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Benefits of Diving Skills and Job Opportunities at the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences UNDIP

Benefits of Diving Skills and Job Opportunities at the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences UNDIP

by | Jun 21, 2021 | Achievement, News

FPIK, SEMARANG – One of the programs owned by the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Diponegoro University (FPIK UNDIP) is a Diving Expertise training and certification program in the Karimunjawa Islands, Jepara. The program which has been running for four years from 2016 to 2019 through collaboration with Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) Japan is quite attractive to both regular students and foreign students.

“The training program called Introduction to Scientific Diving has been running for 4 years from 2016 to 2019 and was stopped due to the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic,” explained Dr. Munasik lecturer of Marine Science Study Program FPIK UNDIP in an interview on Saturday (19/6/2021). He added that this training activity is a Summer Lecture, the Summer Course is rewarded with 1-2 Semester Credit Units (SKS).

It was also stated that the learning achievement of this activity was that students were able to dive in SCUBA and were certified as Open Water Divers from the Association of Diving School International ADS-I. In addition, the lecturers also provide lecture materials on tropical marine ecosystems, namely coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses.

“In addition to providing Scuba Diving Training, we also educate them to care about marine ecosystems, visit coastal ecosystems and small islands and be involved in repairing coral reefs,” he added.

This diving skill prompted FPIK UNDIP students to be asked for assistance by the Central Java SAR team to assist in the search for victims of the sinking of a tourist boat that capsized in Kedung Ombo Reservoir, Boyolali Regency in mid-May. Also several other humanitarian activities related to accidents in the water.

Photo: An FPIK student is doing scuba water entry in Karimunjawa waters, Jepara Regency

FPIK UNDIP has 6 departments, including the Department of Aquaculture, Department of Aquatic Resources, Department of Capture Fisheries, Department of Marine Affairs, Department of Oceanography and Department of Fishery Products Technology. Supported by competent lecturers with qualifications, 55 of them have doctoral degrees, which are strengthened by 19 currently active professors.

FPIK UNDIP alumni have spread all over Indonesia and in various fields, both in government, education, health, TNI, private companies, BUMN and entrepreneurs. Some graduates of FPIK UNDIP who hold strategic positions such as Sakina Roselasari as Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office of Central Java Province, then Ir. Haris Muhtadi as Marketing Director of Aquafeed and Chairman of GPMT, plus A. Karding as a politician, Benaya Semeon is active in the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Widhya Nugroho Satrioajie, S.Pi., M.Si. as Young Expert Researcher at the Biological Research Center at Cibinong Science Center LIPI, Herda Bolly as Quality Control at a Dutch foreign food company, Kharisma R. Dahono as Manager of Bank Mandiri, and Sudiarso as entrepreneur at PT Kurinia Mitra Makmur.

“This shows that FPIK UNDIP graduates have the opportunity to work in various fields,” said the Dean of FPIK UNDIP Prof. Ir. Tri Winarni Agustini, M.Sc., Ph.D in a separate interview on Sunday (20/6/2021). More Prof. Tri Winarni said that students did not only learn related to science, but were also given material related to management and business. “So that FPIK UNDIP graduates are not limited to diving into the waters, but are able to surf to various worlds of work and have many opportunities including being researchers, educators, aquaculture developers, consultants, conservation experts, aquaculture instructors, managers, entrepreneurs to members of parliament,” she concluded. (Utami | Tim Humas UNDIP)

FPIK Students and Japanese Students Repair Coral Reefs in Karimunjawa

FPIK Students and Japanese Students Repair Coral Reefs in Karimunjawa

by | Jun 21, 2021 | News

FPIK, SEMARANG – Lecture activities as well as training and certification of Diving Skills held by the Marine Science Study Program, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) of Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in the Karimunjawa Islands, Jepara Regency should be supported. The reason is, the program that has been running for four years from 2016 to 2019 through collaboration with Kwansei Gakuin University (KGU) Japan is quite attractive to both regular students and foreign students.

Lecturer of Marine Sciences FPIK UNDIP, Dr. Munasik, when interviewed by telephone, Friday (19/6/2021), said the training program called Introduction to Scientific Diving has been running for 4 years since 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and was stopped due to the virus pandemic. corona (Covid-19).

He said that this training activity is a Summer Lecture, the Summer Course is rewarded with 1-2 Semester Credit Units (SKS). “Initially, in 2016 the Marine Science Study Program issued a credit transfer of 1 credit for Japanese students. Because it lasted more than 10 days, Japanese students who took part in the training and then got a Student Identity Card (KTM) from the Bureau of Academic and Student Administration (BAAK),” added Munasik.

He also explained that the learning achievement of this activity is that students are able to dive in SCUBA and are certified as Open Water Divers from the Association of Diving School International (ADS-I). In addition, the lecturers also provide lecture materials on tropical marine ecosystems, namely coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses. “We also educate them to care about marine ecosystems, visit coastal ecosystems and small islands and be involved in repairing coral reefs,” he explained.

Students are also invited to do coral transplantation on artificial APR (Artificial Patch Reef) reef substrates that have been prepared. Every diver who carries out coral transplantation puts up a sign, tagging a name so that it resembles a coral adoption program. “It turns out that the divers have a deep impression of this activity and hope that the transplanted coral fragments can grow and in the future they can witness the growth of the coral colonies. This will encourage participatory tourism programs, tourists will be interested in their next visit,” said the UNDIP Artificial Habitat Research Group Coordinator.

Photo: Dr. Ir. Munasik, M.Sc

According to him, this artificial reef tourism program will have the potential as an alternative underwater tourism object and will have an impact on the variety of tourism objects in Karimunjawa because it can be installed in various shallow water locations on small islands in Karimunjawa. This program is also community-based by involving the community in providing coral fragments for adoption by tourists. “This underwater tourist attraction can also educate the public and tourists to be environmentally aware. And of course, artificial reef tourism objects can contribute to improving the coral reef ecosystem in a sustainable manner,” he said.

Photo: Installation of Artificial Patch Reef by UNDIP and KGU

Why choose Karimunjawa? Munasik said, because there is the only tropical marine ecosystem site that is complete and still preserved. He also said that when he visited KGU Senda Japan, in early 2018, this program was very popular and a favorite for KGU students, besides being expensive it was also very challenging. They must be able to swim and be healthy.

As a result, the number of foreign students participating in Scientific Diving has increased from year to year from 4 students with 2 assistant professors and admins, then increased to 8 people plus assistants. “This program should be a model for the edu-ecotourism tourism package that is unique to Karimunjawa so that it will have an economic impact on the people of Karimunjawa. Because we combine diving training, choralogy lectures and ecotourism. What is it, the results of our research product called APR artificial reefs can become a new underwater tourist attraction for tourists,” he hoped. (Source: undip.ac.id | Tim Humas UNDIP)

Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021: UNDIP is ranked 6th in Indonesia

Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021: UNDIP is ranked 6th in Indonesia

by | Jun 7, 2021 | Achievement, News

FPIK, SEMARANG -​ Times Higher Education (THE) again issued ranking results for the Asian level in early June 2021. The results put Diponegoro University (UNDIP) in 6th position in Indonesia and 401+ in Asia. The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021 uses 13 performance indicators that are also used to carry out a global ranking by providing specially calibrated weights to reflect the priorities of educational institutions in Asia.

The strict assessment carried out by THE made only 9 universities in Indonesia that managed to enter the rankings based on the ranking order, namely the University of Indonesia, Bandung Institute of Technology, Surabaya Institute of Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Bogor Agricultural University, Diponegoro University, Padjadjaran University, Telkom University and Brawijaya University. University of Indonesia is in the top position with a total score of 32,9. THE assesses 13 performance indicators covering four main missions of higher education, namely teaching, research, transfer of knowledge to the wider community and international engagement. This year, UNDIP managed to achieve a fairly high score on citations and research.

UNDIP is in the 401+ position with an overall range of 12,9-21,6 and an overall calculation of 19,8. Citation 15; industrial income (transfer of knowledge to the industrial world); 43,2, international outlook (calculated based on the ratio of the number of teachers, students, foreign staff and international cooperation) 26,5; research 12,8 and teaching 24,9.

Foto: Source timeshighereducation

The Head of the UNDIP Rating Office, Prof. Dr. Denny Nugroho, ST., M.Si, said that THE refers to the order of letters (alphabet) for the group with the same range, namely 401+ with an overall score of 12,9-21,6. Meanwhile, if the data is calculated and analyzed based on the Citation (30%), Industry income (7,5%), International outlook (7,5%), Research (30%), Teaching (25%), then the total score of UNDIP is 19,8 so that it ranks 6th nationally. 

“We have done the calculations and sorted based on the total score. If we are not careful and careful we can misinterpret it. Some media usually only look at the order on the website to see the ranking order,” said Prof. Denny Nugroho, Sunday (6/6/2021).

The current ranking results are one of the important references used by students and their families in choosing a university. The government and universities also use THE ranking results as a reference for various policies. The high need for ranking results is evidenced by the high number of visits to the THE World University Rankings website, where in a year the number of visits reaches almost 30 million.

UNDIP Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, SH., M.Hum, emphasized that the university he currently leads continues to make improvements so that the qualifications of graduates and their learning process are getting better and in accordance with the goals outlined. “We continue to encourage the qualifications of lecturers with the one professor one candidate program. For research, not only lecturers and researchers who continue to produce reputable scientific works, we also encourage and facilitate students so that they can produce innovative works that are beneficial to the community, “said Prof. Yos Johan.

University performance is important in preparing superior human resources, as well as developing knowledge. As an illustration of how important it is to strengthen higher education institutions, the Japanese government announced plans to increase the allocation of an endowment fund of £70 billion for research at universities in response to the rising performance of public universities’ rankings which had fallen in recent years. (Adm, Dhany and Tim Humas)

Three Student Diver FPIK UNDIP Search for Drowning Victims in Kedung Ombo Reservoir to Received Appreciation from the Rector

Three Student Diver FPIK UNDIP Search for Drowning Victims in Kedung Ombo Reservoir to Received Appreciation from the Rector

by | May 27, 2021 | Achievement, News

FPIK, SEMARANG – The sinking of the boat in the Kedung Ombo Reservoir, Kemusu District, Boyolali Regency has attracted a sense of humanity for everyone. One of them is three students from the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science (FPIK) Diponegoro University (UNDIP). They are Abat (23) Nabil (20), and Zigro (23) who are members of the UKSA-387 (Water Dive Activity Unit) UNDIP.

On Sunday (16/5/2021) at 09.30 WIB, Abat and Nabil dived at the location of the tour boat reversing, while Zigro was on standby on the mainland of the reservoir area to monitor and communicate with his two colleagues during the dive. Diving in the Kedung Ombo Reservoir was the first experience in a Search and Rescue operation to search for drowned victims.

The FPIK UNDIP student told that he first received news from a UKSA senior who is currently working with SAR in the Central Java region to join SAR operations in Kedung Ombo. At the time of the incident, Central Java SARDA was in need of divers to search for drowning victims.

Photo: Three FPIK UNDIP students who are members of UKSA-387 are involved in a search and rescue operation for drowning victims in the Kedung Ombo Reservoir. (Source: iNewsJateng.id)

Nabil and Abat did a dive for about 25 minutes at a depth of 25 meters. “At a depth of 15 meters to the surface the visibility is not good, then during the dive we followed the tide path at the bottom, at that moment we found a small child’s hood, which was gray,” said Nabil. “But we also don’t know whether the veil belonged to the victim,” added this Marine Science Study Program student. “So the relationship with SAR has been a long time. Especially with regard to evacuation in the waters, from the Central Java SAR Team, we are often involved, “explained Nabil. When the Lion Air plane crashed on October 29, 2018, in the Java Sea north of Karawang, West Java, UKSA-387 also sent personnel there. “We dispatched members there. In fact, very often we have participated in rescue and search activities.”

Photo: SAR team activities together with UKSA-387 in the search for drowning victims in the reservoir area. (Source: UKSA-387)

Hearing the stories of these three FPIK UNDIP students, UNDIP’s Rector, Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, S.H., M.Hum, gave his appreciation to the students who were members of the UKSA-387 Student Activity Unit (UKM). The action carried out by UKSA-387 personnel was seen by the Rector as a concern for humanitarian problems and should be used as an example.

As a token of appreciation, Thursday (27/5/2021) the Rector gave an official certificate from UNDIP which declared them “Heroes of Humanity”. The charter was given directly by the Rector to Muhammad Ramadhan (S1 Oceanography 2016), Bariq Nabil Ramadhan (S1 Marine Science 2018) and Zigro Taqwagie (S1 Ocean Science 2019).

Photo: Three FPIK UNDIP students receiving an award from the Rector of Diponegoro University.

In his statement, Prof. Yos praised the actions taken by the members of UKSA-387 UNDIP. “The university appreciates what you do. Because they are more concerned with the safety of other people’s souls. You have a soul that cares for others. As the Chancellor, I thank you for setting a good example to other students and others, “said the Rector.

The Rector said that all student and lecturer activities in the humanitarian sector were a concrete form of UNDIP’s Tri Dharma to the community. Therefore, the university always supports and encourages the academic community to carry out social and humanitarian actions.

UKSA-387 UNDIP was founded in March 1987. Currently, the number of active members is around 25 people. There are five specializations in this UKM forum, namely scientific diving (diving activities related to science), underwater photography, underwater work (related to commercial workers), SAR, and championships (athletes). UKSA members all have diving licenses.

For training, especially related to SAR, it was carried out by seniors. “We are trained to find victims in the water, first rescue victims found, and so on.” So the team gets used to helping accidents in the water, ”said Zigro. Meanwhile, Nabil added, if every time you take part in evacuating victims in the waters, UKSA-387 has its own tools. “We have our own diving equipment, when we get a call, we prepare our own equipment.” We also have our own base camp. However, there is no rubber boat. If in the field, there is a SAR team, so we use their ships, “said Nabil who is also the Deputy Chairperson of UKSA-387.

For practice, the team has a continuous schedule. Usually, the team trains in the Kodam IV / Diponegoro swimming pool and also in a number of waters. UKSA membership is open to Undip students from all faculties. Quoted from manunggal.undip.ac.id, the birth of UKM UKSA-387 was due to the great desire and curiosity as well as the strong spirit of adventure under water. The first UKSA-387 alumni were Gatot (Faculty of Law), Antok (FPIK), Rifki (Faculty of Medicine) & several students from the Civil Engineering Department, who agreed to form a diving UKM.

In these early days, almost every month UKSA-387 held expeditions to various islands in Java such as the Karimunjawa Islands, Nusa Kambangan Island, Bawean Island, and the Thousand Islands. Expeditions are also often carried out outside Java, such as in Sanur, Nusa Penida on the island of Bali, and Gili Air, Trawangan, Meno, Sugiri, and East Lombok, on the island of Lombok. (Adm & Tim Humas)

The Study Program of Fisheries Product Technology UNDIP Produces Quality Graduates

The Study Program of Fisheries Product Technology UNDIP Produces Quality Graduates

by | May 8, 2021 | Achievement, News, The SDGs

FPIK, SEMARANG – The Fisheries Product Technology (THP) Study Program of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK) Diponegoro University (UNDIP) is committed to producing a profile of COMPLETE qualified graduates with Level 6 KKNI (Indonesian National Qualification Framework) and SKPI (Certificate of Companion Certificate) that are trusted.

As a university with a legal entity, UNDIP does not only try to produce students who are independent, capable and strong in science; UNDIP’s identity is also embodied in the COMPLETE graduate profile.

The conception of the COMPLETE profile is the target that Diponegoro Campus wants to achieve to produce graduates who are able to communicate well orally and in writing (Communicator), Professional (work according to principles, development based on achievement and uphold the code of ethics), have a leadership spirit, are proactive and can motivating and collaborating (Leader), possessing entrepreneurial skills, being innovative, independent (Entrepreneur), as well as being a thinker who always thinks critically, continues to learn and research; and able to act as an agent of change (Educator).

Head of the THP FPIK UNDIP Study Program, Prof. Dr. Ir. Eko Nurcahya Dewi, M.Sc, stated that the commitment to produce graduates with a COMPLETE profile applies to all study programs at the Diponegoro Campus. For the THP Study Program, in addition to being recognized as Level 6 KKNI, SKPI is also given to graduates. “SKPI or Diploma Supplement is an official statement letter containing information about the academic achievements or qualifications of a graduate higher education degree issued by the tertiary institution. SKPI is not a certificate, but it can help the holder to get recognition or recognition, “said Eko Nurcahya Dewi, Thursday (6/5/2021).

She emphasized that the SKPI is an additional document, not a substitute for a diploma. As for the information contained in it, in addition to academic achievements, there is also a description of the learning outcomes of graduates at the KKNI level that are relevant and in a standard format that is easily understood by the general public. “Indeed, SKPI is not a document that automatically holds the holder of recognition, but it will help identify the profile of graduates and their qualifications,” She added.

Foto: Practical activities of students of the Fisheries Product Technology Study Program, FPIK UNDIP

THP FPIK UNDIP Study Program, which was established in 2002, since 2012 has received an A accreditation from BAN PT (National Accreditation Board for Higher Education). Determination of the latest accreditation status based on Decree No. 5053/SK/BAN-PT/Akred/S/XII/2017 which is valid until 27 December 2022.

Seeing the abundance of Indonesia’s marine resources, both animals and plants that come from catches and cultivation, the THP UNDIP Study Program intensively conducts research on fish, shrimp, seaweed, mangroves and other organisms so that they can be used as raw materials for high-value products. able to compete in the global market. “Our research covers fishery products, both food and non-food products. The scope of fishery products is very broad, not only for food products, there are pharmaceutical products, handicrafts and the use of their waste,” She said.

The implementation of teaching and research in the THP Study Program is supported by lecturers consisting of 3 professors, 3 doctors, 3 doctoral candidates and 7 masters. The teaching and learning process is also supported by the availability of a complete laboratory, namely a processing laboratory, a production and packaging laboratory, a quality analysis laboratory and a microbiology laboratory. There is also an integrated UNDIP laboratory in Semarang, and a fishing industry mini plant at the Marine Science Technopark UNDIP Teluk Awur, Jepara.

Currently, the THP FPIK UNDIP Study Program is implementing the Free Merdeka Learning Curriculum Program, such as a Teaching Campus. In this context, every student’s off-campus activity will be converted to courses in the study program. The latest curriculum in use today is the result of an evaluation of the previous curriculum based on input from existing stakeholders. “The curriculum is always updated every 5 years to suit the demands of users or stakeholders,” She said. (Tim Humas UNDIP)