On a Mission to "Engineer" Bali and Eastern Indonesia: The Professional Engineer Program (PPI) of Udayana University Collaborates with the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII) for the Bali Region in Preparing Professional Engineers.
The Engineering Professional Program
of the Postgraduate Study Program at Udayana University, in collaboration with
the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII) for the Bali Region, held a
Coordination Meeting themed "Synergy of Higher Education and PII in Preparing
Professional Engineers for National Independence and Progress", on
Wednesday (1/3/2022).
The Coordination Meeting was attended
by the Director of the Postgraduate Study Program, Prof. Ir. Linawati,
M.Eng.Sc., Ph.D., and her staff, as well as the Coordinator of the Professional
Engineer Program, Dr. Ir. Ida Bagus Putu Adnyana, ST, MT, IPM, ASEAN Eng. The
meeting presented speakers who are competent in their fields. One of them was
the General Chairperson of PII for the Bali Region, Dr. Ir. Ngakan Ketut Acwin
Dwijendra, ST, MA, IPU, ASEAN Eng. The activity was officially opened by the
Postgraduate Director.
In her remarks, the Director said
that the Professional Engineer Program is a higher education program following
the undergraduate program to build engineering competence. She expressed, “The
goal is to produce certified engineers who engage in practical approaches at
work". "In addition, the Professional Engineer Program has a mission
to "engineer" Bali and Eastern Indonesia by increasing acceptance of
the Past Learning Recognition (RPL) pathway," she said. Furthermore, she
also added, "With this collaboration, it can contribute to increasing
student interest in entering the Engineering Profession and producing a better
professional because of the availability of many resources".
The meeting also discussed the admission requirements for the Regular and RPL pathways. The Regular path can be taken after a minimum of 2 years working period following graduation from an undergraduate program. On the other hand, in the RPL pathway, the requirement was to have at least 4 years of work experience after finishing undergraduate study.
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