Padang, Sept. 13 -- Andalas University (Unand) Rector Efa Yonnedi stated that the university has successfully entered the top 250 universities worldwide in the field of interdisciplinary research.

"This is a good achievement. but we will continue to improve Unand's achievement on the international stage," said Yonnedi on the sidelines of the university's 69th anniversary celebration in Padang, West Sumatra, on Saturday.

According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR), the university, inaugurated on September 13, 1956, by Vice President Mohammad Hatta, is ranked eighth nationally.

Interdisciplinary research combines methods, theories, concepts, or perspectives from two or more disciplines to solve complex pro...