The 2012 student admissions of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Mulawarman University will be carried out in three types of selection processes, namely national selection by invitation, national selection by written test/exam, and local selection (by written test/exam). The first two admission processes are managed by a national commitee, while the local selection is administered by Mulawarman University.

NATIONAL SELECTION BY INVITATION
For this type of student admission, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences offers seven stuy programs as study choices for applicats, as follows:
TABLE 1. STUDY PROGRAMS OFFERED BY FISIP UNMUL THROUGH NATIONAL SELECTION BY INVITATION

No.	Study Program	Capacity 2012	No. of Applicants 2011
ILMU ADMINISTRASI NEGARA	20	n/a
2.	ILMU PEMERINTAHAN	20	n/a
3.	ILMU SOSIATRI	20	n/a
4.	ILMU HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONAL	20	n/a
5.	ILMU KOMUNIKASI	20	n/a
6.	ILMU ADMINISTRASI NIAGA	20	n/a
7.	PSIKOLOGI	20	n/a
Source: www.snmptn.ac.id (2012)

Timetable of student admission process is as follows: 
- Enrollment by Headmasters: 1 February at 08.00 to 29 February 2012 at 22.00
- Enrollment by High School Students: 1 Februari at 08.00 to 8 March 2012 at 22.00
- Selection Result Announcement: 28 May 2012 at 18.00
- Re-enrollment for admitted applicants: 12-13 June 2012
For further details on this model of student admissions, such as requirements, enrollment procedures, timetables, etc, visit http://undangan.snmptn.ac.id
 
NATIONAL SELECTION BY WRITTEN TEST

In this type of student admission, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences also offers seven study program to be optionally seleted by applicants. The capacity and last year's number of applicants for the respective study program are broken down in the following table.
TABLE 2. STUDY PROGRAMS OFFERED BY FISIP UNMUL THROUGH NATIONAL SELECTION BY WRITTEN TEST 2012

No.	Study Program	Capacity 2012	No. of Applicants in 2011
1.	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	100	590
2.	GOVERNMENT	100	703
3.	SOSIATRI	60	45
4.	INTERNASIONAL RELATIONS	100	394
5.	COMMUNICATION	100	663
6.	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	60	89
7.	PSYCHOLOGY	60	375
Source: www.snmptn.ac.id (2012)

In regard to the 2012 timetable of student admission process, the following dates clarify:
- Enrollment date: 10 May 2012 at 08.00 to 31 May 2012 at 22.00
- Enrollement online on: http://ujian.snmptn.ac.id
- Written Test:
    - Tuesday, 12 June 2012 :    academic potential test & basic subjects tests
    - Wednesday, 13 June 2012 :   natural science subjects test & social science subjects tests
- Announcement date of admitted students: Saturday, 7 July 2012 at 19.00 on http://www.snmptn.ac.id.
Scoring system used for answer assessement in the answer sheet is as follows:
       Correct answer    :    + 4
       Wrong answer      :    -  1
       No answer           :       0
 
LOCAL SELECTION
The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences offers eleven study programs for student admission by local selection, where nine of them will be carried out at the same time, while the remaining ones are carried out separately, as seen in the Table 3. 
TABLE 1.  STUDY PROGRAMS OFFERED BY FISIP UNMUL THROUGH LOCAL SELECTION

No.	Study Program	Educational Level	Capacity 2012
1.	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	Undergraduate	n/a
2.	GOVERNMENT	Undergraduate	n/a
3.	SOSIATRI	Undergraduate	n/a
4.	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	Undergraduate	n/a
5.	COMMUNICATION	Undergraduate	n/a
6.	BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	Undergraduate	n/a
.	PSYCHOLOGY	Undergraduate	n/a
8.	SOCIOLOGY	Undergraduate	n/a
9.	OFFICE ADMINISTRATION	Undergraduate Diploma	n/a
10.	APPLIED GOVERNMENT*	Undergraduate	45
11.	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION**	Postgraduate (Master)	n/a
*Selection system & time tables are different (health examination, physical test, psychological test, academic (written) test). Applicants should be nominated by district/city governments in East Kalimantan. For a more detailed information, visit http://www.pin.or.id ** Selection system and time tabes are different. Applicants should hold undergraduate degree. For further information, see Study Programs or visit http://mian.fisip.unmul.ac.id

 Student Admission Timetables for the first nine study programs above are as follows:
- Enrollment : 10-21 July 2012.
- Enrollement Fee : Rp 175.000,- (payment at BTN or BNI banks). 
- Written Test : 25-26 July 2012.
- Result Announcement : 31 Juli 2012.
- Re-Enrollment (for admitted students) : 6-16 August 2012.
- Enrollement should be carried out online on http://snmptn.unmul.ac.id