Guest Lecture and Academic Collaboration Discussion between Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)

On Monday, August 31, 2026, the Department of Architecture held a guest lecture on Architectural Acoustics for Master of Architecture students. The session featured Abdul Wafi bin Razali (Deputy Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) who delivered a presentation on "Architectural Acoustics in Educational Learning Spaces," followed by Associate Professor Nazli bin Che Din (Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya) who presented "Design Enablers for Better Classroom Acoustics: Creating Learning Spaces that Listen."

The event proceeded with discussions aimed at strengthening international collaboration between the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Hasanuddin University, and the Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. This served as a follow-up to the academic visit conducted by the Department of Architecture to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak on September 18, 2025, as well as subsequent online meetings on March 10, 2026, and July 1, 2026. The discussion focused on the planned Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Letter of Intent (LoI) between both institutions. Additionally, both parties discussed preparations for a joint workshop involving Master of Architecture students from Hasanuddin University and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, scheduled to take place in November 2026 at the Faculty of Engineering Campus, Hasanuddin University.