Being able to study abroad is a memorable experience for every student. As a law student, there are many choices of countries to develop their legal analysis skills, one of which is Switzerland.
Adhitya Rasyid Nugroho is a student of the Faculty of Law, 51动漫 (FH UNAIR) class of 2020, who is an awardee for the Airlangga Global Engagement (AGE) program at Université de Genéve (UNIGE). Through an interview with FH News on Friday (6/1/2023), the student, who is familiarly called Adhit, explained that this program was a student exchange program between UNAIR and UNIGE, which allowed UNAIR students to study for one semester at UNIGE offline.
“Thank God, one of my colleagues from the Faculty of Public Health UNAIR and I was selected to be students of this student exchange program. This activity was carried out face-to-face at UNIGE, which is located in the City of Geneva, Switzerland. This program is carried out for six months, from September 2022 to February 2023,” explained Adhit.
Adhit also explained the requirements for registering for the student exchange program. He said he got the information from the AGE page directly.
“I registered after getting information from the AGE page. I admit that the procedure is quite difficult for registration, especially regarding visa registration at the Swiss Embassy in Jakarta. However, after I asked my friends at PTRI (Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia, ed) Geneva and the Indonesian Embassy (Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, ed) Bern, it turned out they were having the same problem regarding visa matters with the Swiss Embassy. However, the requirements from UNIGE and UNAIR are not too difficult, more or less like the requirements for student exchange programs in general, such as the need to attach English proficiency certificates, academic transcripts, motivation letters, and study plans,” he said.
Adhit said he participated in the Certificate in Transnational Law (CTL) program, a particular program offered by UNIGE for third-year undergraduate or Master of Law students to study international law. In the program, he took five courses weighing six credits each: World Trade Organization Law and Practices, International Arbitration, International Commercial Litigation, Comparative Law in Contract Law, and International Capital Markets Law.
“During this course, I gained new insights, especially regarding how the legal process works in the European Union, for example, regarding competence and jurisdiction as regulated in the Brussels I Regulation and the Lugano Convention, as well as some of the uniqueness of Switzerland as a country in Western Europe that is not a member of the European Union. Europe. Apart from that, I also get the opportunity to meet students from various countries because the classes I take are English classes that student exchange participants like me dominate. Because of that, I met fellow student exchange students from Australia, Austria, Turkey, Japan, the People’s Republic of China, Singapore, and various other countries,” said Adhit.
According to Adhit, the most memorable experience was when he attended the World Trade Organization Law and Practices class. At that time, his lecturer, Professor Gabrielle Marceau, held a class meeting at the World Trade Organization headquarters. Professor Marceau is a legal expert who has worked at the World Trade Organization as a Counselor in the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization since 1994, and he received permission from the World Trade Organization directly to hold meetings in their building, to be precise in the General Council World room. Trade Organization.
“After class, Professor Marceau took us on tour to look around the building. The other most memorable experience was when I met Indonesian colleagues who work and live in Switzerland, such as at PTRI Geneva, and several Indonesian colleagues who work or do internships at the World Health Organization. My meeting with all of them was memorable because I was also able to get cool relationships,” he explained.
In closing, Adhit said he felt delighted and grateful to be able to study in Geneva. That was also the main reason he was interested in the CTL program from AGE because of his big desire and dream to be able to study in Geneva, Switzerland. He also advised students, especially UNAIR Law students, not to stop dreaming and try to make their dreams come true one by one.
