Foreign students to be studying in Indonesia should firstly obtain surat penerimaan belajar di Perguruan Tinggi di Indonesia (letter of acceptance to study in the university) issued by the university chosen by the students before they go to Indonesia.
After getting the above letter, the student presents [...]

Academic education direct students to master their selected branch of learning. Academic activities are composed of lecturing program, seminar, practicum, field works, dissertation or thesis.
The sarjana program (equal to bachelor) is an academic education program worth 144-160 credit points and lasts for 8 semesters.
Magister program (equal to masters degree) is an academic education level having [...]

Professional education aims at preparing the students to master certain skills or expertise. Professional education consists of diploma education, consisting of four levels: one-year (D1), two-year (D2), three year (D3), and four-year (D4).
The D4 program is regarded as equal to a bachelor’s.
The D1 program is worth 40-50 credit points, and lasts for two semesters.
The D2 [...]

College or Academy: It is a higher education institution providing academic and professional education of one branch of learning, in the field science and technology or specific arts.
Polytechnic: A polytechnic is a higher education institution providing professional education in several branches of specific applied technologies.
Institute: An institute is a higher education institution composed of several [...]

Students on the BA Indonesian and South East Asian Studies programme spend their second year at Universitas Sanata Dharma in Yogyakarta in Central Java.
The graceful old city of Yogyakarta is the cultural and educational capital of Java. The low-rise city of about 2,000,000 inhabitants lies at the centre of of a fertile crescent of ricefields, [...]

Students should know that there are inherent risks to studying abroad and to international travel in general. You cannot control civil war or bigotry, but you can, however, minimize your risk by practicing some basic precautions while abroad:

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