SMU is linking up with two of Indonesia's top universities to offer exchange programmes for students and faculty, as well as promote greater sharing of the three schools' educational resources. Under new agreements that were signed on October 1, SMU will also be collaborating with Universitas Indonesia (UI) and Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) on research areas like digital transformation, sustainable living and growth in Asia. The three institutions are now in preliminary discussions and will be launching joint programmes within the next 12 months. SMU President Professor Lily Kong who signed the agreements said, “The new MOUs on academic cooperation with UI and ITB underscore the common interests and commitment of SMU and our two Indonesian partners to develop new generations of global-ready and responsible citizens for Singapore and Indonesia through educational collaborations”. With the two MOU signings, SMU has established academic cooperation with three top universities in Indonesia, the first being Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2015.