
"This partnership is part of CIMB's education initiative. It gives CIMB the opportunity to contribute towards enhancing the research capabilities of higher learning institutions in Malaysia," CIMB Group Chief Executive Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz said in a statement today.
"The CIMB-UUM partnership also complements our corporate social responsibility efforts towards developing our community through education as this industry-academia collaboration will have a positive spillover effect on the quality of the faculty's graduates.
"CIMB will, in return, have access to quality research and a larger graduate pool," he said.
Dr Rashid Salim, who holds a PhD in economics from Yale University, has been appointed as CIMB-UUM chair professor.
The chair's responsibilities will involve, among others, the publication of research findings and scholarly articles in internationally recognised journals for peer review, as well as guide the master's and PhD students in their course work and thesis writing.
The CIMB-UUM Chair is instituted in the School of Economics, Finance and Banking of UUM.
The school offers a full range of academic programmes, including bachelor of finance, bachelor of banking management, bachelor of risk management and insurance, master of science in finance, master of science in banking, master of science in risk management, and doctor of philosophy.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh launched the CIMB-UUM Chair of Banking and Finance earlier today in Putrajaya.
UUM Vice-Chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Mustafa Ishak was present at the event.
-- BERNAMA
Source: http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/bu/newsbusiness.php?id=1196012
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