Universitas Gunadarma Attended Best Practice Seminar for Facilitating International Accreditation of Study Programs and Submissions to International Accreditation Agencies
On 20-21 November 2021 at The Jayakarta Yogyakarta Hotel, the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology through the Directorate of Learning and Student Affairs held a National Seminar on International Accreditation. This seminar was held in order to build a quality culture of the Study Program for International Recognition in strengthening access and becoming the development of Higher Education on an international scale. The theme of this event was Best Practice Facilitating International Accreditation of Study Programs and Submissions to International Accreditation Agencies.
In this seminar, the representatives from several universities in Indonesia who applied for international accreditation were present. The first day of the seminar consisted of the representatives from Padang State University and Surabaya State University which received international accreditation from ASIIN, the University of Indonesia and the PPM Management College which received international accreditation from AACSB, and Universitas Gunadarma which received international accreditation from FIBAA.
Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Culture of Universitas Gunadarma, Dr. Ichwan Suyudi, came to give a presentation as a speaker. He also shared the experience of Universitas Gunadarma in applying for the international accreditation for UPEL (Undergraduate Program of English Literature) from FIBAA. The online visit lasted for 3 (three) days, starting from September 14 to 16, 2021. He explained several processes in applying for the accreditation starting from the formation of a task force, preparing funds for accreditation applications, supporting facilities and workshops, as well as preparing the Self-Evaluation Report document which invited various speakers from UGM, UNAIR and including FIBAA itself.
Dr. Ichwan Suyudi explained more about the facilities and infrastructure of Universitas Gunadarma, since the other matters had been discussed by the previous speakers. The uniqueness of Universitas Gunadarma facilities and infrastructure is that there are no special facilities or infrastructure for one faculty only (for example, there is no literature faculty building). The concept of Resource Sharing, which does not have exclusive facilities for only one study program, is supported by FIBAA and is a special attraction. Therefore, to maintain the quality of UPEL in particular, Universitas Gunadarma always increases the capacity of human resources, updates language lab technology, improves service quality, updates curriculum and fosters cooperation both in the country and abroad.
