UI adds economics to int'l class program

JAKARTA: The University of Indonesia (UI) opened a program for economic studies, which enables students to graduate with a degree from a particular university abroad as well as UI.

The introduction was made at the 2005 international class open house at UI campus in Salemba, Central Jakarta, on Sunday.

In the program, students will spend the first four semesters at UI and will continue the remaining four semesters at the university abroad.

The school of economics has established cooperation with the University of Queensland and University of Melbourne, both in Australia.

High school graduates have to achieve a TOEFL score of at least 500, or IELTS of five and have to pass a series of tests to enter the special program.

Students are required to pay US$1,000 for the admission fee and $2,500 per semester while studying the first two years at UI, while the fee at the extension university would be determined in accordance with the university's policy.

Since 2000, UI has opened international class programs for medicine, psychology, computer science, and engineering. The first batch of students graduated last year. -- JP