The UGM Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) has accepted 568 new undergraduate students, consisting of 423 regular students and 145 international class students (IUP). Approximately 60% of the regular students have received various scholarships.
“One out of five of our new students receives a 100% tuition subsidy, or they don’t have to pay tuition fees,” said the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Professor Didi Achjari, on Monday (August 21).
According to Professor Achjari, providing scholarships for new students from less fortunate families manifests the faculty’s commitment as part of UGM to provide affordable, high-quality education to students from various socioeconomic backgrounds.
“This commitment can be realized through mutual support in higher education financing,” said the dean.
Furthermore, the faculty appreciates and expresses gratitude to approximately 40% of the parents of new students who are economically capable and have fully financed their children’s education without assistance.
“In this way, they have also participated in the collaborative effort of financing high-quality higher education for their children and other future leaders of the nation at the faculty,” Professor Achjari said.
He believes economic limitations are not a barrier for the nation’s best and brightest to receive an exceptional education at UGM.
The UGM Faculty of Economics and Business is firmly committed to nurturing future leaders with an understanding of sustainability and determines to offer chances for qualified persons to benefit from top-notch international education while remaining firmly rooted in the Indonesian setting.
“Universitas Gadjah Mada has the autonomy to establish its identity as a national university through the inclusion of the students it accepts,” he explained.
The dean mentioned that the faculty’s new students this year come from 29 provinces in Indonesia, from Aceh to Papua.
This diversity is also reflected in the variation in the origins of schools within a province, not only dominated by provincial capitals like Jayapura, Merauke, Kendari, Mataram, Samarinda, Pontianak, etc., but also from various cities and regencies, such as Belu, Manggarai, East Lombok, Bengkalis, Bungo, Pelalawan, Mamasa, Pinrang, Tanah Datar, Toba Samosir, Talaud Islands, Rokan Hilir, Southeast Aceh, Pringsewu, Tanah Laut, Tanah Bumbu, East Kutai, and Sambas.
In one of the discussions with new students during the faculty’s orientation program called SIMFONI, Beltzasar Kaleb Salamuk from Papua expressed his joy and gratitude for being accepted into the faculty.
Similarly, Angelica Lambert from North Sulawesi expressed her happiness and pride in being accepted to study at UGM.
“Studying at the UGM Faculty of Economics and Business is something I’ve dreamed of, and this has exceeded my expectations,” she said.
Elvina, a recipient of the KIP-Kuliah assistance and an Accounting freshman, shared similar sentiments.
“It’s beneficial because the KIP-Kuliah will lighten the financial burden on my mother, who is a single parent, so she doesn’t have to worry about funding my education,” she said.
Author: UGM Faculty of Economics and Business/Gusti Grehenson