Commemoration of the Inter-university Agreement Signing between UP Manila and TMDU

Commemoration of the Inter-university Agreement Signing between UP Manila and TMDU

Commemoration of the Inter-university Agreement Signing between UP Manila and TMDU

   On Wednesday, 16 November 2022, the Commemoration of the Inter-university Agreement Signing between the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila) and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) was held online.

   Our agreement can be traced back to 2003 when an Inter-departmental Agreement with the Faculty of Dentistry was first established. Furthermore, around the same time, research exchange in Public Health was sparked by one of the ceremony’s attendees, Prof. Keiko Nakamura. From that time forward, a steady stream of student and faculty exchange took hold and culminated in an inter-university agreement in 2017, and this was renewed in the last month to further the relationship between our two universities. 

   The ceremony began with opening remarks by Dr. Fernando B. Garcia, Jr., Dean and Centre Director, College of Public Health, UP Manila, followed by messages from both universities: Dr. Carmencita D. Padilla, Chancellor of UP Manila, Dr. Yujiro Tanaka, President of TMDU, Dr. Shuji Tohda, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, TMDU, and Dr. Tetsuya Yoda, Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, TMDU. After taking commemorative photos, the ceremony ended with closing remarks by Dr. Michelle Sunico Segarra, Dean, College of Dentistry, UP Manila.

  We expect this will continue to provide a wide range of exchange opportunities with UP Manila and that these, along with our combined efforts, will enhance our historic relationship, creating new connections between our two universities.