UNAIR NEWS – Universitas Airlangga’s efforts towards internationalization are being made. It can be seen from the number of foreign students admitted in UNAIR which is growing year after year. In the graduation of this period, July 2016, UNAIR has graduated some foreign students from many countries and education degrees.

The 15 foreign students were 10 from Timor Leste, 1 from Nepal, 1 from Sudan, 1 from Myanmar, 1 from Pakistan and 1 from Ivory Coast. They took various majors, such as Master program of Law, Organizational Reform and Development, Psychological Science, Managerial Science, Politics, medicine, Doctoral program of Nursing and Economics.

Moro Kadjo Daniel Bitty expressed his joy after being graduated. He was the best graduate of UNAIR doctoral program from Ivory Coast which took Economics. Even though there are no families coming from Ivory Coast, he was grateful that he still has relatives and close friends.

“I am happy and grateful. Awarded with a title is a responsibility. We are awarded ans we must fight for it. I am thankful to be able to study in Indonesia especially in UNAIR,” said the man who was graduated with perfect GPA, 4.0.

In this occasion, Daniel’s boarding house landlord in Kacapiring, Surabaya was present in the proceeding. “I am very proud to represent his mother. He was with me for 3 years, so during his S-3 study. I already think of him as my own son. He lived in our boarding house in Kacapiring. He is very funny and never disappoints. He always makes me proud,” said  Budiyo Santoso as Daniel’s landlord.

During his study, his activity was sharing his knowledge with master students as a lecturer in UNAIR.

Beside Daniel, there is Madiha Mukhta, a graduate from Pakistan who took Nursing master program. In UNAIR Madiha got a scholarship of Developing Country Partnership (KNB). Madiha was grateful that she can finished  her master study in UNAIR. She admitted that language was the main problem in her temporary study and life in Indonesia.

“Language problem the first one. Because we have different culture. Sometimes they want to say something, but I understand it differently. It was like feeling sad. But it is their culture and it’s us. After a year we can adapt here, and they understand our culture,” she said.

There was also Sanju Kumar Singh, S-2 student who took managerial Science from Nepal. He admitted that after his study finishes, he has not got any plan to go back home.

“I still want to go around Indonesia, because it is very beautiful. I want to study here again,” he said.

Author : Binti Q. Masruroh
Editor: Defrina Sukma S.