The realization of the collaboration between the Faculty of Law at UII and the Faculty of Law at Groningen University will begin in 2024
On Monday, 2 October 2023, the Dean of the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia and the Head of the Undergraduate Study Program in law visited the Faculty of Law, University of Groningen. “This is our return visit after Professor Dr. Albertjan Tollenaar visited the Faculty of Law UII at the end of 2022 in Yogyakarta. We really hope that there will be many offers of collaboration with the Faculty of Law UII which can be realized in the near future.” Following are the remarks from the Dean of the UII Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Budi Agus Riswandi, S.H, M.Hum. The Dean and Head of the Undergraduate Law Study Program were received directly in the Academy Building Meeting Room, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen.
On this occasion, the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia delegation carried out discussions and negotiations on a collaborative program with the Director of the Graduate School of Law, University of Groningen, Professor Dr. Albertjan Tollenaar who was accompanied by Dr. Kirsten Wolkotte and Dr. Zwaagstra Team. “At least there is a visible program and it will be realized in early 2024 where we will send two lecturers and two students to take part in the Winter School Program for approximately 1 month at the Faculty of Law, University of Groningen. This program is the first bridging program carried out so that international exposure is not only provided by students but also lecturers. “Apart from that, the participation of these lecturers can also make it easier for them to get a supervisor at the University of Groningen when taking a PhD program or Post Doctoral Program.” as explained by Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., L.LM., Ph.D.
During the visit, the Dean of the Faculty of Law UII and the Head of the Undergraduate Study Program in Law were also accompanied by a Permanent Lecturer at the UII Faculty of Law who happened to be continuing his doctoral studies at the University of Groningen, namely Abdurrahman Al Faqiih, S.H., LL.M. and Siti Ruhama Mardlah, S.H., M.H. During the visit, the Faculty of Law UII delegation also held direct meetings with professors at the University of Groningen such as Prof.Dr. Lorenzo Squintani who specializes in Energy Law and Climate Change and Dr. Kirsten Henckel who specializes in Private International Law.
Prof. Dr. Albertjan Tollenaar as Director of the Graduate School of Law welcomed the follow-up to the collaboration program, especially related to the lecturers exchange which will be held in early 2024. It is hoped that more and more academics from the UII Faculty of Law will experience studying law directly in the Netherlands because from a historical perspective , there are still many legal systems and concepts in the Netherlands that are followed by Indonesia.
