Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop, MP, invited the Civitas of Academic to study in the land of kangaroos. Australia is a favorite place of Indonesian students for feel a world-class education. About 9,000 Indonesian students currently studying in Australia. The number is mastered 24% of the number of foreign students in Australia came from Indonesia.
"Makassar has 20 universities that have an agreements with the universities in Australia, including the student exchange, research, academic, and administrative space," said Julie Bishop in her lecture.
A short distance and the cheaper cost of education is the reason for some students choose to study at this kangaroo land.
Compared to the best college in the US, tuition fee of Bachelor of Arts (or equivalent degree) from seven university which was ranked as the world's top 100 in Australia half of the tuition fee at US universities.
On this occasion, she also explained some programs that run by the Australian Government in collaboration education. One of them is the New Colombo Plan, where students can learn to Australia, researching, even working in 38 points in the Indo-Pacific, including Makassar.
Rector of Hasanuddin University, Prof. Dr. Dwia Aries Tina Pulubuhu MA, explained, 135 lecturers of Hasanuddin University is an alumnus of universities in Australia, both for master or doctoral program.
"During the program we are actively associated with universities in Australia to improve cooperation, '' she said.
Over past two years, Hasanuddin University also cooperating with several Australian universities, such as Griffith University, Newcastle University, James Cook University, Southern Cross University, and Charles Darwin University.
Dwia, who officiate as the Mainboard of the Australia-Indonesia Center (AIC) is explained that during the last two years Hasanuddin University send students to Griffith University.
Julie, who was accompanied by Australian Ambassador for Indonesia, Paul Grigson also introduced Consulate General of Australia in Makassar is newly formed, namely Richard Mathews.
The establishment of the Consulate General of Australia in Makassar is a follow up of the meeting of AIC in Hasanuddin University a year ago, when the Rector of Hasanuddin University also engaged as a Main Board in collaboration between two countries.
"This is a new chapter of cooperation between Indonesia and Australia. The cooperation that carried out is no longer only bordered country by country, government by government, but the city with the city. Thus, we can know each other, talk to each other, understand each other, cooperate with each other. So we could see the wider world, "Bishop said in his lecture. DNA-PR
