OMU News
Jun 19, 2025
Forging strategic ties: OMU and NTU sign MOU to advance international collaboration
OMU and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) held a formal signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on June 13, 2025. This agreement was established under the framework of the Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS) following a year of dialogue aimed at fostering new opportunities for global academic collaboration.
Prior to the ceremony, the delegation toured Nakamozu Campus with Specially Appointed Vice President Norifumi Fujimura and Special Advisor to the President Eiji Yuba. The tour featured a visit to the Smart Energy Building, where Professor Fujimura introduced the facility’s advanced features. Professor Takuya Iida from the Graduate School of Science followed with a presentation on the research activities of the LAC-SYS Research Institute to highlight OMU’s innovative initiatives in industry-government-academia collaboration.
After the campus tour, the delegation and OMU representatives attended a meeting over lunch to discuss potential joint research projects, key research insights, and identify opportunities for future collaboration.
OMU remains dedicated to deepening its partnership with NTU and promoting meaningful international academic exchange through tangible, progressive initiatives.
In conjunction with this visit, OMU researchers also participated in the event, “Building a Resilient Future”, held at the Osaka-Kansai EXPO Singapore Pavilion. The participants were Vice President Toshiyuki Matsui, Professor Norimichi Takenaka from the Graduate School of Sustainable System Sciences, Associate Professor Hiroyuki Maezawa from the Graduate School of Science, and Professor Akio Sohma from the Graduate School of Engineering.
Visit to the Smart Energy Building
Professor Iida introduces his research
Participants engage in discussion during lunch
MOU signing ceremony (from left: NTU’s Acting Assistant Vice President David Toh, Vice President Lee Pooi See, President Hiroyuki Sakuragi, Vice President Masahide Takahashi)
Group photo of MOU signing ceremony attendees
Participants in the signing ceremony
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Nanyang Technological University |
Prof. Lee Pooi See |
Vice President (International Engagement) |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Mr. David Toh |
Acting Assistant Vice President (Technology Transfer), NTU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Office |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Assoc. Prof. Steve Yim |
Director, Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Health |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Assoc. Prof. Du Hejun |
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Mr. Andrew Benjamin Krupa |
Director of Advancement, Earth Observatory Singapore |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Mr. Jeff Lau |
Assistant Director, Office of International Engagement |
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Nanyang Technological University |
Ms. Jhoanna Jovero |
Manager, Earth Observatory Singapore |
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INDEE Japan |
Shingo Tsuda |
Technical Director, Co-founder |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Hiroyuki Sakuragi |
President |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Masahide Takahashi |
Vice President for International Affairs |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Toshiyuki Matsui |
Vice President for Innovation Development and Entrepreneurship |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Norifumi Fujimura |
Specially Appointed Vice President |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Hidekazu Ikeno |
Special Advisor to the President |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Eiji Yuba |
Special Advisor to the President |
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Osaka Metropolitan University |
Takuya Iida |
Professor, the Graduate School of Science |
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