“When I heard the name Universitas Diponegoro, I thought that Undip was a good university in Indonesia, I also got information about Undip from my friends in Indonesia. My friends and lecturers in Indonesia recommended me to study at UNDIP because this campus has excellent educational quality. Not to mention, the graduates will also be qualified and ready to work and UNDIP is a campus that is open to international students, ” said Ahmed AO Shbair, a DISS (Diponegoro International Student Scholarship) student at Masters in Communication Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro from Palestine.

“I majored in Master of Communication Science, with a concentration on media, culture and society. I chose the study program at Universitas Diponegoro because I really have hope and enthusiasm to study at UNDIP, I also know that this campus has many quality study programs, experienced lecturers and this campus is a favourite campus for students in Indonesia,” he continued.

Ahmed told his experience when he first lived in Semarang. He said he had experienced difficulties due to cultural differences, but in the end, he quickly adapted to the new environment. Previously, he had lived in Yogyakarta for a year and studied Indonesian. For him, Indonesia had become his second home.

“There are so many memorable experiences while studying in Indonesia, I came from Palestine and was accepted to study at UNDIP. I can study in peace and comfort. Besides, it will get more beautiful if I can graduate next year and achieve my dreams in life,” he said.

He conveyed a message to his fellow students who study far from their home countries, that the purpose of life is to work hard and diligently in order to achieve the results. Learning is the best goal so that experience and skills will be improved. Don’t hesitate to study away from your home country in order to gain so many valuable new experiences and to be able to share knowledge or culture between two countries.

“I also hope that UNDIP will continue to improve the quality of education to go to a World-Class University. This will definitely increase the interest of international students in the coming up years to further study at UNDIP, and continue to provide scholarship opportunities to international students. I thank UNDIP because I am one of the students who received the DISS scholarship opportunity in 2020,” said Ahmed.

“This Covid-19 pandemic is a difficult time, but students still have the opportunity to study even though they are online. Hopefully, the pandemic will pass soon because I miss direct learning moments. So, during this pandemic most of my activities are done online, and some of them are offline due to the difficulty of applying it online. However, I still carry out the health protocols,” he concluded. (Linda Public Relations)

Source: undip.ac.id