Universitas Terbuka

For other universities that use the UT mnemonic, see UT.
Universitas Terbuka
Motto Making Higher Education Open to All
Type Public
Established September 4, 1984
President Prof. Ir. Tian Belawati, M.Ed., Ph.D
Students 396.955
active-December 14, 2015
Location Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia
Website www.ut.ac.id

Universitas Terbuka (UT, literally Open University) is Indonesia’s 45th state university and employs open and distance learning (ODL) system to widen access to higher education to all Indonesian citizens, including those who live in remote islands throughout the country as well as in various parts of the world. It has a total student body of more than 460,000.

Mission

UT's focus is on educating people who for various reasons including lack of funding, rural isolation and full-time employment, do not have opportunity to attend conventional face-to-face higher education institutions.

The University's mission is:

  1. to expand the opportunity for quality higher education through the distance education system;
  2. to produce competent academicians and professionals who are able to compete globally;
  3. to increase participation in continuing education in order to create a knowledge-based society;
  4. to increase the quality and quantity of research and development in the distance education system, especially in distance higher education;
  5. to innovatively and continuously disseminate and share information on distance education especially on distance higher education;
  6. to strengthen national unity and integrity through the broad and equal provision of higher education;
  7. to increase cross-cultural understanding and networking through local, national and global partnerships;
  8. to produce academic products in distance higher education as well as in other fields of knowledge.

Accreditation

UT has been awarded the ‘International Accreditation’ and ‘Certificate of Quality’ by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Standard Agency (ISA), and ISO 9001:2000 by the Certification bodies, i.e. SAI Global and SGS. UT’s study programs have also been accredited by The National Accreditation Board of Higher Education (BAN-PT).[1]

Flexible learning

UT offers a learning flexibility system:

Learning materials

Learning activities can be conducted at any where and any time.

Printed material (known as module) serves as the main learning medium, supplemented by non-printed materials such as recorded learning materials (audio video cassettes, CD, radio and TV), as well as computerbased learning materials (CAI and Internet based). UT assures the high quality of its learning materials.

Learning support service

The learning support services consist of academic and administrative services.

Academic Services The academic services are provided through tutorials. There are two kinds of tutorials: face-to-face and at a distance via radio, television, and internet. Furthermore, practical works are also provided for courses that need practicum. Both tutorials and practical works are facilitated by qualified tutors, instructors, and or supervisors, who come from various well-known public and private universities as well as from UT itself. For certain courses, resource persons are sometimes invited from business, industry and other relevant sectors.

Administrative Services Administrative services are emphasized in providing assistance to students in registration, obtaining learning materials, applying for credit transfer, and addressing other matters that can influence students’ study process.

Student Assessment

The assessment of student learning is based on: tutorial assignments, practical works, practicum assignments, and final examination. These components reflect students’ overall learning achievement and contribute to the semester final grades of the students.

UT administers final examinations at the end of every semester or twice a year. Final examinations are conducted as supervised pencil-paper tests simultaneously throughout the country. Students who take the Bachelor (Sarjana/S1) Programs are required to take the Program’s Final Assignment at the end of the program as part of the requirements. Students who take the Master Programs (S2) are required to write Master Program’s Final Assignment (a thesis) and pass the final oral examination. For certain courses and cases UT also offers the opportunity for students to take the examination on-line.

Final grades are announced via various methods including through UT website, and UPBJJ-UT.

Credit Transfer

UT students may apply for credit transfer for courses previously taken from other accredited universities.

Operational Networking

UT has 37 regional offices, known as UPBJJ-UT,[2] in 32 provinces. To support their operations, each UPBJJ-UT establishes close collaboration with various institutions, particularly with:

At the national level, UT also has long standing collaborations with:

Partnership

UT has established partnerships with other institutions, including the Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, Navy, Ministry of Defense and Security, Ministry of Agriculture, Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Garuda Indonesia, Merpati Nusantara, PT Pos Indonesia, Central Bureau for Statistics, PT Indosat, PT Tugu Pratama, National Coordinating Agency for Family Planning (BKKBN), and Al-Zaitun Islamic Boarding School, Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN), National Archives of Indonesia (ANRI), National Civil Service Agency (BKN), School of Business and Management (STEKPI), PT Jakarta Software Komunikasi and all provincial agencies, regencies and towns in Indonesia.

UT also has close relationships with various international organizations such as the South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and SEAMEO Regional Open Learning Center(SEAMOLEC).

UT is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU), and the Global Mega-University Network (GMUNET). In addition UT is also an active member of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE).[3]

Academic Program

UT has four Faculties and one Graduate Program that offer more than 30 Study Programs, including Master Programs (S2), Bachelor Programs (Sarjana/S1), Diploma Programs (D1, D2, D3, and D4), and Certificate Programs.

Faculty of Teacher Training and Educational Sciences

Bachelor (S1) Programs

Certificate Programs

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

Bachelor (S1) Programs

Diploma 4(D4) Program

Diploma 3(D3) Program

Diploma 2(D2) Program

Faculty of Economics

Bachelor (S1) Program

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Bachelor (S1) Program

Diploma 1(D1) Program

Graduate Programs

Master (S2) Programs

Facilities

Data Processing Services

Since its establishment in 1984, UT has provided computerized database analysis services. UT has up to date hardware and software facilities, including computer application programs that have been developed for specific needs of UT and other users of UT services.

Facilities For Development, Storage, and Distribution Printed Materials

UT has human resource and equipment in desktop publishing that can provide services in preparing printed materials. In addition, UT staffs have extensive experience in distributing printed materials to districts in Sumatera, Java, Bali, and West Nusa Tenggara.

Multimedia Production Facilities

UT has a Multimedia Production Center with facilities and human resources. The staffs are professionally trained in audio visual development and production in Indonesia and overseas. Several government and private institutions have utilized this, company profiles, promotions, and learning materials in the form of video, audio-tape, audio-graphics, slides, and VCD.

Sporting Facilities

UT provides room facilities for meetings, seminars, workshops. UT Convention Center and lodging has capacity of 3,000 people. The following facilities are:

Human Resource Development services

UT offers the following programs: Upgrading qualifications of human resource in:

Education and Training for Managers and Instructors:

Community extension Programs:

Communication strategies:

Training for operators and computer programmers:

Entrepreneurship:

Research and development

The Center for Research and Community Services of UT (LPPM-UT) has four centers:

Research The LPPM-UT specializes research and development in the following areas:

Development of Management Information System LPPM-UT provides:

Community Services Community services include:

Development and Improvement of Instructions"" The Inter-University Center for Improving and Developing of Instructional Activities (IUC-IDIA) has a mission to improve the quality of instruction at higher levels of education at open and distance higher education and conventional universities. The IUC-IDIA professional staff have experience in conducting needs analysis, developing programs, curriculum development, assessment of learning, evaluating instructional programs, developing the prototype of learning materials, developing multi-media course materials, developing computer-based tutorials, and professional training for educators, trainers, and instructor.

The IUC-IDIA services include:

The IUC-IDIA also provides consulting services for institution capacity building in education and training, particularly in the area of instructional activities and academic programs.

The IUC-IDIA has strategic alliances with other units within UT itself, with over 51 state-owned universities, and with education and training centers in 25 Departments, Colleges belonged to certain governmental departments, as well as education and training centers for specific fields (e.g. Banking, department stores, supermarkets, etc.)

References

  1. ↑ Quality Assurance, in Indonesia language.
  2. ↑ Distance Learning Program Unit
  3. ↑ Members of ICDE in ASIA

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