by Christian Jan L. Nunez
What is Universitas Padjadjaran Virtual International Summer Program?
The Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Universitas Padjadjaran (UNPAD) in collaboration with Tourism Department in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) Indonesia, Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Malaysia, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) New Zealand provides Virtual International Summer Program 2021. The program offers international students from partner universities and beyond from different disciplines and backgrounds who are interested in Marine tourism. The partcipants come from 13 countries and 5 continents, respectively.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the program offered is replaced by the international Courses. This programs will be filled with several interesting topics focusing on Marine Tourism, which nowadays has surfaced as a pressing topic in the field of ocean and coastal management. Hence, the title of the summer course program is Marine Tourism and Coastal Vulnerability: Prediction, Assessment, and Adaptation consist of two (2) credits with an additional one (1) credit if student take a Virtual Trip, total of course is sixteen (16) working days for this summer course session from 30 August to 17 September 2021.
Program Features
- E-certificate for all participants
- Webinar classes
- Virtual Tours
- Indonesia Marine and Coastal Management Class
Number of Participants Attended in the Program
In total there are 186 participants in the program representing 28 universities. These participants come from 13 countries and 5 continents respectively.
SSU Participant
| NAME | COLLEGE/CAMPUS | POSITION |
| Christian Jan L. Nunez | College of Arts and Sciences | Instructor 1 |
Impressions from the Participant
Nunez: “It is a great pleasure for me to become part of this program. It has a very interesting and informative topics which broaden my knowledge and skills on Marine and Coastal Tourism. It gives me an opportunity to learn and exchange ideas about marine conservation and management from the experts in the fields and meet very nice people around the globe. I also learned from our class about the diverse marine environment, culture, people and tourism economy of Indonesia. It was a wonderful experience, I hope I would be able to participate in the same activities in the future. Terima Kasih banyak Universitas Padjadjaran!”.
Screenshots of the Webinar sessions
