Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta continues to add to its cooperation network at the national and global levels. The Department of Fine Arts Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, on 13/01/2022, held an online Preliminary Meeting with the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yuntech). Yuntech has five colleges, the College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Design, College of Humanities and Applied Sciences, and College of Future. The Department of Fine Arts Education at UNY will collaborate with the Yuntech Visual Communication Design Department.

In this online meeting, from Yuntech, Prof. Li-Hsun Peng, Professor of Creative Design Department, and Assistant Professor Chih-yi Chang. Interestingly, this event was moderated by Kharisma Creativani, M.Ds, UNY Lecturer, an alumnus of Yuntech University.

In general, the two institutions agreed to open opportunities for cooperation in credit transfer, student exchange, and visiting professors. Regarding more specific collaboration activities, in this meeting a project-based learning-based visual communication design project was also presented. This collaboration pilot program will be formalized soon to open further collaborations in the future.(drsa, Tj.Lak)