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JAKARTA –  Jakarta Through education, the globalization of Muhammadiyah seems to be increasing. This is shown by the significant number of international applicants to the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY).

According to Jordan, the director of UMY’s International Cooperation Office said, “There are 1,473 prospective students from 60 countries, which is a record for UMY, therefore we hope to be able to collaborate with embassies in related nations. “and they,” he said. Gunawan, Jedi (16/03) .6).

After the event, UMY and Rally Ambassador, together with ambassadors and attaches from 18 friendly nations, met at Muhammadiyah Central Executive Building in Menteng, Central Jakarta. Jordan said that UMY had a different duty about the huge number of possible international students.

The annual obligation to consider international students is just 40. Due to this excitement, UMY said it will extend the cap to 50 to 60 individuals. Because there are around fifty thousand prospective domestic students at UMY, and only four thousand are admitted, there are approximately fifty thousand applicants.

In addition to expanding the foreign student quota, UMY has another alternative for 1,173 international applicants by collaborating with the Offices of International Affairs at Muhammadiyah College and ‘Aisyiyah College (PTMA).

“For instance, UM Surabaya or PTMA campuses are excellent and prepared, so they can provide one or two scholarships to international students. It seems that Muhammadiyah University in North Maluku has also created a program with Thai students as the average,” he added.

According to Jordan, the gathering with the ambassadors is a synergistic effort to accommodate international student prospects, as it turns out that foreign students are not only from lower economic groups and developing nations, but many of them are also economically independent and from developing nations.

This, added Jordan, is evidence that Muhammadiyah has expedited the Muhammadiyah Internationalization goal, which is not only advantageous for Muhammadiyah, but also for the worldwide reputation of Indonesia.

“This signifies that not only Muhammadiyah, not only UMY, but also Indonesia as a whole thinks that Indonesia can internationalize and make these campuses more international with the participation of international students,” he added. concluded. (afn)

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