Orientation Day and Cultural Immersion Day
With more than 50 partner universities, Faculty of Economics and Business Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM) is the home of over 150 international undergraduate students every year. Every semester, FEB UGM welcomed International undergraduate students from all partner universities on Orientation Day and Cultural Immersion Day.
Orientation Day was intended to give students information about academic facilities, offered courses, SINTESIS (Faculty Economics and Business’ Integrated Information System) and other technical information such as parking area, canteen, on campus dress code etc. The materials presented in the seminars were expected to ease international students in adapting to their new academic environment. The event will be opened by Vice Dean of Academic and Student Affairs. The head of Undergraduate study programs (Business, Economics and Accounting) will give briefs explanation regarding the offered courses in FEB UGM. The representation of students from Global Leadership Forum (GLF FEB UGM) and Student Executive Board (BEM KM FEB UGM) also joined the event to give some information related to student community and activity as well as to introduce cultural program exposures that in accordance with UGM’s vision as locally rooted and globally respected university.
Immersion Culture Day comes as a part of Orientation Day for international undergraduate students on the weekend. This program presented as an event to introduce international students more about Indonesia and its people. The international undergraduate students and their buddies (student from FEB UGM) will be involved on some games, outbound, lunch with Indonesian menu and visiting traditional place of Yogyakarta.