Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU) held a public lecture to welcome freshmen of Postgraduate program, Saturday (22/10). It was organized by the Postgraduate Program (PPs) UMSU attended by the Vice Rector I, Prof Dr Muhammad Arifin SH MHum. On the other hand, the Head of Human Resource Development Center (PPSDM) of the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (ATR/BPN), Dr Agustyarsyah DSiT SH raised the theme “Land as a Primary Need and Policy in Industrial Revolution 4.0”.

In his remarks, Prof Arifin mentioned that currently, higher education orientation is different from previous years due to the ministry regulation. “One of them is a limitation period of the study. So, prepare yourselves to learn, do not play around,” he said. Furthermore, the Director of Postgraduate Program UMSU, Prof Dr H Triono Eddy SH MHum explained that they strive to improve the education service. “UMSU Postgraduate program commits and tries to elevate the education quality through building capacity programs to produce our vision and mission as well as our goals,” he said.

Previously, the Committee Chief of Assoc Prof Dr Adi Mansar SH MHum reported the Freshmen Orientation through the public lecture. “We choose the theme intentionally because philosophically, land is our primary need, so it was needed by everyone,” Adi Mansar reported. On the other hand, Dr Agustyarsyah S. SiT on his material explained more about the legal basis of land rights in Indonesia.