Indonesia

This entry focusses purely on universities.

Partners situated in Indonesia

None.

Indonesia in a nutshell

The Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), is a country in Southeast Asia. Comprising 17,508 islands, it is the world's largest archipelagic state. With a population of 222 million people in 2006, it is the world's fourth most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority nation, although officially it is not an Islamic state.

Indonesia is a republic, with an elected parliament and president.

The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Administratively, Indonesia consists of 33 provinces, five of which have special status. Each province has its own political legislature and governor. The provinces are subdivided into regencies and cities, which are further subdivided into subdistricts, and again into village groupings. Following the implementation of regional autonomy measures in 2001, the regencies and cities have become the key administrative units, responsible for providing most government services. The village administration level is the most influential on a citizen's daily life, and handles matters of a village or neighborhood through an elected village chief.

The provinces of Aceh, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Papua, and West Papua have greater legislative privileges and a higher degree of autonomy from the central government than the other provinces.

• The Acehnese government, for example, has the right to create an independent legal system; in 2003, it instituted a form of Sharia (Islamic law).
• Yogyakarta was granted the status of Special Region in recognition of its pivotal role in supporting Indonesian Republicans during the Indonesian Revolution.
• Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya, was granted special autonomy status in 2001.
• Jakarta is the country's special capital region.

Indonesia education policy

Not covered.

Indonesia education system

Not covered except for HE.

Higher education

Universities in Indonesia

The Wikipedia List of universities in Indonesia lists 84 universities, although the accuracy of the list is not clear, around a third of the entries have further detail or web sites.

Some 57 of the universities are public, with 27 being private.

In e-learning circles, the best known is Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia's Open University.

Polytechnics in Indonesia

No information.

Higher education reform

The Bologna Process

Not applicable.

Administration and finance

Not covered, except to note that there are public and private universities.

References

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