UNAIR NEWS听鈥撀犔共曰逄Faculty of Dental Medicine (FKG)聽are the oldest faculties at 东京热.听Since its establishment, the two faculties have made many proudest achievements.
Based on the ranking published by聽,听听补苍诲听FKG聽are ranked first nationally, ranked #10 in Southeast Asia, and ranked #601-800 in world.
For this achievement,听聽Prof. Dr. Budi Santoso, Dr. SpOG Subsp. FER, gave a response.听According to him, winning this title proved that FK and FKG UNAIR are able to complement each other so that they could become the best in Indonesia.
International strategy
Prof. Budi Santoso or Prof. Bus also said that to make the best achievement, all activities in聽听补苍诲听FKG聽are always directed to collaborate with international partners.听It can ultimately have a significant impact on both of them.
International partnerships in聽the are conducted by inviting as many聽adjunct professors聽or visiting professors as possible.听There are four duties聽of adjunct professors: giving lectures, collaborating in research, collaborating in publications, and becoming a promoter or聽co-promoter of the department staff appointing them.
鈥Currently, the聽聽has 25聽adjunct professors.听And in May,听God聽willing, there will be three more from Leiden University,鈥 said Prof Bus.
Furthermore, the publication for master鈥檚, doctoral, specialist, and and sub-specialist program graduates must be international and Scopus-indexed.听It can boost the rankings of聽听补苍诲听FKG.
鈥淭he current聽double degree聽program for undergraduates with Melbourne will also be expanded with Western Sydney University, Chulalongkorn University, Manchester University, and hopefully Malaysia and Taiwan (universities) will follow.听So that all international classes at聽聽take part in聽double degree programs,鈥 he said.
Ranking as implication
Responding to the ranking, Prof Bus said that the main goal was not to pursue rankings but to carry out the Tri Dharma of Higher Education as well as possible. The ranking is a side effect and a motivation to be even better.
鈥淥ur main goal is to provide a teaching and learning process, conduct a research process including publication, and carry out community service as well as possible.听Then the ranking will follow,鈥 said the Dean of聽.
Prof. Budi Santoso said that one day there will be leadership regeneration at聽.听He hopes that all teams will continue to work as an excellent team, produce the best works, and develop what already exists, improve and perfect them.听The goal is to let the wheel continue rolling towards improvement to be the best.听(*)
Author: Nova Dwi Pamungkas
Editor : Binti Q. Masruroh
