The University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to launch a Dual Master programme. The programme aims to create formal pathways for top students from BUET to seamlessly enter advanced master's programmes at the University of Limerick. This agreement will offer high achieving-talents from Bangladesh a formal conduit of higher education for advanced training in the latest technologies in global high-tech industries.
BUET has been an important partner of UL since 2017 in its International Credit Mobility (ICM) funded by the European Commission Erasmus+ Programme. Several BUET graduates have pursued their higher studies and training at the University of Limerick since 1998. The signing of the MoA will take the relationship between the universities to the next level, creating new opportunities for graduates of both universities.
UL, with its industry network located in Ireland, offers top-ranked graduate training and skill development through its world-class educational facility, and world-leading research in advanced technology. It is rightly placed to offer training and education to Bangladesh's top talents to bring them up to speed in advanced technology leading towards the next industrial revolution.
The agreement will be followed in the coming months by a number of new joint UL-BUET programmes that will take this historic relationship from strength to strength. Both Bangladesh and Ireland have seen positive economic growth and technological developments in the last two decades, and this U2U partnership is timely, mutually beneficial, and synergistic with the efforts taken by both governments.