Medan (ANTARA) \u2013 Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) is encouraging\nstate-owned legal-entity universities (PTN-BH) to optimise underused\nassets to help fund strategic campus projects.<\/p>\n
USU Rector Professor Muryanto Amin said universities, including USU,\nhad assets with development potential that were not being used to their\nfull capacity.<\/p>\n
\u201cLicensing issues and lengthy partnership processes make it difficult\nto realise a number of investment plans,\u201d he said at the fourth U25\nLeaders Forum of PTN-BH at the USU campus in Medan, North Sumatra, on\nFriday.<\/p>\n
The forum, themed \u201cUnlocking Funding Opportunities: Financing\nStrategies for PTN-BH Strategic Projects\u201d, discussed asset development\nstrategies and alternative sources of funding for universities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many idle assets on these campuses, and we have\nconsiderable experience in managing partnership systems, but the\nbureaucracy is still very lengthy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said he hoped governance and licensing procedures would be\nimproved to make partnerships between universities and investors more\nefficient.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what we need to offer input on, so the bureaucracy is not\ntoo lengthy and the calculations are economically reasonable for\nprospective investors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said discussions on financing strategic projects were part of the\nU25 Leaders Forum\u2019s efforts to strengthen the independence and\nproductivity of PTN-BH universities. Universities, he said, needed to\nfind ways for their assets to generate economic benefits without\ncompromising their core educational mission.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, U25 Leaders Forum chair and University of Indonesia (UI)\nRector Professor Heri Hermansyah said the forum was beginning to prepare\nconcrete steps to raise asset productivity and strengthen cooperation\namong PTN-BH universities.<\/p>\n
He said a planned consortium would be supported by a working group\ntasked with defining its institutional structure and governance.\nAlongside the business consortium, U25 is preparing a second working\ngroup to strengthen academic recognition among PTN-BH universities.<\/p>\n
The programme is intended to enable exchanges of students, lecturers\nand education staff between campuses, including through credit-transfer\narrangements so that academic activities undertaken elsewhere are\nrecognised by students\u2019 home universities.<\/p>\n
Professor Heri added that the cooperation was expected to give\nstudents opportunities to study at other campuses without always having\nto take part in exchange programmes abroad.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents at these universities will be able to grow together,\nhelping to maintain the overall capacity of human resources across the\nPTN-BH network,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said the forum was open to input from rectors, particularly on\ndiversifying revenue sources and managing assets, so that universities\nwould not rely solely on government funding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ministry is also seeking to strengthen funding support through\nvarious schemes, including research funding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The U25 Leaders Forum meeting at USU was its fourth since the forum\nbegan in October 2025.<\/p>\n
In addition to financing strategic projects, this edition of the\nforum also discussed strengthening inclusive governance and preventing\nsexual violence, as well as developing assets and financial institutions\nwithin universities.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/usu-ptn-bh-forum-seeks-to-unlock-underused-campus-assets-1792144522", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }