Rani M.

Home University / Institution: Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia

Host University / Country: La Trobe University

Course of study: Natural Product Chemistry (PhD S3) research focusing on organic chemistry and anti-fungal compounds

Duration: Research for PhD - full-course (4 years)

Organisation: (DIKTI) Direktorate Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi / Indonesian - Directorate General for Higher Education.

Source of funding: DIKTI

What have you gained and what have you enjoyed about studying in your host university/host country?

I have gained a lot of experiences academically (knowledge) and also non-academically (social-cultural). All are so precious in the way of my life. 

Scholarship 

As I came from a country where English is not my first language, the first thing that I prepared for studying overseas is to improve my English capability so that I could be able gaining TOEFL/IELTS score as required by the overseas university and not to mention by the scholarship providers. Once I could reach the satisfying English proficiency test result, I looked for the university/supervisor/subject that I wanted to apply and started submitting any application of interest.