The Higher Education Review

Upsurging as the new education hub for not only Asia but also the world, Indonesia is eager to address the global higher education sector by creating educational institutions that are well-adhered to the present educational standards and industry requirements. With a notion to emerge as a premium educational institution, Bakrie University is not only engaged in catering to the higher education segment of Indonesia but also to the students around the globe. Adopting experiential learning across its spectrum of curricula, Bakrie University envisions itself to be a globally recognized higher education across Indonesia. Exclusively focusing on the engagement with industry and experiential learning methods, the key ideology of Bakrie University is to establish a benchmark in the higher education sector.

Molding Students as Industry Professionals
Bakrie University is a part of the Bakrie Group of companies, that fosters a deep and extended collaboration with the various sectors, such as mining, media, digital media, infrastructure, transportation, plantation/ agriculture, and so on. Bakrie Group ensures the availability of abundant resources to Bakrie University to be utilized by its students as well as the faculties to increase their experience in the academic atmosphere.

This is one of the key factors that make Bakrie University stand out amongst the other universities in Indonesia. Apart from that, the strategic location of Bakrie University is in the center of Jakarta, where its facility campus is located in the business district and well-surrounded by many companies, diplomatic zone as well as many embassies around it.

Maintaining a close and cordial relationship with the government, Bakrie University has understood the changes put forth by the covid pandemic and is taking all the necessary measures to evolve as a unique podium of modern education. "In the present situation, COVID Pandemic has emerged as a game-changer for all sectors, including education. It is high time for all higher education institutions, including Bakrie University to evaluate and reassess the traditional education experience. Like every other university in the world, Bakrie University is overhauling the syllabus and the student experience to meet the demand for the new insight and skills after the covid pandemic", shares Prof. Sofia, Bakrie University.

“Bakrie University is overhauling the syllabus and the student experience to meet with the demand for the new insight and skills after the covid pandemic”

Bakrie University gradually became a reputed educational institution among the international students due to its unique and industry-relevant offerings, especially the courses pertaining to digital skills and business skills. Bakrie University ensures that the education imparted to the students is up-graded and exclusively aligned to the industry standards. Since Bakrie University is a part of the Bakrie Group, students can learn not only in the classrooms but can also get more insight and experience from top-notch executives, such as the CEO or director, or the chairman of the company.

"We are adequately emphasizing the digital skills, which are upsurging as the key skills to be inevitably possessed by each student, despite the industry segment he/she belongs to. We are also focusing on leadership skills as an important part of our curriculum, as we try to equip our students not only with the knowledge but also the skills to lead organizations, both at the national and global level", avers Prof. Sofia.

Future Endeavors
With a very disciplined and

comprehensive academic supervision, each student of Bakrie University is monitored by one lecturer to ensure their overall growth. To encourage more international students, including the Indian students to get a conveniently favorable education, Bakrie University is now offering a full scholarship for international students by covering their tuition fees.

Owing to the exclusive partnership that Bakrie University fosters with the Bakrie Group of companies, the students of the university are ultimately benefited from proficient career guidance, job preferences, job fairs, and so on. Most of the alumni of Bakrie University are presently reigning in the private sector, working with some of the big corporate firms like PVC, PwC, Deloitte, and so on; while many are pursuing their higher studies at some of the eminent global educational institutions like Harvard, MIT, and various other universities. Bakrie University has been boasting a track record of getting more than 80 percent of its alumni placed within less than three months.

Since 2021, Bakrie University has been very active to support the Indonesian government to achieve its sustainable development goals. According to the Times Higher Education ranking, in 2021 and 2022, especially in the present 2022, Bakrie University is regarded as the number one, private, higher education in Jakarta. With a strong commitment to supporting the sustainable development goals of the government by 2030, Bakrie University is gearing up to address the nuances of the Indonesian education sector.

Emerging as a platform that nurtures the budding talents of tomorrow with the help of the Bakrie Group of companies, Bakrie University is devoting its resources to promote further research in the field of alternative energies, such as electric vehicles, and solar panels, and so on. Consistently investing in innovation and re-search, Bakrie University is eager to explore the spectrum of higher education, not only in Indonesia but also at a global level.