Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed has departed on an official visit to Italy.

He is making the visit on an invitation to address the Third Forum on Academic System to be held from 3 to 6 April in Milan.

The third forum on the European academic space is organized in collaboration with the Guardini Foundation and the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers.

This forum is the final meeting of the series that began in June 2010 under the title under the title "The European academic space: vision, fiction or reality? A provisional balance."

It aims at setting up a forum for reciprocal exchange and for shared discussion on the respective experiences of the reforms that are directed towards the creation of a common academic space.

While on the visit, the Vice President will also visit University of Milano-Bicocca.