2026 In-Country Summer Program Applications close: 1 June 2025 Outcomes of Applications: Within one month of the closing date (1 July 2025) Compulsory Online Seminars: 29 Oct 2025, 8 Nov 2025, 15 Nov 2025, 22 Nov 2025 Arrival Date: No earlier than 21 November 2025 Start Date: 24 November 2025 [...]
Click the images below to go to each program page. Professional Practica Tours and Intensives [...]
In January 2015 ACICIS welcomed 73 students from sixteen Australian/NZ universities to participate in the three ACICIS Practicum Programs.
The JPP is a six-week internship program conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia. The program runs from early January to mid-February. It is open to students of journalism, media and communications studies, and cadet journalists. The program is designed to provide participants, who may not necessarily have Indonesian-language skills or experience in Indonesia, with the opportunity to live and work in the dynamic media scene of Jakarta.
Short Term Programs Practicum Programs Intensives Semester Programs [...]
By Madura McCormack, JPP 2014
Murdoch University
About two minutes after exiting Soekarno-Hatta Airport, you’ll notice that Indonesia has about zero traffic regulations. There are times where I’ve lost track which direction the vehicles were supposed to be going in the first place.
By Michelle Kovacevic, JPP 2011
University of Melbourne
“How did someone with a background in neuroscience end up working at a forestry institute in Indonesia?”
By Tania Butterfield, JPP 2010 AsiaNZ Foundation Indonesia is rarely reported in the news here in New Zealand and so when I applied for the AsiaNZ scholarship to take part in the Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies Journalism Professional Practicum [ACICIS JPP] I knew it would be the experience [...]
By Virginia Tapp, JPP 2010
University of Queensland
When in doubt, don't waste time googling something that the person next to you can easily explain. At GA everyone is willing to help with contacts, information or general knowledge.
By Virginia Tapp, JPP 2010 University of Queensland You've all seen the newspaper headlines, the aftermath of the terrorist bombings and the DFAT travel warnings. So much, in fact, that the word Indonesia has gained the power to strike fear into the heart of many westerners. I know because I [...]
The Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) is a non-profit consortium of universities that develops and coordinates high quality, in-country study options in Indonesia.
ACICIS programs enhance the student’s educational experience, and produce graduates with the ability to understand the world from a global perspective.
