FISIPOL UGM Officiates Academic Cooperation with Thammasat University

Yogyakarta, August 3rd 2021─The Faculty of Social and Political Science (Fisipol) UGM signed a memorandum of understanding with the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Thammasat University, Thailand (03/08). This cooperation includes student exchange programs as well as various other academic collaborations, especially between the Department of Communication (Dikom) UGM and Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication (BJM) Thammasat University. Not only that, this cooperation will also bridge student and academician exchange, exchange of study material, as well as joint research. “This cooperation is created in the hope that Fisipol can widen its collaboration on the international level. We can provide an international exposure for international students so that students can taste the experience of learning in Thammasat University,” said Wawan Mas’udi, Dean of Fisipol UGM. 

Dikom and BJM also created a collaboration on several university courses that students can take. Those courses are “Cinema in Southeast Asia” with Budi Irwanto from Dikom and Assist.Prof. Jakrawal Nilthamrong from BJM as the lecturer, as well as “Strategic Planning” by Syaifa Tania and Diah Angendari from Dikom with Sascha Horst Funk from BJM. 

The MoU signing was done online and was attended by several lecturers and staff of Dikom, Fisipol UGM as well as those from Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Thammasat University.The signing ceremony was done by representatives from both parties, which are Wawan Mas’udi and Assoc.Prof. Kalyakorn Worakullattanee as the dean of Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Thammasat University. 

“This cooperation will be valuable for students, where they can have the experience of collaborating with lecturers and peer groups on the international scale,” said Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti as the Vice Dean of Cooperation, Alumni, and Research who also attended the event.