History

Doctoral education for the MIPA Doctoral Study Program was originally under the auspices of the Airlangga University Postgraduate Program. Since 2011, based on Chancellor’s Decree Number 13/H3/PR/20, the MIPA Doctoral Study Program has been placed in the Faculty of Science and Technology, coordinated by a Head of the Study Program who is responsible to the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology.

In general, the aim of doctoral education at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Airlangga University (hereinafter referred to as FST-UA) is to produce a new concept in the field of interest, without ignoring morality. There are four areas of interest for PhD expertise developed at FST-UA, namely Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. These four areas of expertise interest are hereinafter referred to as Study Interests. Each student can choose a more specific skill, namely Study Concentration.

The doctoral education process in the MIPA Doctoral Study Program is designed as a combination of lectures and independent and structured research and is also designed to be completed within a period of three years. Lectures are aimed at providing a philosophical and theoretical basis so that you become a doctor who has the ability to develop scientific concepts. In each area of ​​interest, students can focus more on a particular study concentration.