FKIP UM Metro Economic Education Study Program Achieves ‘Excellent’ Accreditation

The Economics Education Study Program of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah Metro University received the best accreditation result, namely Superior. This result is based on the Decree of the Education Self Accreditation Institute (LAMDIK) number: 832/SK/LAMDIK/Ak/S/IX/2023 issued on September 6, 2023. The validity period of this accreditation is from August 8, 2023 to August 7, 2028.

The process of this accreditation stage began in November 2022, namely the preparation of accreditation forms and complete files. Then in February 2023 upload the documents. After uploading the documents, the adequacy assessment of the uploaded documents is carried out.

Then on August 8-9, 2023, the Field Assessment stage is scheduled. This stage is a direct validation and checking in accordance with the documents that have been uploaded. In this Field Assessment there are several stages, namely 1) sessions with faculty, 2) sessions with quality assurance agencies, 3) sessions with study programs, 4) sessions with alumni and external stakeholders (government, community, MGMP Economics, MGMP Entrepreneurship), 5) sessions with students, 6) sessions with staff, 7) sessions with lecturers, 8) facilities and infrastructure check sessions and 9) submission of minutes of the Field Assessment results.

Head of Economics Education Department Fajri Arif Wibawa, S.Pd., M.Pd., said, “Alhamdulillah, we are very grateful for this excellent accreditation. We would like to thank all those who have supported this accreditation process.”

Thank you to the Chancellor and his staff, the Dean and his staff, the LPM team, all units and institutions within UM Metro, all alumni, alumni users, outside stakeholders (the government of Lurah Rejomulyo Mr. Margono, the community of KWT Ngestirahayu, MGMP Economics, MGMP Entrepreneurship), fellow lecturers of the Economics Education Study Program who have been extraordinarily hardworking and compact. Hopefully through the acquisition of this Superior accreditation, the Economics Education Study Program of FKIP UM Metro can be better, better and better amiin iya robbal’alamiin, said Mr. Fajri.