The Pursuit of International

Recognition

Bening Tirta Muhammad

School of Materials, University of Manchester

@beningtirta/beningtirtamuh@gmail.com

3 October 2015@ ISF, ISIC PPI UK 2015

King’s College London

Outline

• Current conditions

• Parameters and numbers

• Suggestions

Source: https://www.selasar.com/budaya/salah-kaprah-kampus-kelas-dunia

Source: http://mrcpp.machung.ac.id/

Source: http://mrcpp.machung.ac.id/?p=about-us&about=people

Source: http://forlap.dikti.go.id/; Patterns and Trends in UK Higher Education 2014 by HESA

In 2012/13, UK only had 162

QS Asia University Rankings

Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2015

Other Rankings

• THE

– None in Top 100 Asia list

– World 2015: Universitas Indonesia (601-800)

• 4icu.org

– Top Asia: ITB (28), UGM (99)

Image source: http://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2015/10/02/079705695/800-kampus-terbaik-dunia-ui-satu-satunya-asal-indonesia

– Academic Reputation: “…the institutions where they believe the best work is currently taking place within their own field of expertise.”

– Student-to-Faculty ratio: “…universities that are best equipped to provide small class sizes and a good level of individual supervision.”

40%

10%20%

20%

5% 5%

QS Parameters

Academicreputation

Employerreputation

Student-to-facultyratio

Citation perfaculty

Int'l student ratio

Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/qs-world-university-rankings-methodology

Source: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ranking-methodology-2016

30%

30%

30%

7.50% 2.50%

THE Parameters

Teaching

Research

Citations

Internationaloutlook

Industry incomeOf 30% for Teaching:Reputation survey: 15%Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5%Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 2.25%Doctorates awarded-to-academic staff ratio: 6%Institutional income: 2.25%

Other Parameters

• Source: http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU-Methodology-2015.html

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Suggestions on the issue

• Knowing who are

– Biodiversity

– Tropical diseases

– Marine and aquatic lives

– Commodities like palm oil, cocoa, etc

Suggestions on the issue

• Make the most of established MoUs

– Summer schools

– Research internship/oversea thesis

– Visiting researcher/lecturer

– International conference

Suggestions on the issue

• Do not settle

– Send lecturers for PhD or Postdoctoral program

– Sabbatical leaves

– Alumni networks

Image sources: https://www.jsps.go.jp; http://tu-dresden.de/

Suggestions on the issue

• Soft infrastructure

Image sources: http://www.anakui.com/2012/03/30/kejanggalan-dalam-pembangunan-gedung-baru-fasilkom-ui/ ; http://www.press.uillinois.edu/ ; http://epi-rsc.rsc-cdn.org/ ; https://upload.wikimedia.org

Agus Subekti, then the director for research and community service at the Education and Culture Ministry, said the ratio of lecturers publishing their work in international journals to the total number of Indonesian lecturers reached only 0.7 percent.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/15/quality-key-world-class-universities.html )

Suggestions on the issue

• Use English as a daily or official language at least amongst research students and lecturers

– Write, read, speak in English

– Boost up confidence for international conferences and publications

Suggestions on the issue

• Invest on research labs’, research centres’, and departments’ website

– People

– Research

– Publication

– Potential joint programs

– Vacancies

Bibliography

• Bening Tirta Muhammad, Selasar.com 2015. Retrieved from https://www.selasar.com/budaya/salah-kaprah-kampus-kelas-dunia

• Direktoral Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, Pangkalan Data Pendidikan Tinggi2013. Retrieved from http://forlap.dikti.go.id/

• Suparno, Jakarta Post 2012. Quality is key to world-classuniversities. Retrieved from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/15/quality-key-world-class-universities.html