International Class

English-taught classes at Unhas, with a learning experience at a partner university abroad.

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International classes run separately from regular classes, with English as the language of instruction. Graduates leave with the knowledge, skills, and language ability to compete at a global level.

Programmes and faculties

All faculties

Faculty of Economics and Business

Management
Accounting

Faculty of Engineering

Civil Engineering
Informatics Engineering
Architecture
Geological Engineering

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

International Relations
Communication Science
Public Administration

International exposure

Every international class student completes one period of international exposure at a partner university or institution abroad — a double degree, joint degree, sit-in, internship, or another format. Some examples from Unhas:

Double degree

International Relations students can earn two degrees: a Sarjana Ilmu Politik from Unhas and a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Queensland, Australia. The first graduate crossed the stage in July 2024.

Sit-in

International class students in Dentistry spent three weeks at the Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, supervised by its professors and lecturers.

Short international programme

Through the Blended International Programme at Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, the Netherlands, Faculty of Nursing students studied planetary health with peers from several countries — four weeks online, then on campus in Groningen from 2 to 6 February 2026.

Guest lecturers from abroad

The Dentistry international class has brought in lecturers from Universiti Malaya and the University of Melbourne for online guest lectures.

Double and joint degree programmes

A double degree awards two degrees from two universities whose curricula overlap by 40–60 percent; a joint degree awards a degree shared by two universities whose curricula overlap by more than 75 percent. As of October 2025, Unhas runs eight such programmes with partners in Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and Malaysia, managed by the Directorate of Educational Transformation and Learning Innovation together with the faculties.

International Relations (bachelor’s) — The University of Queensland, Australia

Double degree, 2.5 + 1.5 years: two and a half years at Unhas and one and a half at UQ, graduating with a Sarjana Ilmu Politik and a Bachelor of Arts. Running since 2022; the first graduate crossed the stage in July 2024.

Chinese Language and Culture (bachelor’s) — Nanchang University, China

Joint degree, 2 + 2 years, with a scholarship for students who reach HSK level 4 and at least a B in their first four semesters. Twenty students graduated in June 2025, and 14 students from the 2024 cohort left for Nanchang in August 2026.

Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning (master’s) — Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Joint degree, 1 + 1 years: one year at Unhas and one year in Toyohashi. Both programmes were already running by October 2025.

Public Administration (master’s) — Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Double degree, 1 + 1 years, launched in October 2025. The two universities first agreed on the collaboration in 2019.

Public Administration (master’s) — Rikkyo University, Japan

Unhas’s Master of Public Administration and Rikkyo’s Master of Social Development and Administration signed a double and joint degree agreement on 21 October 2025, with one year at each university. In July 2026, programme leaders visited Tokyo to monitor its delivery.

Medicine (bachelor’s) — Management and Science University, Malaysia

Joint degree agreed on 28 July 2025 and starting in 2025/2026. Students spend the first semester at Unhas, semesters two to four at MSU, then return to Unhas through the clinical stage, graduating with a Sarjana Kedokteran from Unhas, a Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons.) from MSU, and the professional Dokter title from Unhas.

Accounting (bachelor’s) — Management and Science University, Malaysia

Joint degree, 3 + 1 years, launched in October 2025.

Unhas’s global showcase

Rector Jamaluddin Jompa calls the international class Unhas’s global showcase and a key step towards becoming a world-class university. The university has drawn up guidelines for managing international classes so that governance, teaching, and curricula meet the same standard in every programme.

Students from 51 countries

As of October 2026, 567 international students from 51 countries were studying at Unhas in degree and non-degree programmes. This film by the International Office follows their activities.