University of the Philippines (UP) Manila partnered with Australia’s Monash University to conduct forensic science training and research activities in the country in hopes of increasing the number of local forensic experts and medico-legal investigators.
UP Manila Chancellor Michael Tee and Monash University Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Senior Vice President Craig Jeffrey recently signed a memorandum of agreement, facilitated by Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Popoy De Vera.
Monash University will deliver two-year Master’s Degree and short-term certificate programs in forensic science with UP Manila through a hybrid set-up.
The two universities are planning to launch the initiative as early as February next year. Their signed memorandum will be presented to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin who is closely monitoring the development of this program.
The deployment of Monash University will be funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to help Filipinos develop programs and expertise in forensic science.
CHED and UP Manila invite faculty of state universities and colleges (SUCs) with a medicine program to take part in the first rollout of the training program.
“We will utilize the existing program of Monash University on forensic science in training Filipinos. That same program will be adopted and approved by the UP Board Regents so that, later, when our faculty are already trained we can jointly offer the Master’s degree in forensic science, through a transnational education portal by Monash University and UP Manila,” Tee said.
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