UGM Vice-Rector for Human Resource and Asset, Prof. Dr. Ir. Bambang Agus Kironoto, has inaugurated the office of Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in Bulaksumur compound on Friday (4/1). Along with Vice-Rector for Teaching and Student Affairs, Prof. Dr. Ir. Djagal Wiseso Marseno, Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Alumni, Dr. Paripurna, S.H., LLM., and Director of PIU, Ir. Hotma Prawoto Sulistyadi, M.T., IP-Md.
PIU will monitor, plan, and develop new buildings under the loans from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the development programme of World Class University with Socio-entrepreneurial Spirit at UGM.
At the end of 2018 UGM already started the construction of 10 new buildings at eight faculties and schools worth Rp1 trillion. Faculty of Pharmacy is building Advanced Pharmaceutical Science Learning Center, Faculty of Law: Law Learning Center, Faculty of Dentistry: Learning Center, Faculty of Forestry: Integrated Farming Learning Center, Faculty of Agriculture: Learning Center, and Faculty of Animal Sciences: Animal Science Learning Center; Faculty of Engineering: Smart Green Learning Center and Engineering Research and Innovation Center, and Vocational School: Teaching Industry Learning Center and Field Research Center in Kulon Progo regency.
Bambang hoped every one of them to support it so the programme would run well.
“Each faculty has to optimise the facilities being constructed so that research would run well,” he said.
“Hopefully each faculty and school can make use the facilities well for the progress of UGM,” he said.