Becoming an international class university is the dream of most universities in Indonesia. STEKOM University is indeed relatively young in the field of higher education in Indonesia. But that doesn't discourage institutional managers from having a vision of becoming an international-class university. Various efforts have been made to realize this vision. Among them is by agreeing and implementing cooperation with several universities or higher education from abroad. This time, STEKOM University held an MoU ceremony with Zaporizhzhia National University (Ukraine).

The protocol ceremony to formalize international cooperation between STEKOM University, located in Semarang, Indonesia, and Zaporizhzhia National University, located in Zaporizhia, Ukraine was held remotely. The signing of this inter-institutional collaboration was carried out by the leaders of the two higher education institutions. From Zaporizhzhia National University represented by Mr. Mykola Frolov, while from STEKOM University was represented by Dr. Joseph Teguh Santoso. Where both are rectors of the two universities.

An important note from this activity is that Zaporizhzhia National University is the first institution in Ukraine to cooperate with STEKOM University to promote student exchange, academic mobility, and the establishment of research networks of experts in the fields of science and technology. This is very interesting, where STEKOM University can stay focused on its educational vision even though it has to cooperate with universities or higher education from countries that are experiencing war conflicts.

This cooperation agreement effort was led by the Head of International Office, Mrs. Alina Osaul from Zaporizhzhia National University and International Relations of STEKOM University, Mrs. Anggi Novita Sari. Both of them try to understand each other's interests and establish intense communication in order to be able to carry out cooperation agreements and implement cooperation between the two institutions.

The cooperation agreement will later be implemented by starting various activities together with organizing webinars in the business sector and guest lectures in the fields of Graphic Design, Business, Engineering. The measure of the success of the cooperation agreement is the implementation and smoothness of various cooperative activities carried out by both parties. Especially if later there are several follow-ups on various webinars and guest lectures that have been held.

To know more about Zaporizhzhia National University, you can enter the web portal: znu.edu.ua. Meanwhile, if you also want to know more information about various international activities of STEKOM University, you can visit https://international.stekom.ac.id/.