UNS — Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta was officially registered as an autonomous university (PTNBH) in October 2020, which means 2022 will be the second year of UNS as a PTNBH. Various strategic plans have been prepared to achieve UNS target as a World Class University. Evaluation on 2021 performance was also conducted to make this year better.
Evaluation and plans were shared in the 2022 New Year Silaturrahmi held offline in G.P.H Haryo Mataram Auditorium UNS and online through the Zoom Cloud Meeting and UNS YouTube channel. In the ceremony, the Rector of UNS, Prof. Jamal Wiwoho stated that UNS has achieved various accomplishments in 2021, such as being ranked 201-300 worldwide by Times Higher Education Impact Ranking; ranked 401- 450 worldwide by QS World University Ranking; ranked 13 in Indonesia, ranked 2,535 worldwide by Webometrics, and ranked 7 in Indonesia and 99 worldwide by UI Greenmatrics.
However, Prof. Jamal emphasized that UNS should not be satisfied with these accomplishments. He stated that these achievements should be improved, considering UNS plan to be a World Class University after being listed as PTNBH. Collaboration and innovation among UNS academic members are required to achieve this target.
“No matter what is the accomplishment achieved by UNS, it is inseparable for the hard works, complete work, sincere work, and willingness to work together from the executive board and UNS academic members. It means synergy, collaboration, and togetherness will become the key of UNS success that currently is transforming into PTNBH,” Prof. Jamal stated.
On the same occasion, the Vice-Dean for Human Resources, Finance, and Logistics Affairs Faculty of Engineering (FT) UNS, Prof. Wahyudi Sutopo, also delivered a speech on “Strengthening Innovation in UNS Autonomous Era.” Prof. Wahyudi emphasized that UNS needs to pay more attention to innovation to be able to compete at international level.
“In reality, the issues on global education demands individual, group, and organization to have speed, creativity, and innovation as the keys in winning the competition. Innovation should become a driving force of productivity, and in turn, innovation will result in breakthrough power to present in the market faster, provide the solution faster, and with the provided efforts, the triumph will be there,” he stated.
Prof. Wahyudi also discussed IKU 8 on international accreditation that needs to be improved. According to him, accreditation is vital in improving the other seven IKUs.
“The focus on IKU 8 could move IKU 1 to IKU 7. IKU 8 becomes the priority because it is the hardest, the external party assessed (us), it takes time, and needs to be planned. However, with literacy and experts in (UNS), international accreditation could be achieved in four years,” he added.
Hopefully, UNS’ achievement and reputation worldwide could improve rapidly in 2022. Humas UNS
Reporter: Ida Fitriyah
Editor: Dwi Hastuti