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The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Brunei Darussalam, in collaboration with Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) hosted the inaugural Republic of Korea-Brunei Darussalam Roundtable with Friends of Southeast Asia on 6th June 2023 at the Senate Room, Chancellor Hall, UBD. Present as distinguished guests at the event were His Excellency Kim Soung-eun, Ambassador of […]

In a concerted effort to chart a future-forward path, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) recently hosted a series of  under the theme “Futuring Together,”  focused on the new core organisational values encapsulated in the acronym LEAD: Learner first, Elevate, Agent of Change, and One UBD. Two workshops, conducted in May and June 2023, saw active participation […]

On the 8th of March 2023, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) attended the launching ceremony of Hong Kong (HK) Tech 300 Southeast Asia Startup competition hosted by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) at the Hilton Hotel Kuala Lumpur. A signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between City University of Hongkong (CityU) and Universiti […]

The 5th UBD-FASS Term Screening was held on Friday 28th April, 2023 in Pro Chancellor Arts Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). Co-organisers Dr Yong Liu from Design and Creative Industries (DCI) programme and Mayyer Ling from English Studies programme compiled a total of 30 student short films across six genres – Documentary, Fiction, Experimental, Animation, […]

Three short films from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD): Spark, Granted, and Menanti (Waiting), which were screened in last year’s 5th edition PRISM UBD Short Film Festival, are now selected into part of the Asia Rising 2023 online screening organised by National University of Singapore (NUS). The films were all made by Faculty of Arts and […]

On Thursday 9th March 2023, the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FASS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) held its first “Professorial Lecture” to honour the faculty’s local professors as well as to celebrate their achievements and academic milestones. Each lecture aims to present an overview of the professors’ academic contributions thus far and to introduce […]

On Tuesday, 7th March 2023, the Intellectual Property Office Brunei Darussalam (BruIPO) and the Office of Assistant Vice Chancellor (Innovation & Enterprise) (OAVCIE), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), at UBD Startup Centre (USC), Universiti Brunei Darussalam. The MOU serves as a general framework to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between both […]

TEDxUniversitiBruneiDarussalam officially hosted the first TEDx event on 4th March 2023 at the Pro Chancellor Arts Centre, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD). TEDxUniversitiBruneiDarussalam debuted with the theme “Sustainability” featuring eight speakers consisting of UBD staff, students and local speakers. The speakers for the inaugural event were: Dr James McLellan, Dr F Merlin Franco, Dr Pooja Shivanand, […]

EU Ambassador to Indonesia and Ambassador-Designate of EU to Brunei Darussalam, Ambassador Vincent Piket, gave a lecture on “The European Union (EU) as a Global Actor in the Indo-Pacific” at UBD on 2nd March 2023. The lecture was attended byore than 250 participants including Foreign Missions in Brunei Darussalam, staff as well as students from […]