Wenny B.

Home country/city: Indonesia / Malang

Course of study: PhD Agricultural and Food Sciences

Host Country: Australia

Host University: The University of Queensland

Duration: 2 years

Program: Prime Minister's Australia Asia Awards 

Organising Institute: (Endeavour Awards Program) - Ministry for Education (Australia), AusAID. 

Source of funding: Scholarship fully funded program. 

Why did you choose to study at the University of Queensland in Australia?

I choose UQ since I am the alumnus of this University (Master of Food Studies, graduated in 2007) and I’ve found that UQ has a great potential for conducting research programs. Besides having a comfortable environment to live in, UQ has many good facilities as well as supportive supervisors and advisors for students. There is also a good and strong relationship between UQ and other institutions such as Government Departments that is important to support research activities and to expand an international networking.

Why would you recommend studying in your home town / university?

Indonesia is a dynamic multicultural country that respect diversity. As a developing country that also consists of thousands islands and volcanoes  Indonesia has a large population and surely very complex problems. However, it is interesting to know and to learn how we can struggle and survive in every situation including the world economy crisis. 

Knowledge, skills and experiences you bring will also be very useful and much appreciated. Internship, collaboration and volunteering in will do help in many areas such as human empowerment, poverty reduction, environmental issues, improvement in researches and community. In turn, it may also help in increasing welfare of Indonesian and make it a better peacefull country in the future. This program, which is supported by our "all-direction foreign policy" with a slogan "million friends and zero enemy" (HE President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono) may strengthen relationships and bring advantages to many countries.

Information you would like to share for others hoping to study overseas:

I found information that was useful for my studies through the following website - Endeavour Awards website.