Depok (ANTARA) - University of Indonesia (UI) held a meeting with a delegation from the Indonesian Embassy (KBRI) in Sarajevo on developing educational cooperation between Indonesia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the university's secretary, Agustin Kusumayati, said here on Monday.Upon its arrival, the embassy delegation led by the Indonesian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Roem Kono, was welcomed by Kusumayati; acting vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, Dedi Priadi; and director of cooperation, Toto Pranoto.
"We hope to explore (new) cooperation to expand the memorandum of understanding that has been agreed between UI and the University of Zenica in 2019, which was carried out by sending students from the UI Faculty of Medicine to study for several months to the country," Kusumayati informed.
UI has previously collaborated with four other universities in Bosnia-Herzegovina: the University of Tuzla, University of Sarajevo, University Dzemal Bijedic of Mostar, and University of East Sarajevo.
The collaboration between UI and the University of Zenica is currently still active, while the collaboration with the other four universities needs to be renewed.
Therefore, Ambassador Kono expressed his readiness to bridge the cooperation between UI and universities in Bosnia-Herzegovina so that it can continue.
The collaboration between UI and universities in Bosnia-Herzegovina will begin with a student exchange program.
Ambassador Kono said that the exchange program could involve other academics, including lecturers and education staff, as conveyed by the Chancellor of the University of Zenica, Jusuf Durakovic.
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"Professor Jusuf appealed to UI to not hesitate to involve more parties, while we will prepare the best accommodation for the best young people from Indonesia," he added.
"We also invite UI to visit the Indonesian Embassy in Sarajevo to see Bosnia-Herzegovina's readiness to accept international students," he said.
The ambassador informed that Bosnia-Herzegovina is a country in Southeast Europe that has a fairly good quality of education with eight state universities and 22 private universities.
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Some of the country's leading educational programs include medicine, dentistry, industrial engineering, and metallurgical engineering.
Three of the country's universities—the University of Sarajevo, University of Banja Luka, and University of East Sarajevo—are among the best globally, according to the Webometrics Ranking.
This shows that the graduates of the universities have a great chance of competing with those from other top campuses in Europe.
