The Digital Business (BG) Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), welcomed a visit from the Head of Study Program and Lecturer of Bachelor in Digital Business Study Program (S1 BisDig) Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI), Friday, June 23, 2023, in Assembly Room 1, Soeharno TS Building FEB UNS.

The visit was led by the Head of the Digital Business Study Program, Adam Hermawan, S.Kom., M.B.A., and was welcomed by Tastaftiyan Risfandy, S.E., M.Sc., Ph.D., the Vice Dean for Planning, Business Partnership, and Information Affairs, FEB UNS Digital Business Head of Study Program and a number of FEB UNS Digital Business lecturers. In his welcoming remark, Dr. Tastaftiyan welcomes the entourage to UNS Solo and expresses his gratitude and honor to be visited by UPI’s Head of Study Programs and BisDig Lecturers. He states that there are many cooperation opportunities that can be done, such as student exchanges. There are numerous potentials in BisDig UPI Study Program and BG FEB UNS that need to get explored, which later implemented into a cooperation that will be mutually beneficial for both parties.

Meanwhile, the Head of the BisDig Study Program UPI said that this visit aims to develop cooperation in education activities, research, community service, scientific publications, and other academic activities, including study program management benchmarking.

“Currently we still have a lot to learn from other Digital Business Study Programs, one of which is to accelerate our objectives, thus, we have to learn a lot from the external environment,” he said.

Furthermore, Putra Pamungkas, M.Rech., Ph.D., Plt. (Acting Officer) for the Head of FEB UNS Digital Business Study Program shared a short profile of the BG FEB UNS. “BG FEB is a new study program at UNS established in 2020, there are 5 permanent lecturers, and right now we had only our first student batch, this year is the second batch. Alhamdulilah, we received outstanding enthusiasm for the Program, since we are now in a digital era, thus, we see numerous prospective students applying to the study program,” he said.

Also, this year, the BG Study Program FEB UNS is ranked first in UNS and fifth at the national level for all clusters. In the first batch, BG FEB UNS admitted 60 students for 2 classes, and this year there will be 3 classes available. The BG Study Program has 3 major concentrations, digital finance or financial technology, digital marketing, and digital governance.

Further, the two study programs discussed various topics, sharing knowledge, and the occasion ended with a cooperation signatory ceremony, signifying a beginning of a collaboration signed by both parties.