Universitas Jember uses credits Semester as the standard measurement of the courses. The unit of student learning load is determined in the amount of semester credit units, abbreviated as credits. One credit is equivalent to 45 minutes of learning activities per semester and each course has a weight of at least 1 (one) credit. 1 (one) credit in the form of lectures, responses and tutorials, including: face-to-face learning activities 50 (fifty) minutes per week per semester; learning activities with structured assign-ments of 60 (sixty) minutes per week per semester; and self-study activities 60 (sixty) minutes per week per semester.

Universitas Jember has a rich community of student club (UKM). These clubs comply to non-academic interests for students including sports, culture, reli-gion and arts. All the students are free to joint any kind of activities not limited to sports, martial arts, arts, religion and special students activities. Participation in UKM is one way to make it easier for students to adapt to the campus environment and improve soft skills according to their fields. Student clubs usually conduct their activities in the after-noon or evening or during the weekend. Some ac-tivities supported by university or faculty. As student life on campus is dynamic and always changing, it is the best to discover through speaking with other students what opportunities there are for further engaging with life on campus.

Jember, East Java, Indonesia, generally experiences a tropical climate characterized by high humidity and temperatures. The weather is warm to hot throughout the year, with temperatures ranging between 71°F to 91°F (22°C to 33°C). The region enjoys a mix of sunny and partly cloudy days, with occasional rain, particularly during the wet season.

Typical weather patterns include moderate winds, mostly from the east or south, and the UV index often reaches high levels, requiring sun protection. The dry season, generally from May to October, sees minimal rainfall, while the wet season from November to April brings higher chances of rain, contributing to the region’s lush vegetation

Indonesia, with its more than 600 ethnic groups, is certainly rich of cultural and linguistics diversities. Most Indonesians are bilingual and many are trilingual, speaking Bahasa Indonesia (the Indonesian Language), the national language, at least one vernacular language, and probably another language of a foreign root such as Arabic, English, or Chinese. Jember is a Pandalungan, a fusion or hybrid of cultures, city, mainly of Javanese and Madurese. Most Jemberese speaks Java-nese with some Madurese accent and adapted/adopted vocabularies and vice versa, with some added features specific to this region in their day-to-day life, and Bahasa Indonesia in the formal occasions. There are also speakers of few other vernacular languages in this city.

Indonesia is divided into three time zones, i.e. the Western Indonesian Time (WIB or Waktu Indonesia Bagian Barat), Middle Indo-nesian Time (WITA or Waktu Indonesia Bagian Tengah), and Eastern Indonesian Time (WIT or Waktu Indone-sia Bagian Timur). Jember is located in Java Island and belongs to the Western In-donesian Time (WIB) or the often so-called Jakarta Time (GMT +7). Jember belongs to the Western Indonesian Time.

As a Pandalungan city, Jember is rich in culinary diversity which can pamper those with sweet tooth or those craving for savoury dishes. Jember is home to a lot of warungs, cafes, bakeries and restaurants offering both traditional, foreign and fusion foods and drinks. Jember University is surrounded by food courts with diverse warungs in them, cafes, bakeries and restaurants offering diverse food such as nasi pecel, gudeg, rawon, traditional fried chicken, western-style fried chicken, pizzas, burgers, noodles, kebabs, Arabic food, nasi Padang serving the infamous beef rendang, and many more. Visitors can ex-plore the diverse food, but need to be cautious as some can be too spicy for them. It is advised that they find out the spiciness level be-fore ordering the food. Ordering food and drinks from home is also super easy and convenient with the availability of many food order-ing applications such as Grabfood (Grab), Gofood (Gojek), Shopeefood (Shopee), and Bangjek. Most faculties in Jember Univer-sity also provide canteen and cafeteria to provide easy access to food and drink for students and staffs.

As you move into a different country, it may be difficult to fit in and adapt to lo-cal customs and culture, especially when you are moving in for the first time. Cul-ture shock is commonly experienced by a new university student, even by local stu-dents who previously lived in a different region or province as Indonesia has a rich and diverse culture. Some common symptoms of culture shock are feeling lonely and isolated, withdrawal from social activities, hostility towards other cultures, diso-rientation, etc. These symptoms may vary in each person.
Student counselling is a program to help students solve their problems and to optimize students ability in performing daily activities independently. In general, the objective of the student counseling program is to make sure every student and civitas academica able to:

• Gaining knowledge and understanding about themselves and their surrounding which enables them to make appropriate decisions;
• Constructing and developing academic and/or another program which corresponds to their aspiration, capability, applicable regulation, and surrounding conditions;
• Developing themselves optimally according to their capability and surrounding conditions;
• Knowing and developing their ability which beneficial to their surrounding;
• Solving personal, social, study, career, and other problems they encountered;
• Solving ineffective daily living and achieving effective daily living.

DOs

• Please queue patiently in order to be served by our campus staffs. The staffs have to serve a lot of people and you will be helped as soon as possible.
• Kindly dress semi formally to attend lectures or to visit offices.
• Kindly dress formally if you are invited for events held in campus.
• Be sure to smile when you meet people you know. Indonesian appreciates a ‘polite smile’.
• Bending down a bit when passing a group of older people is considered polite,
• In Indonesia, when you address someone, it would be considered more polite if you use these specific terms before mentioning the name: Bapak (Pak) for Mr, Ibu (Bu) for Mrs, Mas for young man, and Mbak for Miss/young woman. Start with “Permisi”
• Introductions are normally acknowledged with a handshake. In the Muslim culture, handshakes are normally between people of the same gender.

DONTs

• Don’t smoke in classrooms, offices and undesignated public places.
• Don’t be involved in political activities.
• Don’t work. Your purpose for being here is to study.
• Don’t wear sleeveless shirts, T-shirts, short pants and slippers in classrooms and offices.
• Don’t put your hand on your hips during conversation with Indonesians since this is considered impolite or insulting.
• Don’t demonstrate affection in public.
• Don’t do impolite things in sacred places.
• Don’t put your feet up on tables or chairs, or use them to point with.
• Don’t be angry when someone on the same sex holds your hands or walks arm to arm, it’s the Indonesian way of showing a friendly relationship.
• Don’t be offended when people ask you personal questions. It’s just the way they show friendliness and you don’t have to answer the question if you don’t want to.