Postgraduate Unud Holds First Lecture Attended by 476 New Students

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• Rabu, 6 Maret 2024
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Denpasar: Udayana University, through Postgraduate, held the Inaugural Lecture of the Even Semester 2023-2024, which took place in a hybrid manner in the Nusantara Room of the Agrokompleks Building, Sudirman Campus, Denpasar, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. This inaugural lecture was attended by 476 new postgraduate students, was opened by the Rector of Udayana University, and was also attended by university leaders, faculty leaders, postgraduates, work units, and Koorprodi in the Udayana University environment, both offline and online. 

Director of Postgraduate Education at Unud, Prof. I Wayan Budiasa, said in his report that this inaugural lecture activity invited 476 new postgraduate students spread across 40 study programs in 8 faculties and 1 postgraduate. Students who attended in person were 241 people, and those who attended online were 235 people. The largest number of students was contributed by the Faculty of Medicine, Postgraduate, and Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. This inaugural lecture presented five speakers, namely the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Chair of the Unud Senate, USDI Representative, Chair of JUPI Unud, and Head of UPT Library Unud. Through this opportunity, it also requires all new students to register for the Springer Nature journal link through the QR code that has been prepared by the UPT Library.

While the Rector of Unud, Prof. Ngakan Putu Gede Suardana, introduced a glimpse of Udayana University, which has 13 faculties and 1 postgraduate program, which as a whole manages 124 study programs, Of the 124 study programs at Udayana University, 72 are postgraduate programs, which include professional programs, master's programs, doctoral programs, and PPDS. Furthermore, it was conveyed that the implementation of education at Udayana University is internally supervised by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Education and Culture to ensure global quality higher education and fulfill good governance. To fulfill good governance, Udayana University has also committed with 14 units in it to build an integrity zone towards a corruption-free area and a clean and serving bureaucratic area (ZI-WBK and WBBM).

Udayana University Postgraduate higher education always refers to the updated National Higher Education Standards, which are derived from Udayana University Standards, and refers to the Professional Program Academic Guidelines, Masters Program Academic Guidelines, Doctoral Program Academic Guidelines, and PPDS Academic Guidelines, which are also regularly updated following the latest regulatory developments. One of the regulations related to the implementation of higher education is Permendikbudristek Number 53 of 2023 concerning quality assurance of higher education and the implementation of postgraduate education at Udayana University. It is important to make adjustments to these regulations as soon as possible.

"We hope that this inaugural lecture will be a valuable provision for all new students undergoing the learning process on the Udayana University campus," said the Rector.

With various facilities prepared at Udayana University, which will also be continuously improved, the Rector also expects all new students to seriously complete their education in a timely manner in accordance with the curriculum and length of study period at each level of education.