Yudhoyono inaugurated 12 new public universities : http://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/sby-resmikan-12-perguruan-tinggi-negeri-baru.html/7 October 2014

For the first time in history, a series of 69th anniversary of the military comes with the launch of 12 universities (PTN) new in Indonesia. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated 12 new state university in Building Nala, RI Fleet Command Headquarters Eastern Region (Mako Amartim), Jakarta, Monday (6/10).

Here's 12 state universities, which was inaugurated President:

1. University of East
2. University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Yogyakarta
3. University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran East Java 4. University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta
5. Institute of Technology Sumatra
6. Institute of Technology Borneo
7. Institute of Arts and Culture of Indonesia Papua
8. Institute of Arts and Culture of Indonesia Aceh
9. Institute of Arts and Culture of Indonesia Bandung
10. University Singaperbangsa
11. State Polytechnic Cilacap
12. State Polytechnic Indramayu
The inauguration of the country's 12 universities are part of the Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Development (MP3EI) to improve people's access to higher education, while improving the quality of education itself.

Indonesian Universities the Weak Link in Booming Economy: by Arlina Arshad, 29 August 2012

Indonesia's creaking university system is failing to keep pace with its booming economy, struggling to produce graduates equipped for modern working life in the Southeast Asian nation.

Investors have flocked to the fast-modernizing country of 240 million people, attracted by its huge domestic market, rich natural resources and relatively low labor costs.

But badly resourced universities mean quality graduates are a rare commodity in Indonesia, where companies find it difficult to recruit people who can think critically and make a smooth transition into employment.

"University graduates often lack the necessary skills employers need," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a recent report on education.

The report observed gaps in "thinking, technical and behavioral skills," based on a World Bank survey of employers, which found 20 to 25 percent of graduates needed retraining on the job.

Indonesian universities are "lagging behind" those of other nations and lack global competitiveness, the OECD report said, in contrast to nations such as India that produce doctors, engineers and scientists whose skills are in demand worldwide.

None of Indonesia's 92 public universities or around 3,000 private colleges appeared among the world's top 400 tertiary institutions in the latest Times Higher Education rankings, seen as one of the world's most authoritative sources of higher education information.

This is despite the fact that Indonesia is often placed on the same rung of development as BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - all of which made the list.