Chancellor Praises New Students Who Choose UMS as a Place to Study

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More than 8,000 UMS students took part in the Grand Opening Masta ceremony on the UMS Campus 2 field. On that occasion Prof. Dr. Sofyan Anif, M.Si. as Chancellor of the University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta, he also welcomed new UMS students during the Grand Opening of the Ta’aruf Period of the Muhammadiyah Student Association (Masta IMM). In his speech, the Chancellor started by inviting new students to recognize the phrase ‘Scientific and Islamic Discourse’ which became the motto of UMS.

“Please look at the large writing on the east side, brothers and sisters, there is clearly written Discourse on Science and Islam. This motto indicates that while studying at UMS, your skills will be honed in the fields of science and technology and religion,” he said.

The professor of Education Management at UMS welcomed all new students. According to him, the new students of UMS in 2019 were not wrong in choosing to study higher education at UMS. “The choice of younger siblings to study at UMS is right. Because nowadays people are increasingly trusting UMS as the first choice when choosing a university. There are even student guardians who told me that if their child first enrolled at UMS, then they were accepted into PTN, but they still chose UMS ” he continued.

Then, Prof. Dr. Sofyan Anif, M.Si. expose the profile of UMS in the eyes of the world. He mentioned the latest ranking from the 4ICU, UMS became the number 5 most famous Islamic campus in the world. “About two weeks ago, we (UMS) got the nickname The Five World Islamic University,” he said while being greeted by applause from the new students.

That’s not enough, the Chancellor said that on March 2, 2019, based on a decision from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, UMS was awarded as the best private campus in Indonesia. “Kemenristekdikti has determined UMS as the best private campus in Indonesia,” he continued.

Finally, he said that the UMS academic community welcomed new students to be part of the UMS extended family. “Essentially, we welcome all of you, brothers and sisters, and welcome to join the UMS family,” he concluded during the Grand Opening of Masta IMM on Wednesday morning (15/8). (Risqi)