Victoria, Australia — August 11, 2026 — The Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR), strengthened its international network and institutional collaboration through a Strategic Meeting with Deakin University in Australia, held on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. The meeting was attended by Prof. Dr. Yuni Sufyanti Arief, S.Kp., M.Kes., Dean of the Faculty of Nursing, UNAIR, and Nuzul Qur’aniati, S.Kep., Ns., M.Ng., Ph.D., Vice Dean III of the Faculty of Nursing, UNAIR, as part of the Faculty’s ongoing efforts to expand academic and institutional partnerships with international partner institutions.
The strategic meeting marked an important opportunity to establish and further strengthen institutional relations between the Faculty of Nursing, UNAIR, and Deakin University. Discussions focused on potential areas of collaboration in education, research, community engagement, and the development of international academic networks.
Through this Strategic Meeting, both institutions also explored opportunities for sustainable collaboration, including the strengthening of academic programmes, joint research initiatives, human resource capacity development, and various international academic activities that could provide meaningful benefits to their respective academic communities.
The participation of the Faculty of Nursing UNAIR leadership in this meeting reflects the Faculty’s strong commitment to continuously expanding its global partnerships and creating collaborative opportunities that support the advancement of nursing education. Collaboration with Deakin University is expected to serve as a strategic step towards strengthening the international academic reputation of the Faculty of Nursing, UNAIR, while also opening opportunities for broader and more impactful cooperation in the future.
This Strategic Meeting forms part of the Faculty of Nursing UNAIR’s ongoing efforts to build sustainable and mutually beneficial international partnerships, with a shared commitment to advancing nursing education, academic excellence, and the development of nursing science at the global level.
In addition, this activity is also aligned with the achievement of the SDGs, particularly SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals. Through the strengthening of global partnerships, international collaboration, as well as knowledge exchange and sharing between the Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, and Deakin University, this activity is expected to foster sustainable collaboration in the areas of education, research, community engagement, and the advancement of nursing science.
