MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
ON ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH COOPERATlON
BETWEEN
EXCELPOLITAN INTERNATl ONAL COLLEGE, MALAYSIA
AND
SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY, TAIWAN (R.O.C)
EXCELPOLlTAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE - hereinafter referred to as EPI and the
SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY hereafter referred to as USC, considering their common interest in
promoting the mlltua1 cooperation in the area of education and research, wish to expand the basis
for friendship and cooperative educationa1 exchange, agreed the following Memorandul11 of
Understanding (MOU) 。
Article 1: Purpose
The purpose of this MOU is to deve10p academic and educationa1 cooperation on the basis of
equa1ity and reciprocity and to prol11ote re1ations and mutua1 understanding between the
tnstltutJOns
Article 11: Scope of the Cooperation
80th parties undertake to promole and deve10p academic cooperalion as follows
1. Exchange of academic and administrative sta何and students
2. Extension of students'learning oppo付unities . • • •
3. Cooperalion in research and the presentation of its results
4. Exchange of academic materia1s, pub1ications and olher scientific information
5. Other educationa1 and academic exchanges to which both inslitutions agree .
•
Article 111: Financia1 Arrangement
1. 80th parties agree that all specific arrangements and p1ans for activities are 10 be negotiated
and are dependent on the avai1abi1ity of fllnds
2. Bot1> parties agree to feasib1y seek financia1 support from nationa1 and internationa1
organizations for the cooperative activities to 'be un甘ertaken as staled under the terrns of this
MOU
Article IV: Agreement of Imp1ementation
A detai1ed description ofthe scope of activities shall be defined in the Agreement of
imp1el11entation‘ which constitutes an integra1 part of this MOU
The Agreel11ent of 1mp1ementation will inc1ude such items as
1. E1aboration of the responsibi1ities of each institution for the agreed activities
2. Schedu1es for speci 日c actJVJtJes
3. Budgets and financia1 sources for each activity
4. Any other itel11s deemed necessary for the efficient management ofthe activities
Article V: Intellectual Property Rights and Publication
1. The panies will share all data and research findings. and respect patent rights. copyrigh的, and
other intellectual prope前y rights regarding any discoveries, inventions and products resulting
from this MOU.
2. Both pa口ies must give written approval for the utilization and publication of the data and
research findings
3. Detailed arrangement of finding and their Intellectual Prope口y Rights and Publication shall be
defined in the Agreement of Implementation
Article VI: Confidentiality
1. Both panies will maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Inforrnation of the disclosing
pa口y and will not disclose any Confidential Inforrnation to any employees or to any third
pany except on a need to know basis. Such confidentiality obligations shall survive and
continue beyond the expiration or termination of this MOU for a period of one (1) year. EPI
and USC hereby agree to comply with the privacy laws under the Personal Data Protection
Act 2010
2 “ Confidential Infonnation間, means in respect of a pany, all of that pany's intellectual prope口y
and information relating to that pany's private or business a仟al悶, includin皂, without
limitation, technical. financi訓, operational, administrative, marketin皂economic and other
information, which is disclosed by one pa鬥Y to the other pany, its officers, employees, agents
or sub-contractors as a result ofthis MOU
Article VII: Settlement of Oifferences
The differing viewpoints and interpretations of this MOU shall be settled amicably by mutual
consultation or negotiation
Article VIII: Amendments, Ouration and Termination
1. Amendments to this MOU can only be made þy mutual consent for the tlVO parties
2. This MOU shall be in e作ect from the date of its Sgnature and be valid for the duration of
three years from that date, and shall be renewed by the panies upon tenns and conditions to
be discussed and agreed upon by the panies at that time
3. This MOU may be terrninated by either pany by written notice at least six (6) months prior to
the termination date. Such notice of termination will not interfere with cooperative programs
currently underway. Such programs will be allowed to continue until their conclusion
Article IX: Binding Effect
1. This MOU is not intended to be legally binding. It merely expresses the intentions and
understanding of the parties which will fOml the basis of any legally binding agreement to be
drafted and executed il1 the future
2. Notwithstandi l1g the non-binding nature of this MOU, each party acknowledges that it enters
into this MOU in good faith and with a high level of commitment towards finding areas of
collaboration and conciuding the contractual arrangements necessary to cover the work
carried out pursuant to the collaboration
This MOU is prepared in English and in two copies of this MOU. Both copies shall be
deemed as authentic ones, eitber of wbich be kept by each party. As witness to their consent
this MOU, the appropriate authorities hereto provide their signatures:
EXCELPOLlTAN lNTERNATlONAL COLLEGE SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY
Chief Executive