Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta (UNISA Yogyakarta) welcomed students and lecturers from Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) on Monday (08/08). The team from UniKL who followed the short-term exchange program was 11 students and 2 supervisors. They followed the welcoming ceremony for the exchange program for Diploma-4 of Medical Laboratory Technology. This program would be conducted for two weeks, from Monday (08/08) to Saturday (20/08).

Wantonoro, Ph.D., the Vice- Dean for Student Affairs, the Faculty of Health Science, UNISA Yogyakarta delivered his remarks at the welcoming ceremony. He mentioned that this program became the first offline exchange program after the pandemic. He also hoped that the program would transfer knowledge, experiences, and culture from each nation, and intensify the excitement to keep learning before facing the working world.

Besides welcoming the students and lecturer to follow the learning process in the class, UNISA also prepared the students to take practical agenda in its partnership institutions, including PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Hospital, Local Health Laboratory of Sleman, and Public Health Center.

In the closing ceremony after the exchange program ended, the UniKL students would present the result of the learning process after the two-weeks-program. UNISA Yogyakarta also provided an opportunity for the UniKL lecturer, Dr. Teh Tasyidah Ismail to present the keynote speech. Besides academic programs, the committee has scheduled several days to invite all participants to learn more about Indonesian culture.