Semarang (13/4) – A Master of Business Administration has graduated one of our international students at the 170th Diponegoro University graduation period in 2023. A student named Ralaivao Hanginiaina Emynorane is an international student who comes from Madagascar. Ralaivao was able to complete his studies in a short time, namely 1 year, 7 months, and 11 days. This is a good achievement for international students who can graduate in less than 2 years. Thanks to his persistence, Ralaivao became the fastest graduate of the international Master of Business Administration class of 2021. As head of the study program, Dr. Andi Wijayanto, S. Sos, M. Si were proud of Ralaivao’s persistence in completing his studies. This achievement can be a motivation and encouragement for other international friends to finish their theses on time. In addition, Ralaivao is a recipient of an Undip Scholarship, which shows that he can take advantage of good opportunities to study at Diponegoro University. The opportunity is used as well as possible to pursue a master’s degree.
Ralaivao raised an interesting thesis topic, namely Identification of Challenges faced by Entrepreneurs in Madagascar: Case study of cash point entrepreneurs in Toliara city. During the writing of this thesis, he was guided by 2 supervisors, namely Dr. Widiartanto, S.Sos, M.AB and Dr. Sari Listyorini, S. Sos. M.AB. The ongoing guidance process can be followed by Ralaivao quite well with some revisions and improvement. The thesis examinations were carried out with the examiners, namely Prof. Drs. Sudharto Prawata Hadi, MES., Ph.D and Dr. Andi Wijayanto, S.Sos, M.Sc. Ralaivao has been declared graduated on March 24, 2023. It is hoped that the Master of Business Administration will graduate more international students and make this study program more attractive to international students.