FAH UIN Jakarta-Wahid Foundation offers scholarship for undergraduate student

Ciputat, UIN News Online – Faculty of Adab and Humanities (FAH) UIN Jakarta, in collaboration with the Wahid Foundation offers in the form of research assistance for students who write an undergraduate thesis on the role and thoughts of KH Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur. Scholarships worth IDR. 10 million are provided for five students of UIN Jakarta.

This was said by Dean of FAH UIN Jakarta Saiful Umam to UIN News Online on Thursday (02/04/2021). “This scholarship is provided by FAH UIN Jakarta in collaboration with the Wahid Foundation and is open to all UIN Jakarta students who write undergraduate thesis about Gus Dur,” said Saiful.

According to Saiful Umam, scholarships are given to assist various activities related to research. As for the requirements, the applicant must be registered as active students of UIN Jakarta undergraduate program at a maximum of semester 10 with a minimum GPA of 3.25.

Furthermore, applicants must pass the proposal seminar, write an undergraduate thesis by using scientific approach of their respective study program, complete the research in one year, and willing to publish the research results in Sinta's indexed journal.

The registration process can be done through https://bit.ly/3qW8NVx until March 31th, 2021, and the result will be announced on April 30^th, 2021.

For information, Gus Dur was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the 4^th President of Indonesia as well as the long-time president for Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). In addition, Gus Dur was also known as a par excellence intellectual. His mastership in Islamic and social science was unquestionable.  (usa/zm)