Acicis General Information

www.acicis.murdoch.edu.au

Opening the door to universities in Indonesia

ACICIS (pronounced Ah-chee-chees)

provides access to high quality,

semester-long, study options at

Indonesia universities.

ACICIS arranges visas, orientation, and

placement at Indonesian universities.

So far there have been more than 700

participating students.

ACICISAustralian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies



In-Country study provides an

opportunity to put academic study

of Indonesian into practice.

Try learning the Indonesian

language in its lived context, or

through field research.

Why Study ‘In-Country’?



Gadjah Mada University (UGM),

in Yogyakarta, is one of

Indonesia’s top universities.

ACICIS students study either

intensive language classes or

regular units from any faculty in

the university, or a mix of both.

All classes are in Indonesian.

Study Options - UGM



Popular Courses - UGM

Javanese Gamelan

Javanese for Beginners

Anthropology of Women

Development of Islam

Basic Photography

Rural Development

Politics and the Military

Australian Foreign Policy



Muhammadiyah University is a

private Islamic university in Malang,

East Java,

ACICIS students usually undertake

personal field research on a topic of

their own choice.

Many do this as preparation for an

honours thesis.


Field Research - Malang



Indonesian Arts at ISI

Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) in

Yogyakarta, is one of Indonesia's

premier institutions for the visual and

performing arts.

Students can study traditional

Indonesian gamelan music, dance,

wayang kulit, theatre, art, sculpture

and many other subjects.




ACICIS offers a semester-long

study option on Islamic Business

taught in English at Universitas

Islam Indonesia (UII) in

Yogyakarta.

The experience will give

participants a deeper

understanding of how Muslim

values can and do affect

approaches to business.

Study Islamic Business



Interested in being a foreign

correspondent?

ACICIS offers a 6 week

Journalism Practicum in Jakarta in

January/February of each year.

There are 2 weeks in class then 4

weeks work experience with an

Indonesian media outlet.

No Indonesian language skills

necessary.

Journalism Practicum

ACICIS In Indonesia

ACICIS employs a full-time

Australian academic to live in

Indonesia and supervise the ACICIS

program.

The current the Resident Director is

Dr Phil King.





ACICIS staff provide help and

information, but students are

responsible for finding their own

accommodation.

This is not difficult as plenty of

student accommodation is

available.

Accommodation options are

relatively inexpensive by

Australian standards.

Where will you live?



Can my children or partner

come?

We regularly arrange the same

visas for children and partners.

Can I go travelling in

Indonesia?

This is possible during the school

holidays. Many students travel all

over Indonesia.

FAQs



ACICIS regards safety and

security as our first priority.

We give students accurate, up-to-

date information, but ACICIS

students are not like tourists.

They live in the community and

have 24 hour backup from

ACICIS staff.

Security in Indonesia



Applications must be in by

1st October for Semester 1

1st May for Semester 2

Contact your university, or

ACICIS directly at

[email protected].

How to Apply?

mailto:[email protected]

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