ACICIS is currently developing the Public Health Study Tour (PHST), a two-week intensive program for students to gain experience in the public health sector in Indonesia. This tour will pilot in November-December 2016, providing students a unique opportunity for students to hear from leading health professionals, policy-makers and community health workers [...]
On Monday 2nd May, 2016, ACICIS was invited to attend a higher education briefing with the visiting WA Education Minister, Hon. Peter Collier MLC and Vice Chancellors from WA's five universities - The University of Western Australia, Murdoch University, Curtin University, Edith Cowan University and The University of Notre Dame.
By Lara Whitehouse (Semester 42/February 2016) Charles Darwin University Yogyakarta is truly a city that never sleeps. A city that, if one allows it, can render the humble student wide-eyed and gaping at the opportunities, experiences and fun that they are bound to come across during a semester exchange. Yogya [...]
ACICIS was extremely excited to welcome back Scotch College on an ACICIS Indonesia School Tour in April 2016! Seven enthusiastic students and two accompanying teachers spent one week in Yogyakarta, studying Indonesian language and immersing themselves in Indonesian life and culture. Highlights of the tour included the visits to leading [...]
By Paula Tsalamangos (Sem 40/Feb 2015) Flinders University Looking back at 5 months spent in such a culturally enriched country brings nothing but smiles to my face. At the start of 2015 I couldn’t actually believe that I was about to embark on an incredible 5 month exchange in Yogyakarta, [...]
ACICIS Semester 42 student Rory Brown from University of Queensland has shared his experience studying in Yogyakarta for the ACICIS Indonesian Business, Law and Society (IBLS) program, and his extracurricular activities this semester. As a part of his studies at Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII), Rory is undertaking an eight-week internship [...]
By Danny Carney (Semester 34/Feb 2012 & Semester 35/Aug 2012) University of Tasmania It's been a few years since I spent a year studying with ACICIS. I credit that year as the time my relationship with Indonesia became serious, that I went from flowing in and out of Bali with [...]
In April 2016, ACICIS was thrilled to welcome seven students, two teachers and one parent from Marymede Catholic College, Victoria, to Yogyakarta on an ACICIS School Tour. Although the rainy season’s downpour may have delayed their arrival to Yogyakarta, the sun and the Marymede students’ semangat remained for the rest [...]
The Pidato Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu (PABM) competition is a Malaysian-Indonesian language public speaking competition held in Kuala Lumpur each year. The top 20 students in the Indonesian/Malaysian language in the world go and compete against one another in a public speaking competition. In 2016, two ACICIS alumni are competing in [...]
The Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) is a non-profit consortium of universities that develops and coordinates high quality, in-country study options in Indonesia.
ACICIS programs enhance the student’s educational experience, and produce graduates with the ability to understand the world from a global perspective.
