Welcome toSurabaya, Indonesia!

Indonesia is an archipelagic country stretched across the equator, with biodiversity in natural resources, both its flora and fauna. Among the countries which have the largest number of population, Indonesia has a dynamic economy, diverse cultures, and robust society.

Universitas Airlangga, as one of the highly reputable public universities in Indonesia, is located in Surabaya, the biggest city in the eastern part of Indonesia. Surabaya is the commercial and administrative capital city of East Java Province; a thriving business and industrial center and the province’s main port.

Surabaya is well known as the city of hero, and strategically is located right in the center of Indonesia. Travelling from Surabaya, which has an international airport, is very convenient since there are many cities and breath-taking beautiful tourist destinations that can be reached easily from Surabaya such as Mt. Bromo, Yogyakarta, Lombok and Bali.

AMERTAAMERTAAcademic Mobility Exchange for Undergraduate at Airlangga

30Scholarships

tuition fee waiver and living allowance foreach international student taking thisspecial program.

AMERTA calls outstanding students to experience an

Indonesian diverse culture and a local East Java atmosphere to

study for one or two semesters. This program is available for

international students who are interested in a number of

uniquely Indonesian perspective subjects in social and cultural

aspects, economics, natural sciences, and health/life sciences.

Inaugurated in , it was successfully conducted for its first

batch. All courses are fully delivered in English, and students

are complimentarily provided with Indonesian language

learning and cultural trips during the programs. Field studies

are compulsory in some courses to integrate theoretical

perspectives into practice.

AMERTA focuses on the current issues of Indonesia as a

developing country in the dynamic nature of globalization

through the perspective of natural, health and social sciences.

For natural and health sciences, they provide the wide array of

knowledge about Indonesian biodiversity in flora and fauna,

the dynamics of tropical medicine, and community

empowerment in health. While with social sciences, they offer

the dynamics of Indonesian urban culture, creative economy,

and society as the sectors that both benefit and suffer from the

impact of globalization.

AMERTAAMERTAAcademic Calendar

First SemesterSecond Semester

September – January

February – July

First SemesterSecond Semester

June

December

Application Deadline

Requirements

• Undergraduate Students:- Who have completed two semesters at home university- Who have a fair command of English (proven by an English proficiency certificate: TOEFL ITP , iBT , IELTS with each Band no less than )- Recommended by the home university as an exchange student (proven by home university’s officially stamped documents)

How to Apply

• All required documents below must be submitted both via air mail and email (scanned documents)

- Fill and submit the application form together with a passport photo (the form can be downloaded from IOP website)- One copy of passport (front page)- Recommendation Letters (at least one)- One copy of a university-sealed academic transcript- One copy of English proficiency evidence

Contact Person

Dewi Sartika, M.EdManager of International ClassInternational Office and Partnership (IOP)Universitas AirlanggaEmail: amerta@iop.unair.ac.id,sartika.dew@gmail.comTel: +Address: Selasar Lt. Kantor Manajemen, Kampus CMulyorejo, Surabaya , Jawa Timur, IndonesiaWebsite: www.international.unair.ac.id

What You Can Get

Tuition

Accommodation

Fully Waived

IOP UNAIR will assistthe students to findthe suitableaccommodation

Scholarship Living allowance ofIDR million forone semesterper student

Language Course ComplimentaryIndonesian LanguageCourse

Others Complimentary cultural trip + events

Program Benefits

• Cross cultural experience through direct exposure of Indonesian culture and society

• Better acquisition of knowledge through field studies which integrate theory into practice

• Additional comprehension of knowledge about Indonesian economics, socio-politics and urban culture in Indonesia which experience the impacts of globalization• Acquisition of knowledge about Indonesian biodiversity in tropical medicine and natural resources

Our Courses

We offer more than courses all year long, but normally run around classes every semester.These are some of our top-notched courses:

*For a detailed information the list of offered courses each semester and its description, please refer to the following link: http://s.unair.ac.id/AMERTACOURSES

*The list of courses is subject to change every semester

No. Name of Courses Course Description

Faculty of Pharmacy

Indonesian Traditional Medicine

credit unitsoffered in semester

The course is designed to give general and detail overview on IndonesianTraditional Medicine or Jamu.

Lecturers:Prof. Dr. Mangestuti Agil, MS., Apt. ; Prof. Dr. Bambang Prajogo, MS., Apt. ;Dr. Wiwied Ekasari, MS, Apt.

.

Faculty of Economics and Business

Cross Culture Management:An Asian Perspective

credit unitsoffered in semester

After accomplishing this subject, the students are expected to be able toexplain cultures of various nations and differentiate or compare workingculture dimension of each nation. The comparison will help students tounderstand that the differences in management practices of each nationare due to different cultural background. Furthermore, they are alsoexpected to explore the competitive excellence of the existing workingculture in Asia. Specifically, Indonesian students are expected to be ableto explain the positive values and the excellence of their own culture.

Lecturers:Dian Ekowati, Ph.D. ; Sony Kusumasondjaja, Ph.D ;IBG Adi Permana, SE, MM. ; Tuwanku Aria Aulandri, SE, M.Si

.

Faculty of Humanities

Celebrity Culture

credit unitsoffered in semester

This course traces the increasingly central importance of fame andcelebrity over the th century, th, and st. The course examines theinfrastructure of celebrity in relation to education, entertainment, andpolitics, the star system of early Hollywood and emerging norms ofpublicity, the formation of publics and counter publics through theexample of celebrity.

Lecturer:Diah Arimbi, Ph.D

.

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

Globalization and Strategy

credit unitsoffered in semester

This course provides a somewhat advanced coverage of the developmentand transformation of business enterprise within the global economy byfocusing on the business strategy and dynamics of institutional andorganizational change resulted from today’s globalization process.This includes the effect of structural, institutional, and organizationalchange upon the strategy of the business enterprises for survival andsuccess in the contemporary hyper-competitive, technology-driven,fast-paced, uncertain, globalized environment.

Lecturer:Vinsensio Dugis, Ph.D

.

Course Terms and Conditions

• Candidates have to get approval regarding their course choices from their home university for credit transfer prior arrival to Universitas Airlangga

• Candidates should enroll in courses at minimum for one semester of AMERTA

• Class will be conducted if the minimum participants have reached three students

• Candidates may enroll courses in any faculty (regardless of their original majors & meeting the course requirements)

Testimonials

“If you are a business student, Surabaya is a perfect city,a growing and developing city, to live and observe.AMERTA has an easy transferable credit system, and themost important thing is a very reachable team from IOP.”

- Khalid M. Mawad, Martin Luther Universitat, Halle Wittenberg, Germany

“One of the best things I get from AMERTA is I learned

lots of stuffs. I also love the food, the people in Surabaya,

and AMERTA is one hell of a ride!”

Universiti Brunei Darussalam

- Ikhwan Busairi Salleh, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam

- Nur Izzati Mataram, Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam

"I am so grateful experiencing AMERTA. We've been exposedto Indonesian cultures through various events and trips

throughout the semester. IOP team has made the transitionof living in another country much easier. “

Profile of Universitas Airlangga

Established on November , Universitas Airlangga

(UNAIR) currently has faculties and one school of

postgraduate, ranging from basic sciences, medicine,

and social sciences. Its vision is to become an

independent and innovative university regionally and

globally, a forerunner of science development,

technology, humanities and arts based on excellent

morality and religions.

For many years, as an institution of higher education,

Universitas Airlangga has always tried to improve the

quality of its education and the supporting facilities in

order to achieve Universitas Airlangga’s vision to

produce the best graduates who are not excellent in

academics but also have good morality. Universitas

Airlangga has campuses which are located in three

strategic locations in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Campus A, which consists of Faculty of Medicine and

Faculty of Dentistry, has arrays of beautiful Dutch-built

buildings and located right in front of the provincial

hospital, Dr.Sutomo Hospital.

Campus B mainly consists of social science-based

faculties, such as Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics

and Business, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,

Faculty of Psychology, and Faculty of Humanities. It also

has one life-science faculty, the Faculty of Pharmacy. On

Campus B, there are several main institutional support

system/units for the university, which are the Central

Library, Post Graduate Programs, and Center for Health

Care.

Campus C, the latest development of Universitas

Airlangga’s site, is where the University Management

Office is located, along with some life-science faculties

such as Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of

Science and Technology , Faculty of Public Health,

Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Faculty of Nursing, and

several centers, such as Institute of Tropical Disease,

Planning and Development Board, Research and

Community Service Institute, Internal Auditor

Committee, Airlangga University Press, and the

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE and PARTNERSHIP (IOP).

3rd

Third University

No. for Indonesian University

ranking based on QS (no. in Asia)

in

University Rankings

1st

Law in Indonesia

No. for Law in Indonesia

(QS Ranking by Subject in )

1st

University in Asia

No. for Research Impact in Asia

based on citations per paper

(QS Ranking in )

Best for Arts & Humanities,

Life Sciences & Medicine,

Natural Science, Social Sciences

and Management in Indonesia

(QS Ranking by Subject in )

BESTFIVE

Academic Programs

Around undergraduate

-year bachelor programs

in medicine, science,

business, management,

and humanities.

Master degree programs

offered in the fields of

medicine, science,

business, and humanities

Three-year Diploma Programs

DoctoralProgram

SpecialistPrograms

ProfessionalPrograms