A co-operation agreement between the University of Malta and the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences has recently been signed by the Rector of the University of Malta, Professor Roger Ellul-Micallef and the vice-President of Anhalt University, Professor Leo Schwaiger. The above-mentioned co-operation will take place mainly in the fields of landscape architecture, geographic information systems (GIS) and their application in Environmental Planning and Architecture, but there is also a possibility to extend the co-operation agreement in further areas such as road engineering. The co-operation agreement that has been signed has several aims, among them the exchange of information regarding teaching and research, staff and student exchanges and mutual academic support in identified areas of planning and architecture. Present at the signing of the co-operation agreement were Professor Denis De Lucca, head of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design and director of the International Institute for Baroque Studies, Professor Erich Buhmann, director of the masters course of Landscape Architecture at Anhalt University and Professor Andrea Haase, architect and city planner, who teaches Architecture in the Anhalt Department of Architecture.

Signing the Agreement for Co-operation between University of Malta and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences:
From right, from University of Malta: Prof. Architect Denis De Lucca, Head of Department of Architecture & Urban Design; Prof. Roger Ellul-Micallef, Rector and from Anhalt University in Germany, Prof. Dr. Schwaiger Dean of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering and Prof. Erich Buhmann Director Master of Landscape Architecture Program.

Signing the Agreement for Co-operation between University of Malta and Anhalt University of Applied Sciences:
From right, from University of Malta: Prof. Architect Denis De Lucca, Head of Department of Architecture & Urban Design; Prof. Roger Ellul-Micallef, Rector and from Anhalt University in Germany, Prof. Dr Ing. Andrea Haase, Architect and City Planner and Prof. Dr. Schwaiger Dean of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering.