The Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, on Friday 10th of March 2023 received a visit from a delegation from Western Sydney University, Dr. Jeremy Kingsley with delegation from the Indonesian International Islamic University Prof. Dr. Jamhari Makruf, M.A., Ph.D. the Vice Chancellor of Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia; followed by a delegation from UIN Jakarta drg. Laifa Annisa Hendarmin, Ph.D. lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, UIN Jakarta. The visit was received by the host and representatives from Universitas Islam Indonesia those are the Director of Partnerships/ Office of International Affairs Universitas Islam indonesia (DK KUI) Dr. Joni Aldilla Fajri, S.T., M.Eng. as the Head of Division of International Partnerships, together with Nihlah Ilhami, S.Pd. as Head of Division of International Mobility. As for the host, the Head of The Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D; Secretary of Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Bagya Agung Prabowo, S.H., M.Hum., Ph.D; Secretary of International Undergraduate Program in Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Dr. Aroma Elmina Martha, S.H., M.H. The meeting took place in the Erasmus room, 3rd floor Faculty of Law.
On this occasion, the party delegated from Western Sydney University plans to initiate a kind of consortium for law study programs in Indonesia, one of which is the Universitas Islam Indonesia. The consortium will later be created in order to support the “Indonesian Law, Governance and Culture Program”, one of which will boost the Exchange, Study Tour, Language Training and Internship programs.
In November to December 2023, it is expected that 25 foreign students from Western Sydney University will take part in the Study Tour and Exchange Program for approximately two weeks at the Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia. Apart from learning about Customary Law, students from Western Sydney University will also learn about the various cultures in Yogyakarta.
The discussion continued with several steps related to the signing of the MoU. This MoU will later become one of the legal umbrellas for the implementation of the Study Tour Program which is planned to be held in November 2023.
“We, from the Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Indonesia, are very pleased to receive the visit of a delegation from Western Sydney University, this indicates that we have gained international recognition which has become one of the trusted study destinations for foreign students, especially from Australia. For now there are 2 Australian students who have been taking part in the Credit Transfer Program and Insya Allah in the odd semester on November there will be approximately 25 students taking part in an exchange program / study tour at International Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Islamic University of Indonesia. We are very open to internationalization programs and it is hoped that in the coming year the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia will send students to study in Australia.” This was the remarks from Head of Undergraduate Program in Law, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D.
