Visitation of AQAS Expert International Accreditation to UB’s Faculty of Animal Science

International accreditation application processAgency for Quality Assurance through the Accreditation of Study Programmes (AQAS) in Postgraduate Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Brawijaya (Fapet UB) enters the expert visitation stage. The visit which lasted for three days, Tuesday – Thursday (31 January – 2 February 2023) was carried out by Prof. Helen Louton (University of Rostock Germany), Dr. Tanja Dillenburger (University of Hohenheim Germany), Dr. SarahTypechewski (University of Bonn Germany), Prof. Anjas Asmara (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Damon Mohebbi (University of Dusseldorf Germany), and Alexandre Wipf.

They were welcomed by UB’s management team consisting of leaders, Director of Internationalization, Director of International Accreditation, Quality Assurance Institute, Education Development Institute, and the Faculty of Animal Husbandry Dean. The event was led by Prof. Widodo as Rector to introduce the profile of UB and Fapet in general.

Then the expert group headed to the Faculty of Animal Husbandry building to discuss postgraduate program development that has been and will be carried out. Then go around reviewing the infrastructure supporting learning activities. Such as library laboratories, IT studios, administration rooms, student activity rooms, and so on.

The next day to review the documents that have been sent by task force, then the expert tested the truth by conducting interviews with lecturers teaching S2 & S3, students and alumni, as well as stakeholders. The interview was conducted behind closed doors and divided into several sessions.

Prof. V.M. Ani Nurgiartiningsih as coordinator of Fapet said this visitation was to assess the quality of study programs in an effort to produce quality graduates according to international standards. The study programs assessed are the Masters Program and Doctoral Program in Animal Science. (dta)