The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbud Ristek) announced the 2023 Higher Education Clustering on Tuesday (28/2), and Telkom University achieved the Independent Cluster (Highest) based on Research Performance and Community Service once again.
“Our strategy in maintaining the Independent Cluster is we continue to maintain the quality of every research activity and our community service, this appreciation is a mandate for Tel-U to be able to provide guidance to other universities that are not yet included in the Independent Cluster,” Rina explained.
The vice rector, who is closely related to research, innovation, and cooperation, Rina mentioned SANTA’s targets that Tel-U wants to achieve in the next few years.
“We are extremely grateful to have won an award as an Independent Cluster University again this year. This is due to the efforts and contributions of all parties involved in Tel-U. In the future, we have a SINTA ranking target, in 2024, we target it at 13. Then in 2025, our target is at 10, and 2028 at position 7. This signifies that we are still strengthening,” Rina explained.
According to statistics from Instagram @Ditjen.Dikti, there are 2,157 universities registered in this clustering. 40 are Independent Clusters, 160 are Main Clusters, 238 are Intermediate Clusters, 442 are Primary Clusters, and 1277 are Assisted Clusters. Obviously, Tel-U’s admission to the Independent Cluster, which includes just 40 universities, is an exceptional achievement.
As a matter of fact, the 2023 higher education clustering is based on processed performance data from SINTA-based universities from 2019 to 2021. The considered performance data are the data that has been confirmed and approved by the verifier of the Higher Education Research and Community Service Institute (LPPM).
The performance parameters that are assessed include authors, affiliations, journals, research, community services, intellectual property rights, and books.
Writer: Abdullah Adnan | Editor: Daris Maulana | Photo: Public Relations