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UAD hosted the Final Project Meeting of the Erasmus+ iHiLead

July 27, 2024/0 Comments/in Event, Feature, News /by admin

On 3 to 4 July 2024, UAD hosted the Final Project Meeting of the Eramus+ Indonesian Higher Education Leadership (iHiLead) Grant. This meeting was aimed at mentoring and evaluating the final report compiling.
Prof. H. Ahmad Muttaqin, S.Ag., M.Ag., M.A., Ph.D. (Universitas Ahmad Dahlan Advisory Board) officially opened this meeting. In his speech, he delivered UAD’s support for the Erasmus+ program, especially iHiLead. Furthermore, In this chance, Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. (Coordinator of iHiLead Project in UAD) delivered a brief report on the iHiLead Project at UAD.
Prof. David Dawson (University of Gloucestershire, UK), Prof. Jan Mayor, Prof. Valerij Dermol, Ph.D. and Prof. Alenka Dermol (Mednarodna Fakulteta Za Družbene in Poslovne Študije, Slovenia), and Prof. Rodrigo Martin Rojas (University of Granada) are representatives from European partners attended this meeting. Moreover, representatives from Indonesian universities of President University, Universitas Padjadjaran, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Universitas Brawijaya, and STIE Malangkuçeçwara attended this meeting.

UAD Welcome Sea Teacher Program Students from West Visayas State University (WVSU), the Philippines.

February 5, 2024/0 Comments/in Event, Feature, News /by admin

At the beginning of 2024, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of UAD welcomed three students from West Visayas State University (WVSU), the Phipininess. Jey Gumban Eleccion is a student in the Biology Education Study Program, and Glyja Gem Divinagacia Amada is a Physics Education Study Program, they are going to practice teaching at SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta. Erika Marie Dela Flor Cruz, a student of The Primary School Teacher Education (PGSD) is going to teach at TK ABA Ketanggunan.

They are scheduled to have teaching experience in Indonesia for one month under the Sea-Teacher Program initiated by The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).

The opening ceremony was held on 2nd February 2024 and was officially opened by Dr. Ani Susanti, M.Pd.B.I. (Vice Dean of Human Resources, Property, and General Administration of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education) and Dr. Rick M Magno (Dean Collage of Education of West Viyasa State University).

Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) through Indonesian Higher Education Leadership (iHiLead) Erasmus+ Held a Breakfast Seminar on Higher Education Governance

October 28, 2023/0 Comments/in Event, News /by admin

Highlighting a great decrease in students’ enrolment at private universities, UAD Through the iHiLead Erasmus+ Program Held A Leadership Improvement Training
Regulations for new students’ enrolment at State Universities from the Ministry of Education Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia No. 48 of 2022 leads to cutbacks in students’ enrolment numbers at Muhammadiyah, ‘Aisyiyah, and private universities at the national level.
Due to the above reason, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) through Indonesian Higher Education Leadership (iHiLead) Erasmus+ held a Breakfast Semester on Higher Education Governance which has Implications on the Number of Enrolment Students. In this chance, the top leaders of Muhammadiyah, ‘Aisyiyah, and private universities in Yogyakarta and Central Java were invited. It was conducted on 27 October 2023 at Amphitheater, Faculty of Medicine of UAD.
This training helps the Higher Education (PT) leaders to get a better understanding of the best strategies to strengthen internal team governance, synergy, and collaboration. Moreover, it creates a productive work environment, improves communication strategies, and improves the university brand. The discussion was designed interactively to give larger chances for each participant to deliver their experiences and problems. It was part of the Leadership Training Program granted by Erasmus.
Prof. drh. Aris Junaidi, Ph.D. (The Head of Higher Education Service Institution (LLDIKTI) Region V, Special Region of Yogyakarta), Prof. Fathul Wahid, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D. (The head of the Association of Indonesian Private Universities), and Prof. Dr. Muchlas, M.T. (Rector of UAD) were the keynote speakers of this training.
Prof. Dr. Muchlas, M.T. warmly welcomed all of the participants. In this speech Prof. Dr. Muchlas, M.T. stated that Muhammadiyah, ‘Aisyiyah, and private universities have to prepare particular strategies to face cutbacks of the students’ enrolment numbers as the impact of the new rules from the Ministry of Education Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia.

Darmasiswa UAD 2023 is Calling for Applicants

February 21, 2023/0 Comments/in Darmasiswa, Event, Scholarship /by admin

Darmasiswa UAD’s Outing Class

DARMASISWA is a one-year non-degree scholarship program offered by the Indonesian government to all non-Indonesian citizens from countries with which Indonesia has diplomatic relations to study the Indonesian language, arts, music, crafts, and other specific subjects at 68 Indonesian Higher Education Institutions selected in various cities in Indonesia. This program is organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and technology in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The main objective of the DARMASISWA program is to increase and cultivate interest in the Indonesian language and Indonesian culture among citizens from other countries. It also
designed to increase mutual understanding and provide stronger cultural bonds between different nations.

I. PROCEDURE
Prospective students are required to register and submit all documents in
Darmasiswa RI official website apply.darmasiswa.kemdikbud.go.id . For students who are not in the student’s
home country are not allowed to be registered through the Indonesian Embassy/Consulate General in the participating countries (non-citizenship).
II.PROGRAM SCHEDULE
1. Online registration(20 February 2023-7April2023)
2. Interview and Administrative Check at Indonesian Embassy/Consulate(8April2023-21April2023)
3. Selection by the University (22 April2023-4May2023)
4. Announcement(12May2023)
5. Attendance confirmation(12May2023-24May2023)
6. Final Announcement (31 May 2023)
7. Flight itinerary confirmation (6 June2023-1August2023)
8. Pre-Departure Briefing at Indonesian Embassy/Consulate (July-August2023)
9. Orientation program in Jakarta, Indonesia(29-31August2023)
10. Class starts(Early of September 2023)

III.COVERAGE
The monthly living allowance that will be received by students is IDR 2,600,000 (two million six hundred thousand Indonesian rupiah).

Living Allowance IDR 2.600.000 per month

Book Allowance IDR 2.000. 000 (one-off)

Settlement Allowance IDR 2.600.000 (one-off)

Students will be provided with accommodation and transportation during the orientation program if the time arrival is in time with the schedule from the MoECRT. Students are advised to bring extra money (better in USD) for their
personal unforeseen expenses in Indonesia.

IV.QUALIFICATIONS
1. Foreign nationals.
2. Completed secondary education or equivalent.
3. Minimum age18 years and Not older than27 years oage.
4. Able to communicate in English (Proven by the English Language Proficiency Certificate:
TOEFL/TOEIC/IELTS or OTHER CERTIFICATE if applicable).

Please check Darmasiswa activities at UAD here
Download Darmasiswa Guidelines here

Darmasiswa UAD Calling for Applicants

UAD Get the Fourth Grant of Erasmus+ on International Credit Mobility with Polytechnic Institute of Porto Portugal

August 15, 2022/0 Comments/in International Office Activities, News, Scholarship /by admin

Located at Ruang Sidang Kampus 1, Thursday11th August 2022, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan welcomed Alexandra Mariana Nunes Albuquerque, Ph.D. from Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP) discussing Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Grand. ICM is the fourth program granted by Erasmus+. Since 2017, UAD has been granted three Erasmus programs. These are Capacity Building of Higher Education (CBHE) in entrepreneurship namely Growing Indonesia: A Triangular Approach/GITA, Disaster Management namely Building Universities in Leading Disaster resilience (BUiLD), and Leadership namely Indonesian Higher Education Leadership (iHilead).

UAD and IPP have been cooperating since 2019 from the first program of Erasmus +. Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility is a lecturer exchange and joint research program. The first program will be conducted by the Faculty of Economic and Business of UAD and School of Business IPP Portugal for a year from 2022 to 202.

This meeting was officially opened by Rusydi Umar, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice Rector of Academic Affairs), and Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (The Head of Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement). It was followed by a presentation on UAD’s International Cooperation presented by Ida Puspita, M.A.Res. (Head of International Cooperation), presentation on the Faculty of Economic and Business International Cooperation delivered by Dr. Dini Yniarti, S.E., M.Si. (The Dean of Faculty of Economic and Business), and presentation on possible cooperation between UAD and IPP presented by Alexandra Mariana Nunes Albuquerque.

Anton Yudhana, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (The Head of Research and Community Service Institute of UAD) proposed to conduct a Joint Research, Joint Publication, and Joint Research Reviewers Program. This proposal got a positive response from IPP. Alexandra Mariana Nunes scheduled a meeting between the Research and Community Institute of UAD and IPP.

Furthermore, Rai Rake Setyawan, Ph.D., one of the lecturers of the Magister of Management offered to hold a Joint Supervision. Faculty members of the Faculty of Economic and Business also proposed some programs such as Students Exchange, Transfer Credit, Lecturer Exchange, and so forth. All of those proposals are very much accepted and scheduled to be discussed with IPP teams. Nevertheless, both institutions also discussed the possibility to have an MoU and MoA to build larger cooperation in the future.

UAD Conducted a Closing Ceremony of The Southeast Asia Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET) Program

July 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Event, Feature, News /by admin

UAD Conducted a Closing Ceremony of The Southeast Asia Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET) Program between Chemical Engineering of UAD and the College of Engineering and Architecture and Chemical Engineering of Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P). In this chance, the SEA-TVET program was entitled Chemical Engineering Virtual Student Exchange Program (SEAMEO-SEATVET) and conducted on Monday 18th July 2022 from 09.00 to 10.30.

This event was officially opened by Hayati Mukti Asih S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Faculty Ambassador of FTI of UAD), and Dr. Rosalinda Valdepeñas (Vice President for Academic Affairs of TIP). Twenty lecturers and eight students participated in this event.

Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement of UAD Conducted An Online Scholarship Sharing Session

July 7, 2022/0 Comments/in Event, News /by admin

Yogyakarta, 5th July 2022, Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement of UAD conducted An Online Scholarship Sharing Session. In this chance, the topic was How to Propose Scholarship to Study in Saudi Arabia. Badrus Sholeh, MA., Ph.D. (Education and Culture Attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) presented the opportunities to study at the top universities in Saudi Arabia. He also informed a number of scholarships offered by the government and private institutions.

This event was officially opened by Rusydi Umar, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs), and Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (Head of the Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement of UAD).

Dean, head of program studies, lecturers, and students of UAD and other institutions attended this event. They eagerly responded and delivered questions to the keynote speaker.

UAD and Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P) Conducted Internship Virtual Student Exchange Program (SEAMEO-SEATVET)

June 18, 2022/0 Comments/in International Office Activities, News /by admin

Industrial Engineering and Informatics Engineering Programs of Faculty of Industrial Technology of UAD and Faculty of Engineering – Industrial Engineering dan Computer Engineering Technological Institute of the Philippines (T.I.P) conducted the Southeast Asia Technical and Vocational Education and Training (SEA-TVET) entitled Virtual Student Exchange Program of SEAMEO-SEATVET. This program was conducted for two weeks from the 30th of May to the 10th of June. Two activities were held in this program, those are Short Course dan Virtual Cultural Day.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is one of the seven priority areas for educational development in Southeast Asia from 2015 to 2035. This was officially recognized by the Southeast Asian ministers of education at the Strategic Dialogue of Education Ministers (SDEM) meeting held in Lao PDR in September 2014. The “SEA-TVET Consortium” was one of the recommended strategies from the TVET High Officials from the Southeast Asian countries to promote TVET student and staff exchange.

The participants of this program included 8 lecturers of UAD, 12 students of UAD, an Industrial Practitioner (PT Mega Andalan Kalasan), a participant from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, 9 lecturers of TIP, and 14 students of TIP. The students did not only learn their major courses but also local language and culture. This program is the second SEA-TVET program gathered by UAD. The first program was held with Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University.

The virtual closing ceremony was conducted on the 13th of June 2022 through a zoom meeting. Rusydi Umar, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice-rector of Academic Affairs of UAD and Marianne Yumul (EE Program Chair at TIP Manila) officially closed this program. In his speech, Rusydi Umar, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. delivered his eagerness for this program. He hopes that this program will be an annual program and strengthen the cooperation between UAD and TIP.

Sunardi, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (Dean of FTI of UAD), Sri Winiarti, S.T, M.Cs (Vice-dean of FTI of UAD), Jessie Padilla (Dean of TIP QC), Marianne Ymul (Dean of CEA-TIP), Utaminigsih Linarti, S.T., M.T (Head of Industrial Engineering of UAD ), Nur Rochmah, DPA, S.T., M.Kom. (Head of Informatics Engineering of UAD), Dwi Santoso, Ph.D. (Head of Ahmad Dahlan Global Engagement), Ida Puspita, M.A. Res. (Head of International Cooperation Affairs), Lecturers of Industrial Engineering, Informatics Engineering, and Staff of TIP and UAD attended the closing ceremony.

University of Saint Anthony (USANT), and UAD Conducted Faculty Exchange Program

April 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Feature, International Office Activities, News /by admin

University of Saint Anthony (USANT), UAD, some Muhammadiyah universities, and Riau Islamic University conducted Faculty Exchange Program. This program was conducted from 7th April to 8 April 2022. Two lecturers from UAD taught at SAINT. Vice-versa, two lecturers of USANT taught at UAD.

Poppy Laksita Rini, SE., M.Sc., the lecturer of Management of UAD taught Sociopreneurship and Mustika Rahmi, S.E., M.Sc., the lecturer of Management of UAD was the observer.

English Education Department sent Rifky Dora Wijayanti, M.Hum. as a lecturer and Nur Rifai Akhsan S.Pd., M.Ed. as an observer.

UAD and UPNVY Hosted Yogya IISMA Festival on “IISMA Courses Recognition”

February 12, 2022/0 Comments/in Event, IISMA UAD, News /by admin

Yogyakarta, 12nd February 2022, Uiversitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD), cooperated with Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta (UPNVY) held the last IISMA Yogya Festival Series on “IISMA Courses Recognition”. Dr. Ir. Kiki Yulianti, M.Sc. (Representative of the General of Higher Education, Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology) officially opened the festival. In her speech, she appreciated IISMA’s Yogyakarta Committee for supporting the students by conducting IISMA Yogya Festival. Moreover, she delivered government support on the IISMA program.
After that, Rusydi Umar, ST., M.T., Ph.D. (Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs of UAD), and Prof. Dr. Mohamad Irhas Effendi, M.S. (Rector of UPNVY) delivered their official remarks. Junaidi, M.A. (Deputy Director of Project Management Office of Emancipated Learning (MBKM), Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology), and Dr.Eng. Ir. R. Rachmat A. Sriwijaya, S.T., M.T., D.Eng., IPM., ASEAN Eng. (Head of IISMA Program) were invited as the speakers.
Around two hundred participants attended this festival. They are the IISMA committee at their university. Related questions were eagerly raised during this meeting.

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