LPDP Refines Strategy to Enhance Employability of its Alumni in the Domestic Workforce
LPDP Refines Strategy to Enhance Employability of its Alumni in the Domestic Workforce
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Jakarta, VIVA – The Director General of the Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP), Sudarto, acknowledged that the institution is still working to improve its strategy to ensure that its alumni are absorbed into the domestic workforce after completing their studies.
One of the efforts is to focus on impact rather than simply providing educational services.
“We understand that for an individual to become a superior human resource, it is not enough to study at the best university. What is more important is what happens after that,” said Sudarto at a press conference at the Ministry of Finance, Jakarta, Wednesday evening, February 25, 2026.
He ensured that LPDP is striving to align scholarship priorities with industry and research needs, as adjusted based on discussions with industry. Therefore, from 2021 to 2026, scholarship programs are being directed more specifically towards strategic fields.
These strategic fields include STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), the food and maritime industry, energy, health, defense, digitalization (including artificial intelligence and semiconductors), as well as downstream industries, manufacturing, advanced materials, entrepreneurship, and the creative industry.
For 2026, the STEM and related scholarship quota reaches 80 percent. Meanwhile, the quota for non-STEM scholarships or SHARE (social sciences, humanities, arts and culture, religion, and economics) is a maximum of 20 percent.
However, Sudarto said that LPDP cannot guarantee jobs for its alumni. The capacity of LPDP, he said, is limited to building and strengthening the ecosystem.
“Does LPDP guarantee that when they (alumni) return, they will get a job? That is beyond LPDP. That is why we are talking about an ecosystem. We coordinate with industry, including with Danantara, so that the ecosystem can be built,” said Sudarto.
He said that this effort will take time until the ecosystem is fully established. In parallel, LPDP is preparing internship or entrepreneurship schemes abroad for alumni for a period of up to two years after graduation with LPDP approval and meeting the established requirements.
“By providing this internship period, hopefully when they return, the industry will be ready. And hopefully, LPDP can be part of building the ecosystem,” he said.