On Thursday, November 18th, at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) Postgraduate Building, the UMY Postgraduate Program welcomed visiting delegations from Universitas Lancang Kuning (UNILAK) and Universitas Muhammadiyah Palopo (UM Palopo) to Yogyakarta. Both universities came to UMY Postgraduate Program for benchmarking purposes. The UMY Postgraduate Program warmly welcomed both universities.
The welcoming events for both universities were held in separate rooms. The event for Universitas Muhammadiyah Palopo took place in the 4th-floor Amphitheater of the Postgraduate Building. The event included the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UM Palopo and UMY, as well as a public lecture by the UMY Postgraduate Program’s Master of Management. The event was attended by the Rector of UMY, Prof. Dr. Ir. Gunawan Budiyanto, M.P., IPM, and the Vice Rector for Cooperation and International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Achmad Nurmandi, M.Sc. The Rector of UM Palopo, Dr. Salju, S.E., M.M, expressed his hope to continue building a good relationship with UMY in his speech.
During their visit, UM Palopo also brought along their students to attend a public lecture delivered by Prof. Dr. Heru Kurnianto Tjahjono, M.M., for UM Palopo students.
Similar to the warm welcome given to UM Palopo, the Universitas Lancang Kuning (UNILAK) delegation was directly welcomed by the Director of the UMY Postgraduate Program, Ir. Sri Atmaja P. Rosyidi, M.Sc.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng.IPM. The visit of UNILAK to the UMY Postgraduate Program was attended by the Vice Rector III of UNILAK along with the Director of Postgraduate Studies at UNILAK and his staff. The purpose of this visit was to benchmark between postgraduate programs in terms of curriculum comparison and program development. The Director of Postgraduate Studies at UNILAK, Prof. Dr. Syafrani, M.Si, expressed his hope for follow-up actions on this visit in the future.
