Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Mulawarman University, has eleven study programs in three academic levels. In undergraduate diploma level, there is only one study program named Diploma 3 Office Administration (a three-year undergraduate diploma). In undergraduate level, there are nine study programs, namely, Undergraduate Program in Public Administration, Undergraduate Program in Sosiatri, Undergraduate Program in Government, Undergraduate Program in International Relations, Undergraduate Program in Communication, Undergraduate Program in Psychology, Undergraduate Program in Business Administration, Undergraduate Program in Sociology, and Undergraduate Program in Applied Government.

In postgraduate level, there is only one master degree program named Master Program in Public Administration.

Most of such study programs have similar procedures in their student admissions. There are only two study program that have different types and timetables in their student admissions, as brokendown in the following tables.
Table 1: Number of Study Programs and Their Student Admissions

No.	Study Program	Level	National Selection by Invitation	National Selection by Written Test	Local Selction (Similar procedures)	Local Selection (different procedures)
1.	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	S1	√	√	√
2.	GOVERNMENT	S1	√	√	√
3.	SOSIATRI	S1	√	√	√
4.	INTERNASIONAL RELATIONS	S1	√	√	√
5.	COMMUNICATION	S1	√	√	√
6.	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	S1	√	√	√
7.	PSYCHOLOGY	1	√	√	√
8.	SOCIOLOGY	S1			√
9.	OFFICE ADMINISTRATION	D3			√
10.	APPLIED GOVERNMENT	S1				√
11	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	S2				√

Notes: S2 = Postgraduate Study (Master), S1 = Undergraduate Study, D3 = A three-year undergraduate diploma.

Based on such table, there are seven study programs whose student admissions are carried out through both national selection and local selection. They are Undergradute Programs in Public Administration, Government, Sosiatri, International Relations, Communication, Psychology, and Business Administration. Two study programs -- Diploma 3 Office Administration and Sociology -- carry out their student admissions through local selection.
Two other programs carried out their student admissions differently. For Undergraduate  Program in Applied Government, applicants should apply at the respective district/city governments. Later, such district/city governments would nominate the applicants to be selected by Undergraduate Program in Applied Government. The applicants would followed health examination, physical test, pscychological test, and academic (written) test. As many tests should be taken, the time tables are by all means different. Another difference, the admitted students of this program would stay in a dormitory.
Master program in Public Administration also carry out its student admission differently. The applicants should take academic potential test, TOEFL test, and written test, since the applicants should already hold undergraduate degrees.