UGM to increase PhD graduates<\/p>\n
Sri Wahyuni, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
In a bid to produce more holders of doctorate degrees (PhD) and
\nmake it a prominent research institution, Gadjah Mada University
\n(UGM) has applied a new regulation on final exams for doctoral
\ncandidates.<\/p>\n
Under the new ruling, the university's post-graduate program
\nis given the authority to hold its own final examination by a
\nboard of examiners for doctoral candidates. Previously, the job
\nwas carried out by the university's academic senate.<\/p>\n
Mulyadi, director of the university's post-graduate program,
\nsaid that with the authority, his office now had the opportunity
\nto take the necessary measures to produce more doctorate holders.<\/p>\n
One of the measures would include providing more opportunities
\nfor senior lecturers to take the position of chairman of a team
\nof examiners for a doctorate final examination.<\/p>\n
Previously, the position was only available for two persons,
\nnamely the chairman and secretary of the university's academic
\nsenate.<\/p>\n
\"It (the position) is now open to nine people,\" Mulyadi said,
\nadding that the move opened more chances for doctorate students
\nto take their final examination, which previously often took up
\nto two years.<\/p>\n
The nine people comprise six heads of the science fields of
\nthe post-graduate program and three executives of the post-
\ngraduate program (a director and two assistant directors).<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully it will also reduce the length of study for
\ndoctorate students from the previous five years on average to
\nthree years, and thus will also save their tuition fees,\" said
\nMulyadi, adding that doctorate students generally spent around Rp
\n5 million a year.<\/p>\n
He set the target producing some 60 doctorate graduates during
\nthis academic year. Previously the university managed only to
\nproduce less than 50 graduates a year.<\/p>\n
\"Once it is achieved, we will then be deserving of being
\ncalled a research university,\" said Mulyadi, noting that to be
\nthe one it had to be able to produce at least 50 doctorate degree
\nholders a year.<\/p>\n
Up to now, 514 doctorate holders have passed through UGM's
\npost-graduate program. This year alone 35 students graduated, 15
\nof them under the new regulation.<\/p>",
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