In this borderless era of globalization, where each nation is required to improve and collaborate with the other nations to establish its existence in the global world. Indonesian young generations should be capable of competing in such an era to catch up in terms of science and technology, by enrolling in several international-scale programs. College students as Indonesian assets, are not ideally limited to academic fields but also need to be given the access for global intellectual development.

Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) is one of Indonesian universities, the oldest university in Borneo Island inaugurated on November 1, 1960. At the beginning of its establishment, it had only 4 faculties and the Faculty of Engineering was the 7th faculty in ULM establishment in 1965. Now, ULM has 11 faculties and 105 study programs. Faculty of Engineering has 7 study programs, including Civil Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mine Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Technology. In order to transform to an international standard university, Faculty of Engineering needs to actively participate and represent Lambung Mangkurat University in international programs.

Based on this background, the Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix-1) was made between the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Lambung Mangkurat University (Prof. Dr. –Ing Yulian Firmana Arifin) and the Dean of Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University (Prof. Dr. Koji Ishibashi). The MoU ceremony and the signing process were undertaken in Saga on January 20, 2016.

Following the final MoU signed, both parties proposed the programs to be implemented. There were two planned programs in 2016, Sakura Science Program, Lecturer Advance Study, SPACE-E Program, followed by ASIAN Collaborative Lecture Program on Lowland Technology proposed in 2019. By the next year in 2021, University of Lambung Mangkurat gained the opportunity for Master Degree Program in Saga University with MEXT scholarship.