Monday, 7 August 2023, the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Universitas Indonesia (UI) welcomed 2 (two) guests from the Muhammadiyah University (UM) Kendari in Meeting Room A, Floor 3 RIK UI. The two guests were Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Muhammad Nurdin, M.Sc., IPU., ASEAN Eng., and Prof. Dr. Maulidiyah who is the Chancellor and Daily Supervisor of UM Kendari.
UM Kendari plans to establish a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. That’s what prompted Prof. Nurdin and Prof. Maulidiyah to visit FPH UI. “Previously we had communicated with the Faculty of Engineering for plans to build a Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Study Program, the Faculty of Humanities (FIB) for the development of a Mandarin Language Study Program, and today to FPH regarding plans to establish a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,” said Prof. Nurdin.
The meeting which was attended by the Dean of FPH UI, Prof. dr. Mondastri Korib Sudaryo, M.S., D.Sc; Deputy Dean for Education, Research and Student Affairs FPH UI, Dr. Ir. Asih Setiarini, M.Sc.; Deputy Dean for Resources, Ventures and General Administration of FPH UI, Dr. Milla Herdayati, S.K.M., M.Sc.; as well as Collaboration Manager, Alumni Relations and Ventures, Indri Hapsari Susilowati, S.K.M., M.K.K.K., Ph.D., this is the first step to find out what kind of education and teaching is being carried out as well as opportunities for collaboration that can be carried out. “Currently FPH UI has more than 100 lecturers. In the future, we can help teach, maybe guest lecturers, or become consultants at UM Kendari,” said Prof. Mondastry. Presentation material was also presented which contained an overview of education and teaching carried out by FPH UI, the collaboration that had been established, and the forms of cooperation that could be carried out with UM Kendari. Overall, FPH UI welcomes any offers of cooperation from UM Kendari.
This meeting is only the beginning of various collaborations that can be carried out. The hope is that FPH UI can continue to play a role in developing public health scientific education, not only intra-campus, but also to various other campuses. In this case, UM Kendari. (BK)
