UII, UTP Compete in Cross-Country Sports Competition

Yogyakarta—Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) has partnered with Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) in Malaysia for an international exchange program.

This program, which is part of UII’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UTP, organized a sports competition at the Ki Bagoes Hadikoesoemo Sporting Complex in UII’s Main Campus on Saturday, 20 May 2023.

UII has been collaborating with UTP through various events, including in academic activities. This sports competition is a breakthrough that aims to strengthen the culture of internationalization.

Also inviting Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) Yogyakarta, the universities each sent one team for the men’s futsal, men’s volleyball and women’s volleyball competitions, making it a total of six teams participating in the event.

UII Director of Student Coaching, Beni Suranto, S.T., M.Soft. Eng., believed that the collaborative activities with UTP were very useful in strengthening the culture of internationalization and the global character of students.

The collaboration also opens opportunities for collaborative work between students from both universities in other fields, such as entrepreneurship, social projects, joint research and community empowerment both in Indonesia and Malaysia.

A UTP student representative that competed in the men’s futsal game, Muhammad Suhail Bin Daud (21), expressed his enthusiasm to visit Indonesia to participate and represent his institution. He was amazed by UII’s sports facilities and said they could support the production of quality students.

“Indonesia is known to have great futsal and soccer players. It provides us with a great experience to play against great teams in Indonesia,” he said. “I have long wanted to visit Indonesia and have known a lot about Indonesia from various media. This is why I really wanted to be able to exchange culture with all of them [Indonesian students].

UAD came up as winner in the futsal competition, with UII and UTP being in second and third places. Meanwhile, UII won the men’s volleyball match, while UAD and UTP took the second and third places.

As for the women’s volleyball match, UII’s team won first place and was followed by UAD and UTP in the second and third positions.