OSPEK ala Kampus di Thailand (1)

Sebagai mahasiswa baru, tentu ada serangkaian acara dalam penyambutan mahasiswa yang diselenggarakan oleh pihak kampus. Begitu juga dengan kampus di Thailand, ada beberapa acara baik dari tingkat jurusan, fakultas, dan universitas. Lalu, seperti apa ya ospeknya? apakah sama dengan yang ada di Indonesia? Yuk, baca pengalaman saya selama menjalani ospek di Thailand.

my new world with other International students

1. Department Orientation Day 

Since I am an MSc Immunology Program student, I will share the orientation from my department. I am not sure for the other programs, yet in general it will be similar. For my department, there were three sessions that was held on the same day. Initially, we were gathering in the same room (11st floor of Adulyadejvikrom Building). Then, the program director presented a welcoming speech following the explanation of the Immunology program including the history, facilities, study plan, research group focus, and laboratory tour. The second session was sharing with the senior. I was enjoying this part since we could share with our senior about each courses and the struggle of the thesis project. Eventually, the last session is party hehe. We ate and took photos together. In addition, in the following month, we had an occasion namely "Meet Your Advisor". Here, we could know well the research focus for each professor and the available research groups. Then, all of the new students can consider for their interest project in future thesis.

2. Siriraj Graduate Orientation Day

In the level of faculty, we have three parts as well. The first part as the formal event where there were some welcoming speeches from the Dean of the Medicine Faculty and the tips of how to live in Siriraj as graduate students. Interestingly, we met with our psychologist in the "Let's Talk" event where the faculty provides us talking privately and individually with the psychologist when we have some problems or stress. It indicates that the faculty concerns seriously in the mental health of the students. Furthermore, the second session was less formal and we changed our clothes with sportswear and shoes. The student council of faculty gave us an exciting day. The games and campus tour were performed with separated group from a variety of departments. Then, I met a lot of students from different departments and of course, different countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, Cambodia, etc. The last part is Thai Traditional Welcoming Ceremony.