Kerja sama antara Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya - University of Mindanao diawali dengan penandatanganan nota kesepahaman/ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pada 23 Agustus 2016 di Davao, Filipina, saat kunjungan Rektor Universitas Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya ke University of Mindanao untuk pertama kali. Dokumen MOU yang pertama ditandatangani oleh Guillermo P. Torres, Jr. Ed.D selaku President UM dan Irjen Pol (Purn) Drs. Bambang Karsono, SH, MM selaku rektor UBJ. Penandatanganan dokumen ini disaksikan oleh Ronnie V. Amorado, Ph.D sebagai Vice President Academic Planning and Services UM, Ir. Ida Bagus Ardhana Putra, Ph.D sebagai Wakil Rektor Riset dan kerja sama UBJ juga Endah Rahmi Yuliarti selaku penjabat konsul jenderal dari Konjen RI di Davao, Filipina.

The Bhayangkara Jakarta Raya University – University of Mindanao collaboration began with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on August 23 2016 in Davao, Philippines, during the visit of the Rector of UBJ to the UM for the first time. The first MOU document was signed by Guillermo P. Torres, Jr. Ed.D as President of UM and Police Inspector General (Ret.) Drs. Bambang Karsono, SH, MM as Rector of UBJ. The signing of this document was witnessed by Ronnie V. Amorado, Ph.D as Vice President for Planning and Academic Services at UM, Ir. Ida Bagus Ardhana Putra, Ph.D as Vice Rector for Research and Cooperation at UBJ and Endah Rahmi Yuliarti as Acting Consul General of the Indonesian Consul General in Davao, Philippines.

Pada kunjungan ini dilakukan pula pertemuan terkait kerja sama dalam bidang Pendidikan, baik UM dan UBJ sepakat untuk mempromosikan ‘kriminologi’ sebagai bidang studi yang diminati.  Namun program kerja sama tidak terbatas pada kriminologi, tetapi dapat diperluas untuk bidang studi lainnya, seperti teknik, psikologi, manajemen atau terorisme. Selain itu juga dilakukan seminar mengenai Bahasa, Budaya, dan Seni antara kedua negara, dimana UBJ menampilkan tari yang diwakilkan oleh 3 (tiga) mahasiswi dari Fakultas Ekonomi, Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi dan Fakultas Psikologi UBJ. Tim Tari menampilkan dua tarian daerah Bekasi yaitu Tari Lenggang Bekasi dan Bajidor Kahot.

During this visit, a meeting was also held regarding cooperation in the field of education, both UM and UBJ agreed to promote 'criminology' as a field of study of interest.  However, cooperative programs are not limited to criminology, but can be extended to other fields of study, such as engineering, psychology, management or terrorism. Apart from that, there was also a seminar on Language, Culture and Arts between the two countries, where UBJ performed dance represented by 3 (three) female students from the Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Communication Sciences and Faculty of Psychology UBJ. The Dance Team performed two Bekasi regional dances, namely the Bekasi Lenggang Dance and Bajidor Kahot.