Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) attended the 7th Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW) General Conference in Morocco. At the conference EMU was represented by EMU Vice Rector for Financial Affairs Prof. Dr. Sevin Uğural and Business & Economics Faculty, Department of Economics academic staff member Asst. Prof. Dr. Kemal Bağzıbağlı.
The opening was carried out by Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University Rector and Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Suliman Bin Abdallah Bin Hamood Aba-Al Khail along with Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization General Director and FUIW General Secretary Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri and Morocco’s Deputy Minister in charge of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training of Education Staff Dr. Jamila El Moussali. The opening speech touched upon the educational and scientific sector and terrorism in Islamic nations as well as protection from extremism and fanaticism.
The sessions touched upon increasing the collaboration and coordination between federation-membering universities and creating a sustainable mechanism for university financing.
Visit to Morocco’s Turkish Embassy
Prof. Dr. Uğural and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bağzıbağlı visited Morocco’s Turkish Embassy and had a meeting with Ambassador Ethem Barkan Öz. During the said visit, Prof. Dr. Ugural provided extensive information about EMU, the student profile and accreditations of the university. Possible future collaborations were also discussed during the visit.