International affairs & ranking
Global engagement, institutional excellence
Centre for International Affairs & Ranking: partnerships, mobility and research with universities abroad, and the institutions' place in rankings.
About the Centre
Advancing global engagement and institutional excellence
The Centre for International Affairs & Ranking (CIAR) is the institutions' central unit for international academic partnerships, global engagement, collaborative research, student and faculty mobility, and institutional benchmarking.
With 50+ international MoUs, it arranges collaborations with universities, research organisations, industries and professional bodies abroad: academic exchange, joint research, international internships, collaborative programmes, faculty development and global exposure.
It also coordinates the institutions' part in national and international rankings and benchmarking, supporting data-driven assessment, global visibility and continuous improvement.
- International MoUs
- 50+
- Countries with MoU partners
- 7
- Focus areas
- 6
Focus
- Internationalisation
- Global partnerships
- Research & innovation
- Mobility
- Rankings
- Institutional excellence
The Centre is committed to expanding the institutions' global presence through meaningful international partnerships, measurable outcomes, global academic engagement and continuous institutional improvement.
Director’s desk
Dr. C. V. Deepan Kumar
MDS (Public Health Dentistry), Professor of Public Health Dentistry
“To transform international partnerships into meaningful outcomes and strengthen Vivekanandha Educational Institutions as a globally connected, research-driven and internationally benchmarked institution of excellence.”
With Dr. K. Baskar and Dr. R. Jagatheesan, associate members.
Global partnerships
Our connections abroad
40 named MoU partners in 7 countries, and new links in Finland and South Korea from recent visits. Choose a country to see who the partners are and what the connection is for.
MoU partners · 34
Malaysia
The largest network by far: Malaysia's research universities, Universiti Malaya, UKM, UPM, USM and UTM among them, and its private universities and colleges. In July 2026 the Research Director signed a collaboration agreement at Lincoln University College, Kuala Lumpur, for joint research, faculty and student exchange and international internships. Another visit follows in November 2026.
The visit, with its photographs- Universiti Malaya
- UKMUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- UPMUniversiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
- USMUniversiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
- UTMUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
- IIUMInternational Islamic University (IIUM)
- UMTUniversiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
- UMKUniversiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
- USIMUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
- UNMUniversity of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM)
- UTPUniversiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
- UCSI University
- Sunway University
- MSUManagement Science University (MSU)
- APUAsia Pacific University (APU)
- LUCLincoln University College (LUC)
- SEGi University & Colleges
- MMUMultimedia University (MMU)
- University of Cyberjaya
- UCMIUniversity College MAIWP International (UCMI)
- MILA University
- TARUMTTunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TARUMT)
- HELP University
- Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK)
- IUKLInfrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL)
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Peninsula College
- Asia Business School (MIT Sloan & Bank Negara Malaysia)
- Vision University College
- University of Reading Malaysia
- Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation
- Universiti Geomatika Malaysia
- MAHSA University
- UTHMUniversiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
News & events
Recent engagements
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Coming up · upcoming departures
Innovation & protection
Centre for Intellectual Property Rights
Protecting innovation. Promoting creativity. Enabling impact.
A platform for intellectual property awareness, for supporting innovation and protecting it, and for turning research and creative ideas into outcomes. It helps students, faculty, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs understand, develop, protect and manage what they create.
VisionA strong institutional culture of innovation, intellectual property awareness, protection, management and responsible commercialisation.
Mission
- Promote IPR awareness among students, faculty and researchers
- Encourage innovation, creativity and research-driven IP
- Help protect the institutions' innovations
- Support patent and other IP filings
- Promote technology transfer and commercialisation
- Run IPR awareness programmes, workshops and training
- Encourage industry–academia collaboration
- Strengthen IP management and documentation
Patents
Identifying, documenting and protecting new inventions.
Copyright
Literary, artistic, academic, software and creative works.
Trademarks
Protecting and managing the institutions' brands.
Industrial designs
The visual and aesthetic side of products and innovations.
Patent support
Invention disclosure, prior-art searches, drafting and filing.
Technology transfer
Turning research into technologies, products and services.
IP awareness
Programmes for students, faculty and researchers.
Innovation & entrepreneurship
Linking IP with incubation and industry.
How an idea is protected
- 1Idea
- 2Disclosure
- 3Evaluation
- 4IP strategy
- 5Protection
- 6Development
- 7Technology transfer
- 8Impact
Awareness & training
- IPR awareness programmes
- Patent awareness workshops
- Patent drafting sessions
- Copyright & trademark awareness
- Innovation workshops
- Faculty development programmes
- Student orientation programmes
- Researcher training
- Industry–academia interaction
- Innovation & entrepreneurship programmes
Where IP comes from
- Research projects
- Sponsored research
- Student projects
- Faculty research
- Collaborative research
- Product development
- Technology innovation
- Software & digital innovations
- Institutional initiatives
Events
- IPR awareness programmes
- Patent workshops
- Seminars
- Expert lectures
- Training programmes
- Faculty development programmes
- Innovation events
- Entrepreneurship programmes
- Industry interaction
- Student innovation activities