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The Indonesian government is trying to improve the experience of university students from the Department of Agricultural Industrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) by sending them to the University of Queensland, Australia,  in a bid to complete a final project in the form of a capstone project. The Indonesian  Embassy in Canberra in  its statement on Friday (5 /4) stated that  this effort is part of implementing the program of the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka in which  the university  students can complete their final assignments in various forms;  one of  them is a capstone project. The  capstone project is the top achievement of an academic program by combining all skills and knowledge acquired to a final conclusion.

Education and Cultural Attaché of the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra, Mukhamad Najib during a discussion with the Head of the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, University of Queensland on Thursday (4/4) pointed out that the Indonesian government encourages students to have international experience by doing activities on world-class campuses, such as the University of Queensland. The implementation of the capstone project at the University of Queensland will provide a learning process for students; one of them is experience working in a multicultural environment with academicians around the world.

The Agricultural Industrial Technology students from the Bogor Agricultural Institute to the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, University of Queensland were accompanied by the professor of Agricultural Industrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural Institute,  Farah Fahma. At the handover of Agricultural Industrial Technology students from the Bogor Agricultural Institute to the University of Queensland, Farah explained the  final project with a capstone project including things that have just been implemented in Indonesia.  Meanwhile,  at the Australian campus,  this has been done for a long time.

Therefore, Farah assessed that the implementation of the capstone project is very good if it is done in Australia. The completion of the final assignment with the capstone project is carried out in groups. The university students work together to solve problems on a particular topic in a comprehensive manner. Sending students to the University of Queensland is  the  first time for Agricultural Industrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural Institute.  In 2024,  the Agricultural Industrial Technology of Bogor Agricultural Institute sends 4 university students. While at the University of Queensland,  they will work on various experiments and analyze them which will later be written in a final assignment report.