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UAD Conducted Closing Ceremony & International Student Summit

August 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Darmasiswa, Event, Feature, International Office Activities, News, Scholarship /by admin

Yogyakarta (23 August 2021) International Affair Division of UAD conducted a closing ceremony for international students. This event is a yearly event strengthening friendship between local and international students of UAD. It also aims to exchange Indonesian and International culture through the students. It covers different themes every year. This year, although the pandemics have not been over yet. UAD conducted this yearly event. The Closing Ceremony & International Student Summit was chosen as the theme. This event socializes that during the pandemic UAD still conducts international programs. It keeps good cooperation among international students and alumni, and international students and local students.

The Closing Ceremony & International Students Summit was held through zoom meeting and the Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Youtube Channel on Saturday on August 21, 2021, at 10.00-12.00 WIB in collaboration with TV MU. This event is free in charge for the public.

Currently, UAD has 133 active international students spread across several faculties: Faculty of Education and Islamic Studies, Economics and Business, Law, Psychology, Public Health, Teacher Training and Education, Letters, Culture and Communication, Industrial Technology, and Masters in Chemical Engineering. The programs taken include Joint Degree (2+2), Credit Transfer System 3+1, regular scholarships from PP Muhammadiyah and UAD collaboration, and regular programs with independent fees. The students’ countries of origin are also quite varied, including South Korea, China, Thailand, Timor Leste, Malaysia, Singapore, India, and Libya.

On this occasion, the event was opened by Rusydi Umar, ST., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs), then it was followed by remarks from Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (Head of
Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement), and Ida Puspita, S.S, M.A.Res. (Head of International Affair Division).
In addition, performers from international students and alumni including Luo Haiyan (an alumnus of the Joint Degree 2+2 program from China), Obaidullah (an alumnus of the Darmasiswa Program from Bangladesh), and Nor Najihah Saad (an alumnus of the PP Muhammadiyah and UAD scholarship program from Thailand) delivered their experiences studying at UAD, Ahmed Shubair (an alumnus of the Darmasiswa Program from Palestine) read poetry, Ali Al Maktari (an alumnus from Yemen, Chemical Engineering through a Ministry of Education and Culture Scholarship) performed stand-up comedy, and Phang Zexin (an alumni program 3+1 from China) sang a Javanese song.

There are 37 students who graduated this year. 15 students from Guangxi University for Nationalities (GXUN) China with the Joint Degree program (2+2) graduated from Management Study. 16 students from GXUN and Guangxi University of Foreign Languages (GUFL) under the Joint Degree program (2+2) graduated from the Indonesian Literature Study Program. 5 Thai students under the regular Muhammadiyah Scholarship Program graduated from The English Education (PBI). 1 Thai student under the regular Muhammadiyah Scholarship Program graduated from The Indonesian Language and Literature Education (PBSI).

Ida Puspita, S.S., M.A., Res. said, “Alhamdulillah, during this pandemic, I am very grateful that the internationalization of UAD is still ongoing in its various programs, one of which is the presence of foreign students at UAD, although it is not easy to get foreign students during the pandemic. Next semester UAD has also received registrations for foreign students from the above routine programs from international partners in South Korea and China as well as regular full-time ones. In addition, UAD is also one of the Muhammadiyah and Aisyiyah universities which are given the opportunity to accept foreign students from Palestine with the PP Muhammadiyah scholarship scheme. Study programs are also encouraged to have Summer or Short Course programs to get foreign students as one aspect of the study program accreditation assessment. Currently, the short program for foreign students that have been running is from Physics Education and Mathematics Education with partners from the Philippines and Malaysia”.

UAD and CAPSU Conducted a meeting on possible Faculty and Students Mobility Program

August 10, 2021/0 Comments/in Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

This meeting was officially opened Rusydi Umar, ST., M.T., Ph.D. (The Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan), and Dr. Susan O Dangan (The Vice-president of Academic Affairs of Capiz State University). After that, it was followed by a discussion session between the Faculty of English Literature and English Education of AUD and CAPSU. It was attended by Dr. Ani Sasanti (The Head of English Education), Drs.Maftukhin, M.Hum (Head of English Literature), Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (the Head of Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement), Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. (the Head of Office of International Affairs), and some faculty members from UAD. It was also attended by Prof. Marien A Laureto, Dr. Mary Ann Martelino (Vice President External Affairs & linkages), Judel Protacio, Devanie Firananda from Capiz State University.

There are two major points that were discussed, those are the Faculty Mobility Program and the Students Mobility Program. As the realization of this meeting, Dr. Surono and Dr. Azwar abbas are scheduled to teach Principle and Theories of Language Acquisition and Learning at Roxas Campus of CAPSU. Bambang Widi Pratolo, Ph.D., and Dr. Ani Susanti are scheduled to teach Teaching and Assessment Macro Skills at Pondepedra Campus of CAPSU.

Besides that, Louis Placido Lachica, Ph.D., and Cristine Quenga, Ph.D. are going to teach Theories of Learning at English Education of UAD. Hazel Joaquin. Ph.D., and Joey Balatayo, Ed.D. are going to teach Theories and Principle in English Teaching at English Education of UAD. Nedy Coldovero, Ph.D., and Leo Andrew Biclar, Ph.D. are going to teach Literary Criticism at the English Literature of UAD. Rossandrew Villaruel, Ph.D., and Gerard Lee Antinze, Ph.D. are going to Sociolinguistics.

Due to some issues, the Students Mobility Program still needs deeper discussion in each home university. The follow-up meeting is scheduled for this month.

Congratulations on the Establishment Approval of UAD Pharmacy Doctoral Program

August 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Congratulations on the Establishment Approval of UAD Pharmacy Doctoral Program by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. Hopefully, it will continue to give benefit the people all over the world.

Signing MoU between UAD and UNC

June 9, 2021/0 Comments/in International Office Activities, News /by admin

Yogyakarta 9th June 2021, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) and University of Nueva Caceres (UNC) virtually signed MoU . UAD and UNC’s cooperation is a long collaboration. It was started in 2010 and extended several times. There are a lot of collaborations that successfully have been done, such as joint research, joint degree, joint seminar, joint publication, and so forth.

This warm meeting between UAD and UNC was officially opened by speeches from the vice-rectors for education affairs of both sides. Furthermore, it was attended by several deans, heads of departments, and heads of research centers. They discussed the possible future cooperation during the pandemic and after the pendemic.

International Cooperation Division Discussed ICT and IISMA Programs with the Head of Several Departments

May 3, 2021/0 Comments/in International Office Activities, News, Scholarship /by admin

Yogyakarta (29 April), Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. (The head of International Cooperation Division of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan) shared the International Credit Transfer (ICT) and Indonesian International Students Mobility Awards (IISMA) Programs conducted by The Director of the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia with several heads of departments.

In this chance Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. shared the requirements, selection procedures, and possible opportunities of UAD’s students to get these programs. Furthermore, the participants actively discussed the possible challenges faced by the students during the application process.

To get more detailed info on the programs, you can access them here :

ICT http://bit.ly/UAD-ICT2021

IISMA http://bit.ly/IISMA21-UAD

Directorate General of Higher Education Ministry of Education, and Culture Republic of Indonesia Cooperating with The Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), the Australian Embassy Jakarta Conduct Online Webinar on “Delivering Online Learning”

March 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Event, Feature, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Directorate General of Higher Education Ministry of Education, and Culture Republic of Indonesia cooperating with the Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE), the Australian Embassy Jakarta are going to have a virtual webinar on “Delivering online learning and using appropriate technologies.” It is scheduled via zoom on Thursday 25 March at 09.00 A.M. This webinar is a follow-up of virtual Online Higher Education Policy Dialogue between Indonesia and Australia. It aims to develop educators’ creativity in creating e-learning contents and materials , and develop essential learning skill for the students.

Prof. Ir. Nizam M.Sc., DIC., Ph. D. (The Director of the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia ) is invited as the keynote speaker. Besides that, Prof. drh. Aris Junaidi, Ph.D. (The Director of Learning and Student Affairs Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia (MoEC), Elizabeth Campbell Dorning (Education and Science Counselor Australian Government Department of Education, Skill, and Employment (DESE), and Karen Treloar (Director of Engagement, Australian Tertiary Education Quality Education Quality and Standard Agency (TEQSA) are invited as the speakers.

Furthermore, nine representatives from national, and Australian universities are going to present the possible cooperation between Indonesian and Australian universities. Indonesian representatives are Daryono (Indonesian Open University), Muhammad Andri (The State University of Padang), Hadziq Fabroyir (Sepuluh November Institute of Technology), and Ni Nyoman Padmadewi (Ganesha University of Education). Representatives from Australia are Matthew E. Mundy (Monash University), James Downes (Macquarie University), Deborah West (Flinders University), and Shelley Kinash (Macquarie University). This event is moderated by Ida Puspita (The head of International Cooperation Division of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan).

University Students from Ten Countries Participated in International-Week Held by International Division of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

March 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Event, Feature, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Yogyakarta (13/3 21), due to the pandemic of Covid-19, International Division of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) virtually held international week (I-Week). This event has been conducted since 2011, it was named International Day. It aims to introduce international students, and cultures to local students, vice versa to introduce Indonesian culture to International students. Additionally, local, and international students contact offers the students the opportunity to improve their cross-cultural understanding, and skills.

I-Week consists of two main events, three competition (Cooking, photography, and story-telling), and a seminar. The application was opened in the middle of February, and closed on 7^th of March. Respected to nowadays situation, this event took a topic on “Stay Creative in Pandemic Era”.

This event locally, and internationally brought tremendous enthusiasm. 93 participants applied photography competition, 71 local students, 1 Malaysian, 1 Singaporean, 2 Yemen, 6 Thai, and 2 Chinese. 80 participants applied for story-telling competition, 76 local students, 2 Chinese, 1 Egypt and 1 Thai. 51 participants registered for cooking competition, 43 local students, 2 Egyptians, 1 Palestinian, 4 Thai, and 1 Indian.

The participants were not only UAD’s students and alumnus, but also several students from other national and international universities such as Cairo University, Xiangshu College China, Canal Suez University Jordan, Diponegoro University, Jendral Soedirman University, State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga, Atma Jaya University Yogyakarta, Muhammadiyah Aceh University, Mulia Balikpapan University, Muhammadiyah Dr. Hamka University, University of Muhammadiyah Buton, University of Muhammadiyah Kudus, University of Muhammadiyah Pontianak, University of Muhammadiyah Palu, Politeknik Aisyiyah Pontianak, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, and University of Muhammadiyah Pontianak.

7 local and international students presented in international seminar. They are Mohamed Allieu Bah from Seirra Leone (student of Gadjah Mada University), Obaidullah from Bangladesh (student of UIN Sunan Kalijaga), Michael Vincent O.R from University of Saint Anthony the Philippines, Polina Korneenkova from Russia (student of ISI Yogyakarta), Hathsady Sisouphanh from National University of Laos, Tan Lin from Guangxi University of Foreign Languages China, and Omar Almaktari from Yemen (student of Politeknik Negeri Malang).

This event was officially opened by Rusydi Umar, Ph.D. (vice rector for academics of UAD), then it was followed by presentation delivered by the 7 participants of international seminar, the announcement of the competitions’ winner, and seminar discussion session.

Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. (head of International Division) stated that the virtual international week is a virtual event of a yearly event, international day conducted since 2011, it aims to keep local and international students stay creative during the pandemic. Besides that, it promotes UAD nationally and internationally. The great enthusiasm from participants shows that UAD nationally, and internationally is well known, and has good collaborations.

Prince of Songkla University Invites Colleagues to A Virtual Intercultural Festival Conducted Under Erasmus+ FRIENDS

March 9, 2021/0 Comments/in Event, International Office Activities /by admin

Everybody is invited by Prince of Songkla University, Thailand to attend “A Virtual Intercultural Festival” that will be presented via zoom on 9 and 11 March 2021, from 17.00 to 20.00 (GMT+7).

This event is one of the activities under the Erasmus+ FRIENDS project, and aims to introduce Erasmus+ FRIENDS projects, international cultures, and study abroad experiences.

The first day, information session on Erasmus+ FRIENDS projects is presented. Then, representatives from Germany, Hungary, India, Nigeria, and Philippines deliver information on local cultures of their countries. After that, Prince of Songkla University presents their international collaboration experiences.

The second day is begun with detailed information session of Erasmus+ FRIENDS project, then it is followed by presentation on local cultures of Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Nepal and Romania. International performance, and games will be conveyed to officially close this event.

iHiLead Conducted A Kick-off Meeting

March 4, 2021/0 Comments/in Feature, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Kickoff meeting iHiLead

Tuesday (2/3) Indonesian Higher Education Leadership (iHiLead) team under coordination of the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia conducted a kick-off meeting to inaugurate and discuss “Implementation of Indonesian Higher Education (iHiLead) on Freedom to Learn Freedom Campus Policy”.

This meeting was attended by seven inHiLead consortium Indonesia, and three inHiLead consortium Europe. Prof. Ir. Nizam M.Sc., DIC., Ph. D. (The Director of the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of The Republic of Indonesia ), David Dawson, Ph.D., FCIPD., SHEA. (University of Gloucestershire), and H.E. Vincent Piket, M.A., Ph.D. (Ammbasador of the European Union to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam) presented the possible implementation cooperation between Indonesian and European institutions. This meeting was moderated by Ida Puspita, S.S., M.A.Res. (the head of International Cooperation Division of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan).

Prof. Ir. Nizam M.Sc., DIC., Ph. D. stated that iHiLead consortium partnership agreement aims to strengthen cooperation between Indonesian and European Higher Education Institutions. Furthermore, it invests strong Indonesian human resources facing the economic growth (Utantoro, 2021).

iHiLead consortium in Indonesia

Directorate General of Higher Education of Republic of Indonesia
Badan Wakaf University Indonesia
Perkumpulan Pengelola Pendidikan Malangkucecwara
Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
Universitas Brawidjaja
Universitas Negeri Semarang
Universitas Pajajaran
Yayasan Pendidikan Universitas Presiden

iHiLead Consortium in Europe

University of Gloucestershire
Mednarodna Fakulteta za Družbene in Poslovne Študije Zavod
Universidad de Granada

Reference:

Utantoro (2021). https://m.mediaindonesia.com/nusantara/388249/10-kampus-indonesia-dan-eropa-luncurkan-program-kerja-sama. (Retrieved 4th March 2021).

UAD held Closing Ceremony for Foreign Students

May 7, 2019/0 Comments/in Darmasiswa, Event, International Office Activities, News /by admin

Located in the Auditorium Campus 3 May 3, 2019, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan under the Office of International Affairs (KUI) held the closing ceremony for foreign students. There are 48 foreign students who have finished studying at UAD. They came from several different programs, including 12 students from the Darmasiswa Program (Indonesian Language and Culture Program for 1 year), the twelve students came from Yemen, China, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam Hungary, Egypt and Tajikistan. Nine Chinese students graduated from Indonesian Literature Department under 2 + 2 Program and 5 Chinese also graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business. 11 Students under The 3 + 1 Program graduated from Faculty of Economics and Business and 1 student graduated from the Faculty of Literature Culture and Communication. Two Thai students graduated from English Education Department and Economic Development Deparment.

The theme of closing ceremony was ‘Balada Cinta Dewi Safitri’. The event was opened by the head of the International Affairs Office Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. The event was also attended by Teachers of Darmasiswa, UAD Lecturers, Indonesian students and UAD international students and the event was also open to the public. In this closing ceremony, foreign students presented several Indonesian arts and arts from their respective countries including Sajojo dance by Darmasiswa program students, songs from Chinese students, and others.

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