FPIK, SEMARANG – (26/08/2021). Diponegoro University (UNDIP) provides scholarships for a number of new students in 2021, including those from fishing families and coastal communities. “This year UNDIP receives and provides scholarships for more than 20 percent of students from underprivileged families but have academic achievements,” said UNDIP Chancellor Prof. Yos Johan Utama, SH., M. Hum. This is to provide opportunities for high school graduates who excel but have financial limitations and come from various circles of society, including fishermen’s families and coastal residents. “The community has the same opportunity to receive education at UNDIP, especially those who have excellence or achievements in the academic field,” added the UNDIP Chancellor.
Meanwhile, the Dean of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) UNDIP Prof. Ir. Tri Winarni Agustini, M.Sc., Ph.D explained scholarships for fishing families and coastal communities in accordance with the Basic Scientific Pattern (PIP) for coastal area development, by providing scholarships in the form of subsidies or exemption from payment of Institutional Development Donations (SPI) and Tuition Fees. Single (UKT) for 8 semesters.
“Students who receive this scholarship are high school graduates with an average score of more than 8.0, come from fishing families/coastal communities and come from underprivileged families as evidenced by a certificate of incapacity and a prosperous family card,” added the Dean of FPIK UNDIP who often called Prof. Tri.
Other requirements needed to get the scholarship are good behavior and drug-free, able to finish college on time (maximum 8 semesters), local government recommendation, or recommendation from the FPIK Alumni Family Association (IKA).
FPIK UNDIP has received 18 scholarship applicants and as many as 6 (six) students have been designated as scholarship recipients. “It is hoped that the scholarships provided will help ease the burden on parents and encourage students to graduate on time, especially during the current covid pandemic which has had an impact on economic difficulties for various groups of people,” concluded Prof. Tri Winarni Agustini. (Source: undip.ac.id | Tim Humas UNDIP)
