Muhammad Kamil and Ach. Apriyanto, Head, and Secretary of the 2021-2025 IP Study Program
Saturday, December 04, 2021, in the Meeting Room of Lecturers of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (611), University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM), the Chair and Secretary of the Government Science Study Program (IP UMM) was sworn in for the solemn period of 2021-2025. Therefore, legally and officially, Muhammad Kamil, S, IP., MA (Head of Study Program) and Achmad Apriyanto, S.IP.M.Si (Secretary of Study Program), who continue the mandate of the solemn period 2018-2021.
In the first period, under their leadership, the UMM Government Science Study Program has achieved a myriad of academic and non-academic achievements. The peak is, of course, the Superior Accreditation, which is the best and highest ranking obtained by the Study Program from BANPT (National Accreditation Board for Higher Education). This status shows that the IP UMM program has excellent academic and non-academic quality assurance.
In this second period, there are several main focuses of strategic programs that IP will implement. First, international recognition through the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) accreditation is targeted to be achieved by 2022. FIBAA is an international accreditation agency registered with the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia and is internationally oriented toward quality assurance and development in higher education.
Second is the implementation of the Center of Excellence (CoE). As part of the implementation of the Independent Campus, this program aims to provide knowledge and practice in the fields of government and politics, able to think logically, critically, systematically, and innovatively, able to map and analyze and provide solutions to problems in the field of government based on AI, and communicate to related parties and responsible for the results of the analysis/solution ethically and scientifically.
Third, the development of the Merdeka Learning program for the Merdeka Campus. This program is part of the Independent Campus, which provides opportunities for students to study for three semesters outside the study program. So far in IP, one (1) scheme has been implemented, namely student exchange. Four (4) other systems, namely Internship/work practice, Research/Research, Humanitarian Project, and Study/Independent Project, will be carried out in March 2022. This activity is also essential. in line with the UMM Definitely Program, namely Must Pass 4 (four) Years, Definitely Work, and Independent
Muhammad Kamil, S.IP., MA, emphasized that he is optimistic that all these targets can be well realized. IP has a work culture full of kinship, egalitarianism, and collaboration from all lecturers. That is why all complex tasks are carried out sincerely and wholeheartedly so that IP has a myriad of achievements, especially the Superior accreditation. "We understand that the challenges in the second period are getting tougher, especially concerning the Internationalization of Study Programs, CoE and MBKM. We carry out this mandate with full responsibility for the progress of IP and UMM Malang Study Programs. As soon as possible, the IP Study Program will conduct internal consolidation to develop tactical and measurable steps to realize all these targets. With the cooperation and dedication of all IP lecturers, we believe that Insha Allah everything will be realized, and IP will progress more and more," concluded Kamil.
