By: Dr. phil. Asfa Widiyanto, M.A.
What we may learn during our
study at MAKN:
1. High motivation
German proverb: Die
Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt (Hope dies last)
Smartness+high motivation: huge success
Smartness+low motivation: small success
2. Work ethic
Wa an laysa li al-insan illa ma sa’a wa anna sa’yahu
sawfa yura.
Qul i’malu fa-sayara-llah ‘amalakum wa-rasuluh
wa-l-mu’minun.
Muhammad Iqbal: Fi al-gharb ra’aytu al-Islam duna al-muslimin.
Working hours for academics:
a. Germany: 08.00-18.00
b. UK: 08.00-17.00
c. Japan and South Korea: 08.00-21.00
3. Proficiency in foreign
languages
Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner
Welt (the limits of my language are the limit of my world) (Austrian
Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein)
a. Arabic
b. English
The structure of language is parallel with the structure
of the mind.
Knowing more languages provides us more opportunities
to approach a certain phenomenon from varied angles. The capital: thinking more
effectively and more comprehensively.
4. Appreciating and valuing diversity
MAKN is a miniature of Indonesian Islam, a market of
Islamic ideas.
Fiqh al-tasamuh (understanding the tolerance), fiqh
al-ikhtilaf (understanding the difference)
MAKN student is ideally: (a) independent in choosing
and or elaborating his/her own Islamic religiosity and (b) tolerant towards the
diversities that he/she may find in the society.
5. Proficiency in classical
Islamic sciences
The subjects of Islamic sciences:
a. Fiqh
(Islamic Jurisprudence) according to four major Islamic schools (al-madhahib
al-arba’ah)
b. Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence)
c. Balaghah
d. ‘Ilm al-Kalam
e. al-Tafsir wa ‘Ulumuh
f. al-Hadith wa Ulumuh
Note: the proficiency of MAKN students in Fiqh and
Usul al-Fiqh is comparable to Masters students at Shariah Faculty
6. Proficiency in modern
scholarship
a. Discussion with teachers
b. Discussion with his/her colleagues
c. Academic forums beyond MAKN
d. Reading literature
7. Creativity and readiness
for new challenges
Education: a process of qualifying oneself for things
better.
Creativity: courage to be different for things better.
New things are not perceived as threats but rather as
challenges.
8. Readiness to pursue
further study at the university
Proverb: safir tajid ‘iwadan ‘amman tarakta
Knowing other cultures opens our horizon
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
1. StuNed (Netherlands) (S2, S3)
2. DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
(Germany): available for Bachelor (S1) in Germanistik (German literature/language),
S2 and S3 for any fields of studies.
3. AMINEF Fulbright (USA)
4. Chevening (UK)
5. Al-Azhar University, Egypt
6. Brunei Darussalam Government Scholarships for
Foreign Students (S1, S2, S3)
7. ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relation) (S1, S2,
S3)
8. Turkiye Scholarships (Turkey) (S1, S2, S3)
9. LPDP Kementrian Keuangan
10. Program 5000 Doktor Kementrian Agama
(written by Asfa Widiyanto)
