OMU News
May 30, 2025
- Expo 2025
Strengthening ties with Italy: MOU signed with the University of Florence at EXPO 2025
President Hiroyuki Sakuragi and Vice President Masahide Takahashi represented OMU at “The Italian Higher Education System at EXPO 2025 Osaka: 1st Italian and Japanese Rectors’ Forum”, held in the Italy Pavilion on May 29, 2025.
During the event, they participated in a signing ceremony to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Florence and its Rector, Professor Alessandra Petrucci.
Since the initial agreement signed in 2020, OMU and the University of Florence have cultivated a strong academic partnership through the Graduate Schools of Science and Informatics. This latest engagement between university leaders is expected to further deepen and expand collaboration between the two institutions.
President Sakuragi and Vice President Takahashi also engaged in constructive discussions with presidents and faculty members from various institutions participating in the forum to foster international academic exchange and mutual understanding.
Group photo featuring all participants holding signed agreements
From left: President Sakuragi, Rector Petrucci, and Vice President Takahashi celebrating the renewed partnership
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