Rector of UAD Officially Opened the Pre-Departure Ceremony of IISMA Program 2021

Yogyakarta (3rd September 2021), UAD officially conducted a Pre-departure Ceremony for UAD students who granted the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) program held by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia cooperated with the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP). IISMA is one of the flagships of Independent Study Activities of Freedom Campus Program (MBKM) Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia.  IISMA is one scholarship offered by the Indonesian government funding Indonesian student to attend mobility study in the best universities all over the world. The students take different courses from their program study at UAD when they study in a foreign university for one semester. Furthermore, they also learn the culture and attend practicum classes at the target university.

Officially opening this ceremony, Dr. Muchlas, M.T. (Rector of UAD) delivered speeches.

Ida Puspita, M.A. Res. (The head of the International Affairs Division) reported the progress of this program. This event also was attended by Rusydi Umar, ST., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice-rector of Academics Affairs), Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (The head of Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement), Deans, Heads of Program Studies, Faculty members, and all of the students awarded IISMA program.

Four students of UAD are granted this scholarship, they are going to study in four famous European universities. Anggito Setiawan Ardiansyah is a student of Informatics Engineering going to study at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Muhammad Arifin is a student of English Education going to study at University of Granada, Spain, Bagas Al Fajri is a student of English Literature going to study at University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and Afnan Sa’ud Hanifuddin is a student of  Biology going to study at Daugavpils University, Latvia. All of them have attended the pre-departure ceremony conducted by both Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia and their target universities. They are scheduled to arrive at their target university at the beginning and last of September.

Ida Puspita, M.A. Res. (The head of International Affairs Division) stated, “Alhamdulillah, four students of UAD are awarded in the prestigious program of Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, IISMA. It is an effort to continually improve the implementation of UAD’s international cooperation and improve student achievement at the international level even during the pandemic. Hopefully, in the future, UAD can increase the number of students who take part in international activities funded by government scholarships.