STUDENT OUTBOUND 2022: Doctoral students in Islamic Economics go to Malaysia

 

Malaysia is one of the pioneer countries that supports the development of Global Sharia finance. So that Malaysia plays an active role in becoming one of the world's centers of sharia financial learning by establishing study programs related to sharia finance at their well-known universities. 

 

The Department of Sharia Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga (FEB UNAIR) has collaborated with universities in Malaysia. This collaboration is an effort to improve the quality of tri dharma collaboration in higher education in the form of academic peerlists, joint research, and in-depth exploration of research sources for FEB UNAIR doctoral students.

 

Student Outbound 2022 is a program that aims to provide opportunities for PhD students in Islamic Economics to enrich information related to dissertation topics so that they can improve the quality of the dissertation. This program will be held from 26 September to 5 October 2022 by visiting 3 universities and 1 international institution, namely INCEIF University, Islamic Science University Malaysia (USIM), Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS) and the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB). This activity was attended by 2 students, namely Lusiana Handayani and Syafrina Machfud. The two delegations will deepen the material/issues related to waqf governance and Geopolitical Islamic Economics.

 

This activity also helps Universitas Airlangga achieve SDGs point number 4, namely Quality Education, because this activity aims to develop potential and broaden students' horizons as well as a technology transfer event in accordance with their study program. By participating in a student exchange program, students can meet other students and academics from various countries in the world.