On August 7-8, 2025, a research team from the Faculty of Engineering, Semarang State University, consisting of Prof. Nur Qudus, M.T., IPM (Chair), Dr. Harianingsih (Member), and Virgiawan Adi Kristianto, M.Ed. (Member), conducted an educational visit to implement collaboration and collaborative research with the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical and Materials Engineering Departments at the University of Auckland. The University of Auckland is currently ranked 65th in the QS World University Rankings (QS WUR), with the Faculty of Engineering ranked 37th in the world.
The discussion was attended by Professor Asaad Y. Shamseldin, Professor Dr. Prakash Ranjitkar, Associate Professor Dr. Minh Kieu from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, as well as Professor Ashvin Thambyah, Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Professor Saeid Baroutian, Deputy Head of the Department, and Director of University Research. The discussion resulted in an agreement to implement several follow-up activities, including collaborative research, adjunct professorships, student exchanges, and joint publications.
This international collaboration with the world’s top 100 universities is being implemented as an implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4, namely Quality Education, and 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, which are related to research. It also supports Key Performance Index (KPI) 6, namely study programs collaborating with world-class partners. This activity received full support from the Rector of Semarang State University, as well as the implementation of the QS 100 international collaborative research funded by the UNNES Research and Development Agency (DPA LPPM) for the 2025 fiscal year. This collaboration is expected to foster academic improvement between Semarang State University and the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
