Summer School is a program of higher education comprising academic and non-academic activities and aiming at accommodating students of various countries. The summer school program is regularly conducted from June to September in line with summer in four-season countries.
The summer school program attracted international students of other higher education institutions since it focused on community characteristics and Indonesian areas. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) is one of the Indonesian universities organizing the summer school program. Indeed, UMY held six summer school programs and one nursing camp program almost at the same time, in July and August.
The programs were International Tropical Medicine Summer School (ITMSS), International Tropical Farming Summer School (ITFSS), International Dental Summer School (IDSS), Disaster Management Summer School (DMSS), Renewable Energy Summer School (RESS), Summer School International Training for Young Islamic Economic Leaders (IT-YIELd), and International Emergency Nursing Camp (IENC).
In an interview on Monday (15/8), Chairperson of Cooperation Office of UMY appreciated the programs since they would support the university internationalization.
Tony expected that the summer school could be an annual program. “I wish that each department can organize a summer school program because if will assist the process of internationalization. Each department is authorized to hold student mobility such as summer school,” he informed.
Additionally, educational activities of the summer school programs encompass class sessions and seminars while non-educational activities were visiting Indonesian tourism places and community services.
Besides appealing international students, the programs also enticed foreign researcher and scientists. For instance, in the RESS and MDSS, it was invited Prof. Hervé Boileau, Ph.D. fron Université Savoie Mont Blanck, France and Prof. Daizo Tsutsumi from Kyoto University, Japan. In the ITFSS, there were Dr. Panupon Hongpakdee from Khon Kaen University Thailand and Patrick van Schijndel, an energy expert from Technical University of Eindhoven.
