Towards preparations for accreditation in 2024, the Public Health Study Program of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FIK) Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta (UMS) held a meeting. The meeting was held on Tuesday, December 20 2022 at 08.00 in the FIK Dean’s Meeting Room and was attended by all lecturers and employees of the Public Health Study Program as well as members of the FIK Dean. The accreditation preparation meeting begins by explaining the main criteria. There are 9 criteria in the 2024 accreditation, including:

Criterion 1: Related to vision, mission, goals and strategy

Criterion 2: Civil service, governance and cooperation

Criterion 3: Students

Criterion 4: Human resources

Criterion 5: Finance, facilities and infrastructure

Criterion 6: Education

Criterion 7: Research

Criterion 8: Community service

Criterion 9: Outcomes and achievements of the tridharma

Apart from that, the public health accreditation preparation meeting also discussed the preparation team, the documents that must be prepared and the time limit for completing each criterion. The hope is that after the accreditation preparation meeting is held, the UMS FIK Public Health Study Program understands and is able to complete all the requirements for each criterion easily.