International Office (IO) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta together with Institut Francais Indonesia (IFI) Campus France, and Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (UFTMP) holds a discussion entitled Study Abroad in France on Friday (20/5/2016) at Rector’s Courtroom IV of Central Building dr. Prakoso UNS Surakarta. International Office (IO) holds this regular Study Abroad discussion as a mean to give information to people, especially academicians to continue their study.
IFI is an institution working on all cultural cooperation between France and Indonesia. IFI is a merger of Subdivision of Cooperation and Culture (SCAC) of French Embassy and Centre Culturel Francais (CCF) in Indonesia. Campus France is one of IFI’s services.
This occasion invites two interviewees, Ananda Mackulau; as the representative of UFTMP in Indonesia and Fitria; as the representative of IFI, Campus France Branch Office Yogyakarta. This discussion is attended by both UNS students and two researchers coming from France.
“Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées is not a name of university, but it consists of 4 Public Universities, 17 Specialist Academy, 15 Doctoral College, and 6 National Research Centers located in Toulouse, France,” Ananda says. “Toulouse is the best town to study, and it becomes the most important Research and Development city in France,” she continues.
Ananda explains that from 115 thousands students, 15 thousands of them are foreign students. So, there have been a lot of departments using English as their instructional language. In line with, Fitria adds that there are more than 700 study programs using English as their instructional language.
“And even now, there is an additional feature which is beneficial to help them, doctoral or master candidates which have not had any project to be carried out. We, give the professor names list together with their specialty, so then they (doctoral or master candidates—Read.) can directly contact the pertinent professors,” Ananda explains.[] (anggra.red.uns.ac.id)
