Faculty of Psychology Welcomes SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency

Faculty of Psychology, UIN Online News - UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta's Faculty of Psychology warmly welcomed a visit from SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency in the Zakiah theater room, Friday (1/3/2024).

The arrival of SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency was warmly welcomed by the vice dean of the Faculty of Psychology UIN Jakarta, Prof. Dr. Rena Latifa, M. Psi, Head of Psychology Study Program UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Yufi Adriani, M. Psi., Ph.D and Head of Information and Public Relations Center, Zaenal Muttaqin, M. Ag. While from SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency, the Vice Principal of SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency, Agus Sursuwanto, S. Pd, four accompanying teachers and 52 students attended.

Vice Principal of SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency, Agus Sursuwanto, S. Pd in his speech explained that the purpose of coming SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency to UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is to find out information related to UIN Jakarta campus. Seeing many students from SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency who are interested in entering UIN, therefore to get more information SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency came directly to UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta.

"There are many students from SMAN 8 who are very interested in entering UIN, this is also our first time coming to UIN Jakarta. And we hope that later the students of SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency can become students of UIN Jakarta, "he said while hoping that.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Information and Public Relations Center at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Zaenal Muttaqin, M, Ag, in his speech expressed his happiness at the visit made by SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency to UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. He also didn't forget to tell us that the Faculty of Psychology at UIN Jakarta is the number 1 best psychology faculty in Indonesia.

"Sisters from SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency who came to UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta today, you are lucky students. "You are lucky because you came to be accepted by the Faculty of Psychology, the best Faculty of Psychology in Indonesia," he said.

To prove that the Faculty of Psychology at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is the best psychology faculty, Zaenal called on students to look directly on the internet, and directly mention a list of the 10 best psychology faculties in 2023, and it was proven that the Faculty of Psychology at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta was the first best psychology faculty, then in in second place is the University of Indonesia.

Deputy dean of the Faculty of Psychology, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Prof. Dr. Rena Latifa, M. Psi. Representing the dean of the psychology faculty who was unable to attend, he explained that psychology is a field of science that studies human behavior.

“So psychology is the science of human behavior. In psychology we study how humans think, for example regarding humans who commit crimes. "There we find out what is going on in the person's mind, then study the way the person feels, and see the person's motives for committing crimes," said Prof. Rena with a brief introduction to psychology.

Then, one of the 6th semester UIN Jakarta psychology students, Athira, also attended this event. Athira explained about college life at the Faculty of Psychology, UIN Jakarta. Apart from that, Jasmine Laksmi Dewi, a psychology student at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, who recently completed a student exchange program in the United States, was also present. To the students of SMAN 8 Tangerang Regency, Jasmine shared her journey as a Psychology student at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta who had the opportunity to be a student at York College of Pennsylvania for one semester. (Linda Yuliani/Novia Syifaputri Ramadhan)