Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

Benefits to the Students

It is important for students to benefit from the dual degree program and gain as much knowledge, not only academically but also socially and culturally. We believe that with all the offerings, the students under the dual degree program will definitely grow into someone who will stand out from the rest.

    Key Benefits

  1. Students will graduate with the local degree and a European Bachelors Degree. All students will be recognized as International students of UNIR.
  2. GMDC Asia will conduct additional intensive English courses to students who are weak in the language.
  3. Students will learn the Spanish language (basic) which will definitely benefit them in future. Being the 3rd most spoken language in the world, the lessons will give the students a linguistic advantage over others.
  4. Soft skills seminars conducted by overseas speakers to be given to all UNIR students. The soft skills will prepare students in their future working life.
  5. Encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship to all students. A dedicated lecturer employed by GMDC will serve as a mentor to students who are interested in entrepreneurship or aspire to start a business. This will not be a subject in the curriculum, but will serve as an enhancement to disciplines which already have entrepreneurship as a subject, and also to students who have an interest in entrepreneurship. GMDC will facilitate students or graduated students with opportunities to experience and realize their entrepreneurship dreams realistically and not idealistically.a) Students can join the classes at their own free will. It is not compulsoryb) Students will be given real experience in setting up business units. The mentor will give an assignment for students to find out how to set up, manage and exit a business.c) Students with business ideas can propose to the mentor with proper proposal documents. The mentor will give advice on the feasibility of the business proposal. If the proposal is feasible, the student and mentor will present the proposal to GMDC and its panel of investors, who will then grant any good and feasible business proposal a fund to start the business.
  6. GMDC will assist graduated students by registering them with recruitment agencies in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore
  7. Nobody in the world can ignore the power of the social media in business today. Student can attend classes on social media marketing, digital marketing and search engine marketing taught by overseas lecturer. The objective is to acquire such knowledge and make use of the social media, digital platform to maximize business opportunities or to even solve business problems.
  8. Students will experience European and Spanish cultural events, food tasting, cooking and sport events.