UNS — Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta signed a memorandum of understanding with Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia (IAI) (Indonesian Architect Association) in a hybrid ceremony. The offline-signing ceremony was held in the Multimedia Room Building 4 Faculty of Engineering (FT) UNS and online through the Zoom Cloud Meeting application. The ceremony was held on Monday (6/12/2021) and was attended by Prof. Jamal Wiwoho and representatives from the Architectural Engineering Program FT UNS and IAI.
The memorandum of understanding regulates the implementation of Higher Education Tri Dharma and human resources development. This collaboration aims to synergize and optimize potential and resources from both collaborators in improving education, governance, and human resource development. The memorandum of understanding covers the implementation of education, research, and community services; human resources development; Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program implementation; and other activities agreed by both institutions.
IAI is a professional organization of Indonesian architects with a secretariat office located in Jakarta Design Center, Slipi, Jakarta. IAI was established on 17 September 1959 in Bandung.
The signing ceremony was opened with tumpeng cutting ceremony to mark the opening of Multimedia Room FT UNS, followed with an opening remark from Ar. Gregorius Budi Yulianto, IAI, AA as the Chairman of IAI. In his speech, Ar. Gregorius Budy Yulianto congratulated UNS and hoped that the collaboration could result in a more developed partnership.
“Congratulation to UNS and hopefully, what (we are) doing could result in a more developed collaboration,” he stated.
In the following opening remark, Prof. Jamal hoped that the partnership could contribute to UNS development in the future.
“I hope the collaboration agreement with IAI could contribute, for example, to provide lecture and become a speaker in FT UNS. We are open for development,” Prof. Jamal stated.
The collaboration agreement will be effective for five years since the signing between UNS and IAI. Humas UNS
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