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ITB to offer master degree program on railway engineering

Arya Dipa (The Jakarta Post)
Bandung
Thu, November 16, 2017

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ITB to offer master degree program on railway engineering PT MRT Jakarta president director William Sabandar (center) exchanges a token with Bandung Institute of Technology ITB) rector Kadarsah Suryadi during the signing ceremony of the agreement between the institutions in Bandung on Nov. 15, while Transportation Ministry Budi Karya Sumadi looks on. (Courtesy of/PT MRT Jakarta)

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ith the country's major cities still working to modernize their transportation systems, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java has said that it will offer a master’s degree program on railway systems next year.

“I want to get it opened as soon as possible,” ITB rector Kadarsah Suryadi said on Wednesday, adding that he saw potential for the growing development of mass transportation in the country.

Kadarsah said he was hoping that as Indonesia developed more mass rapid transit systems, the country would already have local human resources to support the projects.

The institute has launched a project to develop new railway technology involving 54 doctors and professors in eight faculties at its National Center for Sustainable Transportation Technology. The project is being held in cooperation with PT MRT Jakarta. 

“We’re collaborating with some foreign universities. The goal is to build a future railway,” he added.

MRT Jakarta and the ITB had previously collaborated to prepare local human resources for future MRT projects by providing training and education for its staff members.

“We hope that this collaboration could have a useful outcome. We can do collaborative research that can be developed further,” MRT Jakarta president director William Sabandar said. (hol/ahw)

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