The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has formalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, a significant milestone in HIT’s growing international footprint and a testament to the institution’s rising reputation as a centre of research, innovation, and academic excellence.
The MOU, signed on 4 May 2026 by HIT Vice-Chancellor Prof. Eng. Quinton C. Kanhukamwe and UiTM Vice-Chancellor Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr Shahrin bin Sahib establishes a formal framework for friendship, cooperation, and the promotion of mutual understanding in academic, cultural, and scientific thought.
What the Partnership Covers
The agreement will enable collaborative activities between the two institutions, including faculty and staff exchanges between HIT and UiTM, supporting cross-institutional learning and professional development. It also includes student mobility programmes, with provisions for undergraduate and postgraduate students to pursue periods of study, industrial training, and research at either institution. The two parties also agreed to organise joint organisation of symposia, conferences, short courses, and meetings on topics of mutual academic interest. They shall also share information on innovations in teaching and learning, student development, and research methodologies. HIT and UiTM also agreed to work on mutual promotion of each other’s information and activities through their respective digital platforms, subject to prior written approval. The agreement is also flexible for additional areas of cooperation to be agreed upon as the relationship evolves.
Why This Partnership Matters
UiTM is one of Malaysia’s most prominent universities, recognised for its strong tradition of educational excellence, research output, and an extensive global network of academic partnerships. For HIT, this agreement represents a strategic alignment with a peer institution that shares a commitment to research-led education and the commercialisation of innovation.
HIT’s positioning, as an innovation and technopreneurial university that turns research and development into real-world solutions, is well-reflected in the preamble of the MOU itself, which recognises HIT’s reputation for commercialising its research, development, and innovation outputs.
The MOU will remain in effect for three years from the date of signing, with the possibility of extension by mutual written agreement. Communications between the parties will be directed through UiTM’s Department of Strategic Partnership and HIT’s Communications, Advancement & International Relations Department.
A Growing Global Network
This partnership with UiTM adds another landmark to HIT’s expanding constellation of international academic alliances. It reflects the university’s deliberate strategy to embed itself in global knowledge networks, bringing international exposure and opportunity to HIT students, staff, and researchers, while positioning Zimbabwe’s technology university on the world stage.
As HIT continues to advance its mandate of developing, incubating, transferring and commercialising technology for rapid national industrialisation under Zimbabwe’s Education 5.0 and Vision 2030 frameworks, collaborations such as this one with UiTM are vital instruments for deepening the university’s academic reach and research impact, from Harare to Kuala Lumpur and beyond.
