Sharjah University, Malaysia's Global University Of Islamic Finance Sign MoU

Dr. Ibrahim Ali Al Mansoori, Executive Director of the Sharjah Islamic Centre for Economy and Finance Studies at the University of Sharjah, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Global University of Islamic Finance, INCEIF, Malaysia.

SHARJAH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 16th Oct, 2018) Dr. Ibrahim Ali Al Mansoori, Executive Director of the Sharjah Islamic Centre for Economy and Finance Studies at the University of Sharjah, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Global University of Islamic Finance, INCEIF, Malaysia.

The MoU aims to encourage regional and international cooperation in areas of postgraduate studies, scientific research, and dissemination of knowledge. It also aims to support excellence in education and professional training to develop working human resources in scientific and academic fields through exchanging of knowledge in all areas of common interest.

Representing the Malaysian university was Prof. Mohamad Akram Laldin, Executive Director of the International Shari’ah Research academy for Islamic Finance.

The parties agreed to establish a joint Master’s programme in Islamic Finance, to work on joint research projects at the postgraduate level, and to translate scientific research from Arabic to English language and publish it on scientific journal of the INCEIF. They also agreed to exchange expertise in the area of scientific arbitration of Islamic Finance research, to adopt research projects as well as to organize joint scientific conferences, forums, and seminars.

The MoU also included an agreement for cooperation in preparing and training cadres in the field of Islamic Finance, and agreeing on establishing an Islamic Finance Chair at the University of Sharjah.