UNAIR NEWS Universitas Muslim Indonesia (UMI) Makassar leaderships included Vice Rector I UMI Prof. Dr. Syahnur Said and Vice Rector V UMI Prof. Dr. Ma檙uf Hafidz and their staff from Institute of Quality Assurance (LPM) UMI visited UNAIR on Thursday, February 4, for a comparative study on quality assurance.
淲e are putting in our efforts to get better accreditation, for the programs or the institution. And UNAIR has been accredited A, that檚 why we came here, said the man who was also UNAIR alumnus.
In his official address, Vice Rector I UNAIR Prof. Djoko Santoso, dr., Sp.PD-KGH., Ph.D., FINASIM said that UNAIR had gladly welcomed UMI visit. He explained that it was also a part of UNAIR檚 roles in order to educate the life of the nation.
淯NAIR has been audited by British Standard Institution (BSI) with Malcolm baldridge Score 703 or already in the category excellent level. It was improved from the previous category industry leader. We keep doing improvements so in the next five years we can be in Top 500 World Class University, said the former Vice Dean II Faculty of Medicine on quality assurance system in UNAIR. Prof. Djoko also reminded the attendees that UNAIR also has limits, even so UMI was expected to learn much from UNAIR in this comparative study for UMI檚 future improvements.
The Head of Quality Assurance Agency, Prof. Dr. Bambang Sektyari., drh., DEA then explained that UNAIR right now has AIMS (Airlangga Integrated Management System) as the integrated quality assurance system.
淎IMS accelerates quality targets achievements time after time. We still refer to Dikti檚 standards, but it is more important to have our own quality target to achieve. AIMS has higher standards than Dikti檚, said the former Head of UNAIR Student Admission Center.
Prof. Bambang explained further that efforts to improve quality should get full supports from the university檚 leaderships.
Leadershipis an important aspect of university quality improvement. UNAIR has leaderships which concern with this improvement. UMI檚 visit also proves that UMI檚 leaderships also concern with it, he added.
UNAIR FKH Professor also said that this quality assurance should be conducted by every university because it is a part of getting the people檚 trusts. (*)
Author : Yeano Andhika
