Makassar, 15 May 2025 — The Faculty of Medicine, Indonesian Muslim University (FK UMI) through the Research, Community Service and Scientific Publication Unit (UP3M) successfully held Intellectual Property Rights (HKI) Registration Process Training aimed at all FK UMI lecturers. This activity took place at the Prof. Meeting Hall. Dr. Razak Datu, FK UMI.

The event was officially opened by the Dean of the UMI Faculty of Medicine, Dr. H. Nasruddin A. Mappaware, who in his speech emphasized the importance of legal protection for lecturers' scientific work and innovation as part of improving the quality of the tridharma of higher education.

This training presented the main resource person, Dr. Nurmiati Muchlis, SKM., M.Kes., as Head of the UMI LP2S IPR Center who delivered material related to the IPR registration mechanism, starting from the stage of identifying the type of work, preparing administrative documents, to the application process through the digital system of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property.

Chairman of the activities committee, dr. Abdul Mubdi, Sp.PD., explained that this training was a strategic effort to build lecturers' awareness to actively protect the results of their work, whether in the form of research, health technology innovation, or other scientific papers.

This activity was welcomed enthusiastically by all participants who actively discussed and consulted regarding the potential for registering their work. UP3M FK UMI hopes that this training can be the first step in increasing the number of IPRs produced by FK UMI lecturers and strengthening an academic culture based on innovation and legality.

With this training, FK UMI confirms its commitment to supporting lecturers to contribute significantly to the development of science, technology and protection of intellectual property rights in higher education environments.