thiruvananthapuram sree chitra thirunal college of engineering and apj abdul kalam technological university have signed a memorandum of understanding mou with birmingham city university in the uk the agreement envisages student exchange programme staff exchange programme twinning programmes and collaborative research on emobility and improvement in the technology sct principal k prabhakaran nair said the officials would finalize the terms and conditions of the agreement soonas per the twining programme students studying in the sct will get an opportunity to pursue graduation and postgraduation courses at birmingham city university other suggestions in the agreement include an opportunity for final year b tech students from sree chitra thirunal college of engineering to complete the final year at birmingham city university meanwhile students pursuing mtech course can complete the final semester at birmingham city university an internship programme with hands on training is also proposed in the mouthe mou was exchanged at the emobility workshop jointly organised by the transport department higher education department apj abdul kalam technological university and sree chitra thirunal college of engineeringthe collaboration is based on a visit conducted by officials from transport department to the uk a few months ago we have suggested b tech mechanical engineering and m tech computer science for exchange programme the proposed internship programme is likely to happen this academic year while the decision on exchange programme will be finalised after further interaction with the representatives of the uk university the course certificate will be issued by birmingham city university which will be advantageous to our students said a representative from sree chitra thirunal college of engineeringearlier transport minister a k saseendran inaugurated the emobility workshop there were sessions based on emobility by government agencies and representatives from birmingham city university during the event principal secretary of higher education department usha titus presided over the event transport principal secretary k r jyothilal prof m r sarathchandradas apj abdul kalam technological university vicechancellor rajasree m s and birmingham city university deputy vicechancellor julian beer attended the event