Tuesday, August 28, 2018, the Department of Architecture and Planning has been busy with preparations for the graduation ceremony since the morning. A total of 106 students successfully graduated with 53 students from each study program. Based on the Judiciary Decree, the Architectural Engineering Study Program notes that 7 students were graduated in May, 10 students were declared graduated in June, and 36 students were graduated in July. While for the Urban and Regional Planning Study Program, as many as 6 students were graduated in May, 8 students passed in June, and 39 students in July.
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BAN-PT or Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi is an institution that has a vision to be a dignified, credible, and accountable institution and to be strategic and international in supporting the establishment of a superior and characterized higher education system (BAN-PT, 2016). The BAN-PT accreditation process is carried out through a process, namely uploading files and visits by BAN-PT assessors. BAN-PT assessors are experts in the field of science or practice representing BAN-PT in the accreditation study program.
The Department of Architecture and Planning again held a public lecture that was open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, both those from the Urban and Regional Planning Study Program and the Architectural Engineering Study Program. The public lecture this time carries the theme “Contemporary Issues of Cities in Europe” with the speaker Prof. Ir. Bambang Hari Wibisono, MUP., M.Sc who is a lecturer from the Department of Architecture and Planning Engineering himself.
This public lecture discusses the ways of big cities in Europe who are members of the European Union in dealing with the latest urban issues, such as urban pollution, the tendency of the population to live in urban areas, and the positive and negative impacts resulting from migration to urban areas. In the Urban Agenda for the European Union, it was stated that there were 3 strategies used to deal with these urban issues, namely:
Monday, August 6 2018 is the start date of “Pelatihan Pembelajar Sukses Mahasiswa Baru” or commonly referred to as PPSMB. This activity lasted for one week which included two series of events, namely PPSMB PALAPA (university level) and PPSMB Kesatria (faculty level). On the same day, that is on August 6, 2018 there was also the reception of parents of new students. Parents of new students are invited to attend university level meetings at 09.00-12.00 at Grha Sabha Pramana, then continued faculty level meetings at 13.00-14.00 at KPFT, and departmental meetings at 14.00-16.00 at the Department of Architecture and Planning.
The International Conference on Indonesian Architecture and Planning (ICIAP) is a conference and field trip program that held once every two years by the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University. ICIAP 2018 is the 4th Biennale since the first ICIAP was held in 2012. The event was held on July 26-27, 2018 at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University. ICIAP 2018 is held with a support from the Asia Center Japan Foundation.