[Unpad.ac.id, 09/01/2013] Unpad is giving away thesis grants to 954 senior students who are now working on their theses. Each will receive Rp. 1 million, to be sent directly to their checking account. According to Wahyu Alamsyah Somantri, from the office of Vice Rector III, the program was initiated in December 2012 for students who are to graduate in February 2013.
“This year, we are targeting 1000 students,” said Somantri when interviewed in the Unpad PR office in Jatinangor on Wednesday (09/01).
The program runs in four consecutive batches in February, May, August, and November. Each batch covers 250 student grantees. The Vice Rector III office will request lists of students to receive the grant from all faculties and study programs.
The students to receive the grant should have already completed proposal examination. “Our priority is students who are financially challenged,” Somantri added.
The program is expected to encourage the students to accelerate their study without neglecting their research quality. “If they graduate on time, Unpad will benefit from it for Unpad will be able to admit more students,” he concluded.
