ACICIS students often take their children and spouses with them when they go to Indonesia to study for a semester. Read more about taking your family to Indonesia here. If you are planning on taking family members to Indonesia, ACICIS will assist in obtaining an appropriate visa for your child/spouse. [...]
No. Semester students are on sponsored study visas that do not cover paid internship or work activities. For paid internships, students should seek visa sponsorship from the host organisation and re-enter the country. Working is strictly prohibited on a study visa. The penalties are stiff if you are caught. You [...]
Yes, a number of students have completed ACICIS programs and gained credit towards their Honours degrees. This, however, is at the discretion of the student’s home university. The majority of Honours students have completed semester-long field study programs, whereby the student completes a single research project on a topic of [...]
Most students undertaking study with ACICIS do so as part of their undergraduate studies. However, ACICIS does and has accepted numerous postgraduate students onto its in-country programs over the years. These have included students pursuing graduate diploma qualifications, master’s degrees, and PhDs. Postgraduate students have undertaken in-country programs as accredited [...]
If you have missed the application deadline, please contact the ACICIS Secretariat (enquiries@acicis.edu.au) as soon as possible to enquire whether a late application is possible. Please note, however, that ACICIS deadlines are set to meet strict host university enrolment and immigration processing timelines. Therefore we may be limited in our [...]
Before commencement of your Semester Program: The short answer is no. Due to strict Indonesian immigration requirements pertaining to the VITAS visa used by ACICIS semester program students, you may not arrive in Indonesia until three days prior to orientation. After conclusion of your Semester Program: Students are welcome to travel around Indonesia [...]
The Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) is a non-profit consortium of universities that develops and coordinates high quality, in-country study options in Indonesia.
ACICIS programs enhance the student’s educational experience, and produce graduates with the ability to understand the world from a global perspective.
