UII Psychology Again Wins Overall Champion in National Competition

Palembang—The Psychology Study Program of Universitas Islam Indonesia’s (UII) Faculty of Psychology and Socio-Cultural Science (FPSB) has again been awarded Overall Champion at the 2023 Islamic University IV’s Psychology Student’s Scientific Competition (KIMPSI).

The event took place at Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Raden Fatah in Palembang on 25 August 2023.

The KIMPSI is a national-level student competition held annually by the Inter-Islamic University Conference on Psychology Forum (IIUCP Forum). The forum, which was founded 10 years ago, is chaired by Dr. H. Fuad Nashori, S.Psi., M.Si, M.Ag., Psikolog.

UII took home the Overall Champion’s trophy after winning eight gold, five silver and one bronze medals. The university’s teams won in 10 out of the 13 categories.

They won first place in Quantitative Psy Paper (Nabila Sekar Widianti, Ahmad Aditya Wibowo, Nadya Sabina Putri Amalia, Annisa Fitri Alfianita, Nisva Nauvala), second place in Qualitative Psy Paper (Yessy Maynani Nurrochma, Ashilla Astari Sukma, Ardelia Putri Hanifah), second place in Psy Method Proposal (Nabilla Dian Alvanda, Muthia Mawada AR), second place in Psy-Infographic Content Category (Addin Annasihah), first place in Psy Preach Performance (Asep Rizki Suhada Muharom), second place in Psy Preaching Performance (Nydia Ayuning Tyas) and first place in Psy Movie Content (Wahyu Sutana, Aulia Ghazisa Indraputra, Shaffana Shafwa Ramadhany).

Further, they won first place in Psy-Vlog Technique (Muhammad Faj’ri Ristiyanto Subhan, Asep Rizki Suhada Muharom), first place in Psy-Vlog Content (Neysa Mahira Hanifa, Berlian Archita Dewi, Ashfa Suqya Zamzama, Dina Nensi Fitriani), first place in Psy-Photography Ideas and Uniqueness (Salwaa Raisa Adya Susanto, Rayda Nurhafizha Meifathia), first place in Psy-Photography Composition and Theme Suitability (Aprillia Kartiningtyas, Dayu Rahmanitya Nismaradewi, Tarisa Febrilian Mutiara Fiorenza, Dinda Amalia Safitri, Dyah Salma Zharifah), third place in Psy-Quran Recitation, Tajwid and Fashohah (Fatma Nazhiirotunnaja), second place in Psy-Poem (Rahmad Prasetyo Dwi Putra), and first place in Psy-Quiz (Nasir Syarfan Ali, Hanif Ibrahim, Athifa Ratna Kasyifa).

IIUCP President Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fuad Nashori stated that the aim of organizing KIMPSI was to disseminate psychologic knowledge based on the Quran and Hadith, to revive cooperation between Islamic universities, to ready Islamic universities for various accreditations and certifications (national and international) and encourage the emergence of prospective Muslim scientists that embraced the future with high spirits and can benefit the society.

Dr. Fuad explained that there were two types of competitions, namely scientific and semi-scientific. Scientific competitions included Psy-Paper, Psy-Proposal, Psy-Intervention, Psy-Infographic, Psy-Design and Psy-Quiz. Meanwhile, semi-scientific competitions included Psy-Essay, Psy-Movie, Psy-Vlog, Psy-Photography, Psy-Preach, Psy-Recitation (Qira’ah) and Psy-Poem. Psy-Poem (semi-scientific) and Psy-Quiz (scientific) were two new competitions introduced in this year’s event.

Dr. Fuad further explained that some of the competitions were themed on Islamic psychology and contemporary psychology, while the others were purely Islamic psychology. The entire competition was held online and was attended by active students from 20 IIUCP Forum member universities. “Specifically, the final round for the Psy-Poem and Psy Quiz competitions were held offline at the 2023 KIMPSI host university,” he explained.

The UII delegation went to Palembang accompanied by the 2023 UII KIMPSI Support Team and the Dean of FPSB UII, Dr. Phil. Qurotul Uyun, S.Psi., M.Si. The dean congratulated and prayed for the students for this achievement.

“I would like to express my gratitude and congratulations to the Psychology Study Program delegation for the achievements at KIMPSI. I also thank the supervisors who have worked hard to direct and prepare the students for this event,” she said.

“Alhamdulillah [Thank God], the Psychology Study Program of FPSB UII won the overall champion. I hope this achievement will motivate students and lecturers to continue working together to innovate,” she said. “I also hope we remain at the forefront in next year’s KIMPSI. May Allah grant blessings to all of us. Amen.”

Similarly, Head of Psychology Study Program – Undergraduate Program, Hazhira Qudsyi, S.Psi., M.A., expressed her gratitude to the students, the team of supervisors, and the entire KIMPSI Support Team for their hard and smart work to become overall champion in this competition. She hoped that this achievement could motivate students to further increase their potential and achievements in the future.

“UII’s Psychology Study Program is committed to facilitating the development and coaching of students’ talents and interests through various forms of activities. We expect this effort can help students maximize their potential to achieve in academic and non-academic fields,” Hazhira Qudsyi said.

As a form of this commitment, the UII Psychology Study Program has made efforts to prepare UII’s KIMPSI participation by deploying the KIMPSI Mentoring Team led by Dr. Nita Trimulyaningsih, S.Psi., M.Psi., Psikolog. The activities the team did were scouting students, appointment for competent lecturers for the different competition categories, student selection process, and coaching.

The KIMPSI Mentoring Team said that evaluation showed that inter- and intra-university competitions were tighter. This was evident from the number of registrants that continue to increase every year, both from within UII and for the competition itself.

“We hope that by setting up a good system for preparing students, providing them with optimal guidance, and a strict selection process, we can maintain and improve our achievements in the following years,” said Dr. Nita.

Other than UII, the other Islamic universities that are part of the IIUCP Forum are UIN Ar-Raniry in Aceh, Universitas Muhammadiyah Aceh, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Langsa, Universitas Abdurrab Pekanbaru, Universitas Islam Riau Pekanbaru, UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau, Universitas Muhammadiyah Riau Pekanbaru, UIN Raden Fatah Palembang, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Universitas Islam Bandung, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung Semarang, UIN Walisongo Semarang, UIN Sunan Kalijaga in Yogyakarta, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan in Yogyakarta, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, and Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur in Samarinda. (VIP Magazine Vol 10)