UIN Jakarta Law and Medicine Faculty Partners with Red Cross Indonesia to Advance Humanitarian Research and Clinical Internships

Faculty of Medicine Building, UIN Online News – The Faculty of Medicine (FK) at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of the DKI Jakarta Province officially executed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Signed during the peak celebration of the faculty’s 21st Dies Natalis anniversary on Saturday, June 13, 2026, the strategic alliance is engineered to fortify institutional cooperation across medical education, joint scientific research, community healthcare empowerment, and human resource optimization.

The legal implementation of the MoU was completed by the Dean of FK UIN Jakarta, Dr. dr. Achmad Zaki, and the Chairman of PMI DKI Jakarta, Drs. H. Beky Mardani. The formal signing ceremony was witnessed by the Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Prof. Asep Saepudin Jahar, alongside university executives, senior faculty members, and medical students.

Speaking post-signing, the Chairman of PMI DKI Jakarta, Beky Mardani, highly welcomed the formal partnership, noting that building deep synergy between higher education networks and frontline humanitarian agencies is vital to produce medical practitioners who possess both clinical competence and sharp social consciousness.

“This agreement marks an excellent forward step. We expect this operational synergy bridging PMI and UIN Jakarta to yield expansive benefits, not only for our respective organizations but for the public. Students will gain direct, hands-on clinical and logistical experience through our humanitarian deployments, medical research initiatives, and structured institutional internship pipelines,” he stated.

He added that PMI provides vast collaborative horizons for the academic community of UIN Jakarta, particularly the Faculty of Medicine, to engage directly in large-scale healthcare operations.

“We have mapped out immense potential that can be developed collectively. This ranges from epidemiological research, public health literacy campaigns, and blood donation drives to active student mobilization during emergency response cycles. This partnership serves as a solid bridge connecting abstract classroom theories with real-world field demands,” he remarked.

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. dr. Achmad Zaki, echoed these positive sentiments, clarifying that the framework establishes a solid statutory foundation to deploy collaborative programs that fulfill the university's "Three Pillars" (Tridarma). The initial operational phases will focus heavily on joint biomedical research, public community outreach, and securing certified field placement slots for clinical medical students.

The Rector of UIN Jakarta, Prof. Asep Saepudin Jahar, added that this initiative aligns seamlessly with the university's corporate mandate to scale its network of strategic partnerships with premier national and international bodies. "This collaboration not only consolidates our academic and research portfolios, but it carves out an expanded, secure environment for our students to acquire practical medical training while internalizing core humanitarian values," the Rector added.

Dean Zaki concluded that over the upcoming fiscal months, both FK UIN Jakarta and PMI DKI Jakarta will launch specialized task forces to oversee immediate deliverables, including targeted regional health intervention programs, certified emergency medical training modules for undergraduates, and collaborative research grants addressing urban community health challenges.