{:id}Pada tanggal 27 Januari – 2 Februari 2019, 20 mahasiswa dari Departemen Matematika dan Departemen Fisika Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi UNAIR mengikuti program mobilitas mahasiswa yang diadakan di Fakulti Sains Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Mereka didampingi oleh dua orang dosen, yaitu Siti Zahidah, S.Si., M.Si. dan Septia Kholimatussa’diah, S.Si., M.Sc. Acara ini pun dihadiri oleh Dekan dan Wakil Dekan III FST Unair, Prof. Win Darmanto, M.Si., Ph.D. dan Dr. Nanik Siti Aminah, M.Si.

Program mobilitas ini dibuka oleh Dekan Fakulti Sains Universiti Malaya, Prof. Dr. Norzulaani Khalid. Prof. Win Darmanto, M.Si., Ph.D., turut memberi sambutan dalam acara pembukaan ini. Selama program ini berlangsung, mahasiswa-mahasiswa Unair dipandu oleh Duta Fakulti Sains Universiti Malaya.

Program ini ditujukan untuk memperoleh wawasan akademik di lingkungan akademik yang berbeda dan dari sudut pandang antarbangsa melalui kunjungan akademik dan kebudayaan, dialog atau diskusi, dan ceramah. Selain itu, program ini juga diadakan untuk menjaga hubungan baik dan memperluas hubungan internasional, meningkatkan kemampuan komunikasi antarbudaya, menyesuaikan diri dengan komunitas mahasiswa dari berbagai negara dan budaya, dan mempelajari bahasa asing melalui jalinan persahabatan.

Demi mencapai tujuan-tujuan tersebut, agenda program mobilitas oleh Universiti Malaya dibuat sedemikian rupa sehingga meliputi kunjungan akademik, ceramah, kunjungan kebudayaan, presentasi mahasiswa, dan permainan. Pada hari pertama setelah pembukaan, para peserta mengikuti tur di Fakulti Sains Universiti Malaya, Muzium Seni Asia, dan Galeri Seni. Dalam dua hari berikutnya, program ini dilanjutkan dengan kunjungan ke Institut Sains Matematik Universiti Malaya yang diisi dengan ceramah dan permainan matematika serta kunjungan ke Departemen Fisika, Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre, dan Research on Centre for Ionics Universiti Malaya. Tanggal 31 Januari diisi dengan kunjungan ke Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), Masjid Negara, Lapangan Merdeka, dan Kuala Lumpur City Centre. Keesokan harinya, para peserta pergi dari Kuala Lumpur ke Putrajaya untuk mengunjungi tempat-tempat wisata di sana.

Pada hari terakhir, 2 Februari 2019, para mahasiswa dari Universitas Airlangga yang telah terbagi menjadi 4 kelompok diminta untuk mempresentasikan pelajaran-pelajaran yang diperoleh dari program mobilitas ini. Ada pula pertunjukan kebudayaan yang ditampilkan sebelum program mobilitas di Universiti Malaya ditutup oleh Dekan Fakulti Sains.

Penulis: Dida S. N. Hilman{:}{:en}On 27 January 2019, 20 students of Faculty of Science and Technology Universitas Airlangga that consist of 10 students of Mathematics Department and 10 students of Physics Department departed to Kuala Lumpur for a student mobility program in Faculty of Science University of Malaya. They were accompanied by two lecturers, Siti Zahidah, S.Si., M.Si. and Septia Kholimatussa’diah, S.Si., M.Sc. The event was also attended by the Dean and Vice Dean III of FST Unair, Prof. Win Darmanto, M.Si., Ph.D. and Dr. Nanik Siti Aminah, M.Si.

This mobility program was commenced by the Dean of Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Prof. Dr. Norzulaani Khalid on 28 January 2019. Prof. Win Darmanto, M.Si., Ph.D., also gave an opening speech in this opening event. During the program, Unair students were guided by Student Ambassadors of Faculty of Science University of Malaya.

This program was aimed to obtain academic insights in a different academic environment and from a cross-cultural perspective through academic and cultural visits, dialogues or discussions, and lectures. In addition, the objectives of this program were also to maintain a good relationship and widen international relations, improve cross-cultural communication skills, adapt with students from different countries and cultures, and learn a foreign language through friendships.

The mobility program itinerary was made by the University of Malaya to achieve those objectives. It included academic visits, lectures, cultural visits, student presentations, and games. On the first day after the opening event, the participants went on a tour in the Faculty of Science University of Malaya, Asian Art Museum, and Art Gallery. In the following two days, this program was continued with a visit to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences University of Malaya, which was filled with a lecture and mathematical game, and a visit to Physics Department, Low Dimensional Materials Research Centre, and Research on Centre for Ionics Universiti Malaya. On January 31st, the agenda was to visit Radio Television Malaysia (RTM), National Mosque of Malaysia, Merdeka Square, and Kuala Lumpur City Centre. On the next day, from Kuala Lumpur, the participants went to Putrajaya to visit the tourist destinations there.

On the last day, 2 Fabruary 2019, the students of Universitas Airlangga who have been divided into 4 grops were asked to present the lessons they have learnt from this mobility program. There was also a cultural showcase that was performed before the mobility program in University of Malaya was closed by the Dean of Faculty of Science of University of Malaya.

Author: Dida S. N. Hilman{:}