Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro Owusu in a handshake with Prof. Yasuyuki Yoshizawa after the signing of the MOU
The Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and the University of Ghana (UG) have concluded weeks of discussions with the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the main purpose of which is to develop academic cooperation and to promote mutual understanding between the two institutions by facilitating the exchange of faculty, students, researchers, and administrative staff through collaboration in research and the promotion of graduate and continuing education.
The five-member Tokyo delegation were Prof. Yasuyuki Yoshizawa, the President of TMDU and the Executive Director for University Innovation and Globalization; Dr. Hajime Karasuyama, Professor of the Graduate School (Department of Environmental Parasitology); Dr. Nobuo Ota, specially appointed Professor and Senior Office Manager of the Administrative Division of the Institute of Global Affairs; Mr. Takashi Yoshida, Manager of the Policy Planning Office; and Mr. Kohji Shimoda.
Welcoming the Tokyo delegation, the Dean of International Programmes, Professor Ama de-Graft Aikins, recalled the long-standing productive partnership between the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and TMDU and was confident that the MOU to be signed would expand and deepen the pre-existing relationship between the two universities across disciplines, projects and partnerships.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ebenezer Oduro-Owusu, gave the delegation an overview of the University of Ghana’s activities and restructuring efforts over the years, adding that UG requires such cooperation and collaboration in pursuit of its mission of attaining a world-class status.
The President of TMDU noted that despite cultural differences, Ghana and Japan have a flourishing relationship, and expressed the hope that the relationship will continue to flourish.
A group picture of officials after the ceremony
