Undip Recruit Foreign Students

To enhance better service to students, the University of Diponegoro (Diponegoro University) are planning a strategy to strengthen international cooperation. One effort will be made, namely to encourage the quality of services ranging from promotion, registration up to the learning process to affect the interests of foreign students who wish to study at university.

''Steps taken to strengthen the function of the International Office Diponegoro University, where this is an important part in an educational institution and in line with the national education system in order to realize an intelligent human being and competitive,''said Rector Diponegoro University, Prof. Hadi MES Sudharto P PhD in Workshop International Office held Diponegoro University, yesterday.

In addition, he continued, strategies to influence attention to foreign students to study at Diponegoro University in line with the spirit of bringing the campus into a World Class University and meet the targets into the Excellent Research University in 2020. And with the existence of the International Office will become a tool that can be used as indicators of readiness Undip to achieve this.

Appropriate policies in 2011 regarding the quota of students who entered the Diponegoro University, namely 60% through national selection, 20% of PSSB and 20% more than students who excel academically but less economically. ''It certainly affect the State Revenue (PNPB) Diponegoro University International Office so that managers can be more creative and berswadaya in creating and developing what one has to create appropriate Undip who aspired without burdening the students,''he said.

Meanwhile, Vice Rector for Cooperation and Development IV Dr Muhammad Nur convey, that a world-class university can be categorized in 4 ways, namely teaching university, education niversity, reseach university and the entrepreneurial university. Currently Undip still in reseach university level, therefore the International Office to be an appropriate tool to be able to go on stage to the 4 that,''he explained.