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8 Best Universities in Indonesia, Did You Know?

8 Best Universities in Indonesia – Did Whizmate know that Indonesia has the best universities? Last June, Times Higher Education (THE) released a list of the world's best universities for 2022 through THE Asia University Rankings 2022. There are universities from Indonesia, you know!

Basically, THE Asia University Rankings 2022 was created to compile the names of the best universities in Asia. They apply the assessment parameters through five assessment groups with certain weights. 

The five assessments include a survey of teaching quality (25%), application of student research (30%), citations as a form of university contribution in producing journals (30%), international assessments (7.5%), and achievements in the industrial world (7.5%).

We can see that the assessment is quite strict, yes. In your opinion, what are the best universities from Indonesia? For more details, let's see the explanation below!

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8 Best Universities in Indonesia

1. University of Indonesia (UI)

University of Indonesia
Source: detikcom

In the first position, there is the University of Indonesia. The campus is also known as the Depok campus. In fact, UI beat King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi and Vietnam National University. 

Based on THE Asia University Rankings, the field that UI excels in is teaching. The proof is that UI managed to be in the third position in Southeast Asia after NUS and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Many people say that entering the UI is a difficult thing. In fact it is true. As a prestigious campus, many are competing to become UI students. This makes the competition quite tough.

The average score required to enter the UI for the SBMPTN path for Science and Technology is 665.86. Meanwhile, for the Social and Public Housing line, it was 690.02.

2. Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)

Bandung Institute of Technology
Source: itb.ac.id

After UI, the second rank is occupied by ITB. Just like UI, ITB also excels in the field of teaching. ITB is also known as a campus that has the best engineering majors.

With these advantages, ITB focuses more on its teaching subjects in the field of engineering. That makes a lot of people vying to be able to study there. 

This college is also known as a campus that implements a test assessment after being determined as a student. This proves that ITB does implement strict and systematic teaching. That way, the quality of learning is unquestionable.

To enter ITB, at least you have to achieve a score of 656.61 for science and technology and 682.30 for social and social studies. Wow, that's pretty high.

3. Indonesian University of Education (UPI)

Indonesian education university
Source: SINDOnews

The university, which is located in Bandung, is getting higher rankings. In fact, this campus already has an A accreditation. Not surprisingly, UPI has received international awards. One of them became the top 300 universities in the field of education by the QS World University Ranking 2020.

Many say that studying at UPI means that you have to become a teacher. Well, that's not entirely true, you know. Because, being a teacher or not, it's your own decision. So, even though there are many education majors at UPI, that doesn't necessarily mean you have to become a teacher, right?

If you want to study at UPI, at least you have a minimum average score of 630.26.

4. Universitas Airlangga (Unair)

Airlangga University
Source: Gramedia.com

Furthermore, there is Airlangga University (Unair) which is located in Surabaya. In addition to being ranked from THE Asia University Rankings, this campus is also nominated for THE Asia Awards, you know. In fact, Unair managed to become the winning candidate in the category Excellence and Innovation in the Arts.

If UI and ITB excel in the field of teaching, Unair is superior in the socio-cultural field. This is carried out in the form of various university program designs. Thus, Unair must continue to be consistent and improve its quality.

To study at Airlangga University, at least you must have an average score of 633.20 for the science and technology major and 645.83 for the social and social sciences.

5. Gadjah Mada University (UGM)

elephant mada university
Source: CNN Indonesia

Who is not familiar with this one campus? The campus, which is located in Yogyakarta, is often compared to UI. Because their rankings are often competitive. Therefore, the quality of UGM and UI is used as a quality parameter for other universities. In fact, UGM was ranked 4th as the best campus in Southeast Asia. 

Not only that, Gadjah Mada University has also been ranked 57 universities in Asia according to the QS Asia University Rankings in 2020 last year. In other words, UGM had beaten UI, which at that time was only ranked 59th in Asia.

To study there, at least you need an average SBMPTN score of 645.94 for the science and technology major and 680.49 for the social and social science major.

6. Hasanuddin University (Unhas)

Hasanuddin University
Source: Unhas Identity

The campus, which is located in Makassar, is a development of the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia. 

Unmitigated, the growth of this university is quite encouraging. In 2022, Unhas was ranked as the 351 best university in Asia based on the QS Asia University Rankings. In Indonesia, Unhas is ranked 13th as the best university. 

This proves that Unhas deserves to be one of the best universities. In fact, Unhas has 40 study programs that are internationally accredited. Thus, Unhas deserves to be one of the coveted universities.

Well, for those of you who are interested in studying here, at least you have an SBMPTN score with an average of at least 628.81.

7. Bogor Agricultural University (IPB)

Bogor Agricultural Institute
Source: TribunBogor Wiki

This campus is known as the best campus in agriculture. The proof is that IPB is the only one that represents Indonesia as the top 45 ranked best universities in the field of agriculture. It was released by the QS WUR Subject 2022 institution.

IPB is also included in the top ten best campuses in agriculture and forestry. So, this campus is no longer in doubt in the field of agriculture. To be able to become an IPB student, you must at least get an average SBMPTN score of 603.18.

8. Eleven March University (UNS)

sebelas Maret University
Source: Suara Merdeka Solo

This year, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) set a new record. For the first time, the university is included in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings. In fact, UNS is ranked 401–500 in Asia. 

This achievement is certainly something to be proud of. In fact, the number of UNS enthusiasts increased by 6.75% (3,375 applicants).

In 2021, there were 49,983 participants and an increase of 53,358 participants in 2022. With the increase in UNS enthusiasts, the UNS SBMPTN Tightness Rate (AKP) also increases. To become a UNS student, the average SBMPTN score is required to reach at least 631.87.

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Well, those are the 8 best universities according to Times Higher Education (THE). Basically, all universities are of good quality. In general, every educational institution must have the same goal, namely to provide education to all children of the nation.

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