Three Postgraduate Study Programs of FMIPA UI Achieve International Accreditation, Equal to Educational Quality Qualifications in Europe

The consistency of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI) in improving the quality of education to international standards is proven by the success of three postgraduate study programs that have just received full accreditation of Akkreditierungsagentur fur Studiengange der Ingenieurwissenschaften, der Informatik, der Naturwissenschaften und der Mathematik (ASIIN) without conditions. The three study programs are Master of Physics, Master of Materials Science, and Master of Biology.

The accreditation obtained by these three postgraduate programs is unconditional with a validity period of 5 years starting from 23 June 2023 to 30 September 2028. This shows that the postgraduate learning provided by the three study programs is considered to be in line with Level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (European Qualifications Framework for Life-long Learning – EQF LLL).

"All Master's programs at FMIPA UI offer two pathways, namely the Lecture Pathway and the Research Pathway. All three study programs are accredited for both pathways," said Dr. Denny R. Silaban, M.Kom., Head of the Academic Quality Assurance Unit to the FMIPA UI Public Relations team.

Furthermore, Dr. Denny revealed that the series of activities towards ASIIN accreditation had begun since June 2022, starting with the coordination and consolidation of the three study programs with the leadership of FMIPA UI, the formation of a team at the faculty level and each study program, registering with ASIIN, preparing a joint Self Assessment Report (SAR) along with supporting documents, to conducting visitations involving leaders at the university level, faculties, departments, study programs, lecturers, students, industries that use graduates, heads of laboratories, and representatives of units at UI such as the Library, Makara Satellite Clinic, RSUI, and UI Sports Facilities (SOR).

Dean of FMIPA UI Dede Djuhana, Ph.D. assessed that FMIPA UI's commitment to maintaining and improving the quality of learning is the key to success in obtaining ASIIN accreditation.

"The benchmark for the success of these study programs in obtaining ASIIN accreditation is that FMIPA tries to apply the quality standards required in international qualifications not only to study programs that will follow international accreditation, but to all study programs at FMIPA UI. Other success factors are of course the quality of human resources, especially lecturers, and laboratories in the departments and study programs, which are able to present high-quality learning," said the Dean.

This achievement, continued the Dean, is also in line with FMIPA UI's efforts in preparing students to become graduates with global insight and able to compete in the international arena.

"Currently, FMIPA UI is also in the process of reaccreditation by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for the Chemistry Undergraduate Study Program, whose RSC accreditation period will end in December 2023," the Dean added.

ASIIN is an independent institution based in Germany for quality assurance of higher education focusing on the fields of Engineering, Informatics, Science, Mathematics, Economics, and Medicine. . Since 2000, the institution has had the right to provide the accreditation stamp from the German Accreditation Council. ASIIN is registered with the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) until August 31, 2026. EQAR is included in the list of accreditation registers recognized by the Indonesian government.

News source : https://sci.ui.ac.id/