MWST 2.0 - UNESCO World Heritage

Virtual Tour Overview Explore the World, Experience the Diversity

The virtual study tour, namely “Magallanes World Study MAGALLANES WORLD
Tour (MWST)” inspired by Ferdinand Magellan who was the STUDY TOUR (MWST) 2.
1st man in the history who completed the world trip, is
coming back! UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE

MWST is a series of virtual sharing sessions which allow the
students all around the world to connect each other and to
experience the diversified culture, tradition, language and
history.

The first navigation in 2021 had successfully attracted 2702
students participating in the MWST 1.0, including the
students from seven co-organizing UTAR partner
universities.

Now we are pleased to announce the MWST 2.0 with the
theme "UNESCO World Heritage" between October and
November 2022, jointly organized with six partner
universities from Indonesia, China, South Korea, New
Zealand and Germany, for students to join the voyage and
explore the world heritages!

For more information:

www.dcinternet.utar.edu.my

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/dcinternetutar

Initiated by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

MWST 2.0 Co-Organizers:
Main Organizer:
**according to station's order
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
The Westcoast University of
Sungai Long campus KA Block Applied Science, Germany
Sungai Long campus KB Block
Huaqiao University, China
Dewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik
UTAR Kampar Campus Auckland University of Technology,
Bronze Sculptures of Confucius and Einstein New Zealand

Northwestern Polytechnical
University, China

Universitas Warmadewa, Indonesia

Jeonbuk National University,
South Korea

Location of the respective universities MWST 2.0 Navigation Map

UNESCO World Heritage

ARTIC OCEAN

Germany

ATLANTIC China (2.) South Korea
OCEAN

PACIFIC PACIFIC
OCEAN
China (1) OCEAN

Malaysia .

Indonesia .

ATLANTIC INDIAN
OCEAN OCEAN
SOUTHERN OCEAN
New
Zealand

Westcoast University of Muskau Park
Applied Science (FHW) Muskau Park (German: Muskauer Park) is a landscape park in the
Upper Lusatia region of Germany and Poland. It is the largest and one
Fachhochschule Westküste (FHW) was established in 1993, which is a of the most famous English gardens in Central Europe, stretching
non-profit public higher-education institution located in the city of along both sides of the German–Polish border on the Lusatian Neisse.
Heide in the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein. the university also The park was laid out from 1815 onwards at the behest of Prince
has a branch campus in Holstein. In 2008 already 400 freshmen started Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), centered on his Schloss
their studies and nowadays more than 1500 are enrolled at the FHW. Muskau residence. In July 2004, Muskau Park was added to the list of
UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
FHW offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized
higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees in GERMANY
several areas of study. At the same time, FHW pushed for more World Heritage in Germany with
internationalisation. Special Consideration of the Wadden Sea

：Date ：Time Hanseatic City of Lübeck

11 October 2022 1:30pm - 4:00pm (Malaysia)
(Tuesday) 7:30am - 10:00am (Germany)

：Speaker Platform: Zoom

Mr. Olav Clemens ：Registration

Lecturer, German Institute for
Tourism Research, Westcoast
University of Applied Science

开元寺Kaiyuan Temple ( )

Huaqiao University (HQU) Kaiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in West Street,
Quanzhou, China, and is considered as the largest Buddhist temple in
HQU is a comprehensive public university in Quanzhou, Fujian which Fujian province with an area of 78,000 square metres (840,000 sq ft). It
founded in 1960. The university established for and thriving on the is one of the few surviving Hindu temples in Mainland China. In 2021,
overseas Chinese, HQU is characterized by its openness and the temple was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along
internationalization. For more than half a century, the university has with other sites near Quanzhou because of its importance during the
been committed to recruiting students from abroad, Hong Kong, medieval global maritime trade based in Quanzhou and its testimony
Macao and Taiwan, and promoting international academic to the global exchange of ideas and cultures.
cooperation, exchange programs for students and teachers, and
Chinese language education. The university has signed agreements CHINA
with more than 200 universities, educational and research institutions
in over 50 countries and regions. The value of Fujian World Heritage,
An introduction
：Date ：Time

17 October 2022 3pm - 5pm (Malaysia)
(Monday) 3pm - 5pm (China)

：Speaker Platform: Zoom

Zeng Guoheng ：Registration

Vice President of Quanzhou
Overseas Returned Scholars
Association & Chief translator/
interpretor of China Quanzhou's
world heritage nomination

Nanyin

Auckland University of Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Technology (AUT) The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has
been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts,
AUT is one of the largest universities in New Zealand and one of the towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered
world’s best modern universities. The university ranked #41 in the with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years
Times Higher Education for being top universities under 50 years of old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as
age, and among the top 1% (201-250) of universities in the world and does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird.
equal second in New Zealand. AUT have an overall five-star rating from
university rankings organisation QS, in addition to five-star ratings for NEW ZEALAND
Teaching, Employability, Research, Internationalisation, Facilities, Showcasing New Zealand Cultures and
Innovation and Inclusiveness.
Heritage sites via Digital Technologies
：Date ：Time
Maori Waka
25 October 2022 10am - 12pm (Malaysia)
(Tuesday) 2pm - 4pm (New Zealand)

：Speaker Platform: Zoom

Mr Joseph Michael ：Registration

Artist Resident, Auckland
University of Technology

Northwestern Polytechnical Drum Tower, Xi'an
University (NPU) The Drum Tower is located northwest of the Bell Tower of Xi'an,
across the Bell and Drum Tower Square. Both of them are called the
NPU was founded in 1938, located in historical city of Xi'an, cradle of 'sister buildings' or 'morning bell and dark drum'. In ancient China,
Chinese civilization and terminus of the ancient Silk Road. NPU is a especially from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the drums were used to
research-oriented, multidisciplinary, international university of signal the running of time and on occasion were used as an alarm in
science and technology and has strong capabilities and outstanding emergency situations. The architecture style of the Drum Tower is a
achievements in aeronautics, astronautics, and marine technology combination of the styles of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and the Qing
engineering, making it very unique and distinguished from other Dynasty.
institutions.
CHINA
It's ranked among China's top 15 universities in the state's 7th & 8th
Five-years plan; and NPU is one of the first 22 universities established Cultural Heritage of Xi’an
a graduate school. It also one of the first universities that enter 211 Witnesses Splendid Civilization
project in 1995, and 985 Project in 2001.
Terracotta Army
：Date ：Time

31 October 2022 2pm - 4pm (Malaysia)
(Monday) 2pm - 4pm (China)

：Speaker Platform: Zoom

Ms Li Jing ：Registration

Lecturer, Northwestern
Polytechnical University

Universitas Warmadewa Borobudur Temple Compounds
(UNWAR) Borobudur is the world’s largest Buddhist monument and a priceless
ancient center for pilgrimage and education in Mahayana Buddhism. It
UNWAR is a private university in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia established is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist
on 17 July 1984. It has 6 faculties. The name was proposed by the temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur, Mendut,
Governor of Bali, Ida Bagus Mantra to honor a former king of Bali, Sri and Pawon. The temples were built during the Shailendra dynasty
Kesari. around the 8th and 9th centuries CE, and fall on a straight line.

The university is offering courses in undergraduate and postgraduate INDONESIA
programmes in the areas including Engineering and Planning,
Economics, Social Science and Political Science, Law, Medicine and Legacy of Our Great Past
Health Sciences, Literature, Agricultural, and Entrepreneurship,
research, consultation, carrier, leadership programme, and other Three genres of traditional dance in Bali
educational programmes at its campus in Denpasar, Bali in Indonesia.

：Date ：Time

7 November 2022 2pm - 4pm (Malaysia)
(Monday) 2pm - 4pm (Bali, Indonesia)

：Speaker Platform: Zoom

Dr I Nyoman Gede ：Registration
Mahaputra

S.T. M.Sc, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Architecture,
Warmadewa University

Jeonbuk National University Dosanseowon Confucian Academy
(JBNU)
The property is located in central and southern parts of the Republic
JBNU is located in the historical city of Jeonju, Republic of Korea. As of Korea, and comprises nine seowon, representing a type of Neo-
the flagship national university for the Jeollabuk-do Province, it was Confucian academy of the Joseon dynasty (15th -19th centuries CE).
founded in 1947 by the provincial fund within the framework of the Learning, veneration of scholars and interaction with the environment
Korean national university system, following the liberation of the were the essential functions of the seowons, expressed in their design.
country. Situated near mountains and water sources, they favoured the
appreciation of nature and cultivation of mind and body. The seowons
JBNU has grown to 17 colleges (including Faculty of Public Policy and illustrate a historical process in which Neo-Confucianism from China
Jimmy Carter School of International Studies) and 14 graduate schools was adapted to Korean conditions.
(one general, nine specialized and four professional schools). Jeonbuk
National University provides with high-quality educational, research SOUTH KOREA
and support facilities, cooperating with various institutions worldwide.
Hanok, Korean Traditional Architecture
：Date ：Time

14 November 2022 2pm - 4pm (Malaysia)
(Monday) 3pm - 5pm (Korea)

：Speaker Platforms: Zoom Meeting

Mr. HyoJae Lee ：Registration

Office of International Affairs,
Jeonbuk National University

Nongak, community band music, dance and rituals in the Republic of Korea

Universiti Tunku Abdul Christ Church, Malacca@Melaka
Rahman (UTAR) Melaka and George Town, historic cities of the Straits of Malacca have
developed over 500 years of trading and cultural exchanges between
UTAR was officially launched on 13 August 2002 as a not-for-profit East and West in the Straits of Malacca. The influences of Asia and
private university providing affordabale quality education. Now UTAR Europe have endowed the towns with a specific multicultural heritage
has reached more than 21,000 students enrollment in both campuses that is both tangible and intangible. The two towns constitute a unique
located in Kampar, Perak and Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor. architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East
and Southeast Asia.
UTAR offers 131 academic programmes from Foundation Studies to
Bachelor's, Master’s, and PhD degrees. As a leading private university MALAYSIA
in Malaysia, UTAR has always had a solid foundation, a strong sense of
community, and a reputation for academic and research excellence. Pearls of Nanyang :
The University is expanding its regional footprint and international The Pride of Malacca Strait
profile.
Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, Penang
：Date ：Time

21 November 2022 2pm - 4:30pm (Malaysia)
(Monday)

：Speakers Platforms: Zoom

Dr Toh Teong Chuan ：Registration

Head of Department of Chinese Studies,
Institute of Chinese Studies, Universiti
Tunku Abdul Rahman

Ms Lim Gaik Siang

President, Penang Heritage Trust

Ms Josephine Chua Lay
Choo

Advisory Committee, Cheng Hoon Teng
Temple, Inc.

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