FIKUI students became one of the representatives of the University of Indonesia in the National Olympiad of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (ON-MIPA) organized by the National Achievement Center (Puspresnas) of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. There are 4 fields that are contested, namely Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology, Rendi Saputra (FIKUI 2022) is the contingent for the Biology field.

The general form of the competition is like the National Science Olympiad (OSN) competition with more complex questions. This competition is in the form of application of Biology theory to solve biological problems in the environment. For example, at the UI level selection, there was a question regarding the application of biotechnology in eradicating mosquitoes.

At the regional level selection, the number of participants who took part in this competition was 3854 consisting of students from various campuses throughout Indonesia from four fields of competition: mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry. From the total number of students, 65 students were taken with the best scores from each field.

To prepare for the selection, Rendi tried to take the time to review the OSN material in high school. Rendi reads books and reading sources for re-study. In addition, there is also intensive training from FMIPA UI which is held around a month before the competition. Rendi also often teaches high school/MA students in Jabodetabek to prepare for OSN and KSM. This busyness is a step for Rendi to always remember and re-learn materials about the Biology Olympiad.

Good luck Rendi! The prayers of the academic community of FIK and UI are always with you