New Students of the Master of Management (MM) Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) took part in the two-day Orientation, Workshop, and Training, Thursday-Friday, 14-15 September 2023 at Konimex Hall Bachtiar Effendi Building.

Retno Tanding Suryandari, S.E., M.E., Ph.D., Head of the MM Study Program in her remarks welcomed the new students and hoped that MM students could graduate on time. “Welcome and thank you for choosing the MM Study Program FEB UNS to continue your studies. From now on you can start to focus on how to graduate on time. The study program targets requires that all students can finish within 4 semesters according to the designed curriculum,” she said.

Furthermore, it was said that in total there are 41 new students of the MM Study Program, which constitutes the largest new student intake for the postgraduate programs at FEB UNS.

Among the new students, some were enrolled through the regular scheme, scholarships, or through the Master Education toward Doctoral Programs for Superior Scholars (PMDSU). PMDSU is a scholarship program for superior scholars to accelerate their education to become doctoral graduates at a young age. Using this scheme, students will pursue study at the master’s degree and the doctoral program at the same time. In addition, MM’s also welcomed foreign students coming from Libya.

Dr. Dwi Prasetyani, S.E., M.Si., Vice Dean of Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FEB, congratulated the MM Study Program, which received significant demand by the community, proving that in 2023 it has the largest number of new students among postgraduate study programs in FEB.

To the new students, Dr. Dwi emphasizes that at the beginning students must have a goal while continuing their studies in the MM Study Program. “What motivated you to get to MM FEB UNS? You must have a mission and a purpose, this is a better path for your future, to improve your capacity. We really hope that by joining MM FEB UNS, your abilities and competencies can improve significantly, thus creating a unique skill as your personal characteristic, to further enhance your bargaining power,” she explained.

Dr. Dwi also hopes that the Head of Study Program will oversee and guide the MM Study Program FEB UNS students, thus, they can graduate on time.

On the first day, after the introduction of the MM Study Program by the Head of the Study Program and the Introduction to Academic Administration by the Academic Sub Coordinator, Nur Hariawan, SH., students received material from four speakers. Prof. Doddy Setiawan, SE, M.Sc., IMRI, Ph.D., Ak., and Prof. Dr. Hunik Sri Runing Sawitri, M.Si., provided material on Developing Research Ideas, while Tri Mulyaningsih, Ph.D., and Dr. Roderikus Agus Trihatmoko, SE., MM., provides material on Writing Scientific Article for Publication.

The Study Program decided to deliver material on research and publications on the first day of orientation because this material deals with the biggest challenge for students. When registering for the thesis exam, students are required to have a research publication.

On the second day, four other speakers provided material to enrich the knowledge of new students. Dr. Mulyanto, M.E., provided material on Popular Scientific Writing, Suradi, SE., MM., with Trends in Business and Managerial Challenge, Zahra Noor Eriza, S.I.Kom., MM., with Reinventing Online Personality, and Erwina Sulistiyaningrum, S.Sos., with Digital Literacy.