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13/02/2009
Queen's To Honour King
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, the 13th King of Malaysia, is to receive an honorary degree from Queen's University Belfast, it has been announced.
The King is the first reigning Monarch to be awarded such an honour in Queen's history.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson, is to lead a Belfast delegation to Kuala Lumpur next week, during which he will confer an honorary degree on the King.
Professor Gregson said: "Malaysia holds a special place in the history of Queen's, stretching back some 50 years. The acceptance of an honorary degree by the King is recognition of the high esteem in which Queen's University is held in Malaysia.
"Over 1,400 Queen's graduates have made, and continue to make, a major contribution to Malaysian society - in business, in government and in the professions," he said.
Queen's has also major research links with Petronas, the National Petroleum Company of Malaysia, and the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in the area of green chemistry, particularly ionic liquids.
In March last year Queen's opened a new laboratory in our world-leading Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), the first Petronas academic-based laboratory of its kind in Europe.
"One of Queen's key priorities is to create partnerships with high-quality international universities and institutions through which we can develop global centres of excellence in key areas of research. There is no better model than our relationship with Malaysia to exemplify the benefits of this approach," continued Professor Gregson.
Malaysia operates a rotating Monarchy, under which the heads of each of the nine hereditary states occupy the throne for five years.
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin was sworn in to the post in December 2007, when King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin's five-year term as monarch ended.
(PR/JM)
The King is the first reigning Monarch to be awarded such an honour in Queen's history.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Gregson, is to lead a Belfast delegation to Kuala Lumpur next week, during which he will confer an honorary degree on the King.
Professor Gregson said: "Malaysia holds a special place in the history of Queen's, stretching back some 50 years. The acceptance of an honorary degree by the King is recognition of the high esteem in which Queen's University is held in Malaysia.
"Over 1,400 Queen's graduates have made, and continue to make, a major contribution to Malaysian society - in business, in government and in the professions," he said.
Queen's has also major research links with Petronas, the National Petroleum Company of Malaysia, and the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in the area of green chemistry, particularly ionic liquids.
In March last year Queen's opened a new laboratory in our world-leading Ionic Liquid Laboratories (QUILL), the first Petronas academic-based laboratory of its kind in Europe.
"One of Queen's key priorities is to create partnerships with high-quality international universities and institutions through which we can develop global centres of excellence in key areas of research. There is no better model than our relationship with Malaysia to exemplify the benefits of this approach," continued Professor Gregson.
Malaysia operates a rotating Monarchy, under which the heads of each of the nine hereditary states occupy the throne for five years.
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin was sworn in to the post in December 2007, when King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin's five-year term as monarch ended.
(PR/JM)
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