President University

Let me introduce you to an International University which is  located at Cikarang Baru, Kota (city) Jababeka, Bekasi, a location 32 km away on the east of Jakarta. Kota Jababeka is home to more than thousand local and multinational companies. The location was deliberately chosen to seek intensive interaction with the industry. Its proximity and close contact with the industry differentiate our school from other local universities. It is in this premise that the university was developed—a university dedicated to the economy particularly to the industry. PU enjoy sustainable symbiotic mutualistic by being in the Kota Jababeka, while the Jababeka Industrial Estate is within the pulse of President University.

The conceptual plan of President University was formulated in September 1997 by Mr. S.D. Darmono, the President Director of PT Jababeka Tbk. as the original inceptor of President University dream.

The Founders who are behind President University have laid the foundation and groundwork to ensure that President University will develop into a great institution of learning for students from all part of the world to acquire knowledge and develop into useful and responsible citizens and future leaders. They were:

• SD Darmono
  Founding partner and President Director of P.T Jababeka Tbk; Entrepreneur of the Year 2005 – 2006 by CNBC
• Prof. Dr Juwono Sudarsono
  Former Minister of Education and currently the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia
• Ir. Laksamana Sukardi
  Former Minister of State Owned Enterprises
• Drs. Utomo Josodirdjo
  Founding partner of SGV-Utomo-Arthur Andersen, Indonesia
• Surjanto Sosrodjojo, Dipl Ing
  Former chairman and managing director of Teh bottle Sosro (the biggest tea drink in Indonesia) and founding partner of the Jababeka Group
• The late Prof. Dr. Charles Himawan
  Former Dean of Law and Science at the University of Indonesia

President University was officially approved by the Ministry of Education Republic of Indonesia on 4 April 2002 and it was granted the status of full-fledged university on 16 April 2004.

President University had the first Graduation Ceremony, on 9th December, 2005, graduating six (6) students in the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and 26 students in the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. They’re come from Indonesia, Vietnam and China.

On it’s several years operation, the students who enrolled are  not only come from Indonesia, Vietnam and China but also Korea, Venezuela, Philippines, Malaysia and one more country …hehehe i forget….

SWOT Analysis:

Strengths:

• uses English as medium of instructions
• President University is backed-up by local and international academia
• strategically located at the center of industrial area with more than thousand local and international companies
• has an environment conducive to learning
• strong and diverse academic team
• Student and Lecturer housings
• Flexible & forward looking organization
• Sister Units to back the university:
  President High School, President Junior High School, President Business Institute, and Proven Force Indonesia.

Weaknesses:

• newly established
• infrastructure around the area have just started to be developed

Opportunities:

• the only university in Indonesia granted by the Ministry of Education to conduct the whole program in English.
• established cooperation with the industry and educational institutions locally and abroad
• has direct relationship with the companies around Jababeka
• adjacent to industrial estates of Carawang, Lippo, Cibitung, East Jakarta Industrial Park, and MM2000
• rising educational costs abroad, so studying in Indonesia, will be much more economical, especially if the program is guaranteed in quality to be similar to that from abroad.
• The two best locations will attract many participants from the industry and the business world.

Threats:

• English proficiency of the students will put President University unique, and as in Indonesia we are speaking in Bahasa Indonesia, this condition is a strength as well as threat by itself.