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Kick-Off International Accreditation, BoE Submit its Registration Form
Jimbaran – As to mark the international accreditation, Bachelor of English (BoE) submitted its registration form to join with other programmes in Udayana University in participating for FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation). The head of BoE, Dr. I Wayan Mulyawan, S.S., M.Hum., handed the institution registration form to Prof. Dr. Ir. I Nyoman Gde Antara, M.Eng.,IPU, Rector Udayana University, during the kick-off international accreditation event at the Bangsa Room, Jimbaran Campus Rectorate Building, Tuesday (8/3/2022). The event was also attended by the Head of LP3M Unud and the LP3M team, Head of Bureau, Chair of LPPM, Chair of USDI, Head of UPT, CDC, KUI, Deans, and Study Program Coordinators, as well as the Study Program Taskforce involved.
The participation in FIBAA accreditation is to create an integrated campus education ecosystem to produce prime human resources and innovative products, one of which is through the internationalization of study programs within Udayana University, and to answer one of the Main Performance Indicators (red. Indikator Kinerja Utama/IKU) of Higher Education, namely Internationalization, Udayana University has designed planning to participate in international accreditation in 2022, namely The Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA). FIBAA is one of the international accreditation institutions (based in Germany) in the field of social sciences and humanities recognized by the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.
A total of 14 study programs with an A accreditation or excellent have been appointed by the Rector of Udayana University to prepare for and participate in this international accreditation, including the study programs of Bachelor of English Literature, Bachelor of Japanese Literature, and Bachelor of Indonesian Literature (Faculty of Cultural Studies); the study programs of Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor and Master of Accounting (Faculty of Economics and Business); the study programs of Bachelor of Travel Industry, Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate of Tourism (Faculty of Tourism); and the study programs of Bachelor of Law, Master and Doctorate of Legal Studies (Faculty of Law).
The kick-off event began with a report from the Head of LP3M, Ir. I Nengah Sujaya, M.Agr.Sc., Ph.D. who said, "This kick-off can be likened to laying the first stone, inauguration or declaration of Unud to achieve its vision of international accreditation of FIBAA". The head of LP3M Unud also expressed his appreciation for the support and commitment of the university chair which is very high for this international accreditation.
Meanwhile, Rector of Unud, Prof. Dr. Ir. I Nyoman Gde Antara, M.Eng.,IPU, in his speech emphasized that international accreditation is extremly important to implement because it is in accordance with Unud's vision of creating an integrated campus education ecosystem to produce prime human resources and innovative products, including those related to internationalization. The Rector explained, "We already have 4 study programs that are certified AUN-QA and now there are 14 study programs that are assigned to advance for FIBAA accreditation, 2 study programs are undergoing IABEE accreditation, starting next year ASIIN accreditation will be starting, the next batch of AUN-QA will also run soon." The Rector also provides the widest opportunity for study programs to determine the accreditation agency for their study programs, as long as it is recognized by Directorate General of Higher Education, the chair will facilitate. The Rector also emphasized that for the successful implementation of this international accreditation, synergy from all parties, both from the Faculty and Study Program levels involved, LP2M, USDI, Library Unit, Technical Implementation Unit of Language Laboratory, and all bureaus within Unud is needed.
The kick-off was marked by the submission of the FIBAA registration form from each program study coordinator accompanied by the Dean to the Unud Rector. In this kick-off, a sharing session was also held regarding the experience of carrying out FIBAA Accreditation from Hasanudin University with Prof. Dr. Ing. Ir. Herman Parung, M.Eng. In the material presented, Prof. Herman Parung started his presentation with an outline comparison between AUN-QA and FIBAA based on his experience managing the two accreditation site visits. He assured, "If you already have experience with AUN-QA certification, it will be very helpful in preparing and facing FIBAA accreditation."
Prof. Herman Parung then explained the findings (lesson learned) that Udayana University could deal with in preparing both documents and during the expert panel visitation from FIBAA. The next material was presented by the Chair of the LP3M Internationalization Center as well as the Chair of the Taskforce, Ainul Ghurri, ST, MT, Ph.D. who conveyed the timeline for the preparation and implementation of FIBAA accreditation at Udayana University. The last presenter was from the USDI Unud Team who conveyed supporting data for accreditation that can be obtained online from IMISSU. In addition, the USDI team is ready to support the implementation of accreditation, including international accreditation, in preparing the data including academic data.
It is expected that from this sharing session, the Deans, Study Program Coordinators, and Taskforce who will participate in FIBAA International Accreditation are ready to prepare and implement FIBAA international accreditation, so that Unud's goal to be internationally accredited, especially FIBAA, can be realized at the end of 2022.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES