Dr. Mehdi Seif Barghi, Vice-Chancellor of Education and Higher Education at Alzahra University, who participated in the third International Symposium on Engineering Research on 5-7 September 2019, hosted by the University of Duzce, Turkey, in coordination with the Management of Alzahra University's International Academic Collaboration Muge Kanuni visited the university's director of international cooperation, and discussed the implementation of an international scientific cooperation agreement between the two universities. During the meeting, operationalization of a memorandum of understanding between the two universities were discussed on the launch of a joint master's degree in Mathematical Sciences. Dr. Seif Barghi also met with Dr. Mohammad Zaki Sarikaya, Head of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Duzce, to conduct useful discussions on this issue. In addition, a professor from the Department of Chemistry has been assigned to teach in the framework of the Rumi program and a postgraduate student in the field of biotechnology to conduct a research project within the framework of a memorandum of understanding with the University of Duzce.

Meetings with the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Duzce and the exchange of lecturers within the framework of the Rumi program were also among the other events of the visit of Alzahra University's Vice President of Education to the University of Duzce. Dr. Seif Barghi will present the 16^th Conference on Digital Engineering and Industrial Transformation, hosted by Alzahra University on January 23-22, 2020. He was invited to be welcomed by colleagues at the University of Duzce.