The CU Rector Welcomes the Indonesian Ambassador
On Thursday 18 October 2018, Comenius University Rector, Professor Karol Mičieta, welcomed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to Slovakia, Adiyatwidi Adiwoso, who was accompanied by the embassy’s advisor for information and cultural affairs, Lely Meiliani. There was a mutual interest in forming and deepening contacts in terms of academic and scientific cooperation and in exchanging students, lecturers, researchers, and teaching staff between Comenius University and its Indonesian counterparts.
Comenius University Rector, Professor Karol Mičieta, presented the university to his guests and highlighted its international activities in light of the upcoming centennial celebrations at the university, which in November 2018 will include the annual meetings and general assemblies of the Danube Rectors’ Conference and the UNICA network, which connects universities based in European capital cities. He also mentioned the opportunities for mobilities within the Erasmus+ programme.
Ambassador Adiwoso said that the Indonesian government provides six- plus one-year scholarships which are being used by thirty-four Slovak students in the current academic year, with the total number of scholarship holders now having exceeded two hundred.
These was discussion on possible academic cooperation in the areas of food safety, environmental protection, medicine, philosophy, cultural studies, and history.
Branislav Slyško