Novian Rico Saputra and Masrurotul Alfiah, students of the University of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department of Chemistry will compete in Olimpiade Nasional Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Perguruan Tinggi (ONMIPA-PT) on June 13-17 2023 offline at Institut Teknologi Bandung. “ONMIPA is a prestigious event, the selection stages that must be passed require us to face tens of thousands of internal students, and thousands more selected students from all campuses at regional level,” said Novian Rico Saputra.

Rico said that this was the second time he had participated in a similar event at national level. Through the assistance of lecturer who work in synergy with the Department of Chemistry, it is hoped that they will get the best achievements in the national arena. “As an ONMIPA-PT delegate in the field of chemistry, I am very proud to be able to represent FMIPA University of Jember and will try to give the best achievement,” he hoped. It is known that the regional level ONMIPA-PT selection was held last June 13-17.

When met separately, Masrurotul Alfiah explained that the stages that must be passed before entering the national stage are selection at the department level, university level selection, then regional level selection. “At department level and university level it was not so difficult because this year the chemistry department was only followed by the Chemistry Department,” he said. Then at this regional stage the competition is quite tight because only 65 participants from each field of knowledge will enter the national-level ONMIPA.

“I was very moved and didn’t expect it after learning about the announcement of the regional level ONMIPA-PT because I didn’t expect more in working on the questions,” he continued. Tomorrow’s national stage is a super tight stage because the competition is between national universities, not each region anymore. Novian Rico Saputra and Masrurotul Alfiah hope to be able to take part in the national stage to the fullest, and for the following year hopefully more and more will qualify at the national level.

Hope was also conveyed by Dean of FMIPA UNEJ Drs. Ahmad Sjaifullah, M.Sc., Ph.D. while giving a speech at Apel Senin Pagi. “Let’s pray for and support our two students from the Department of Chemistry so they can achieve the best results at ONMIPA-PT in the national level of chemistry,” he said. Happy competition, all of us from the FMIPA UNEJ academic community pray for and support your achievements at national level.