LPDP Scholarship Phase II Registration Opens, Here Is the Schedule

The Education Fund Management Institution (LPDP) opened the second phase of 2026 registration from 30 June to 31 July 2026. LPDP provides two programmes: the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Strategic Industry Scholarship and the Social, Humanities, Arts for People, Religious Studies, Economics (SHARE) Scholarship. LPDP also reopened the Acceleration Scholarship programme at Leading Universities, special cooperation programmes such as the Sports Scholarship, and the National Research and Innovation Talent Scholarship via the Doctor by Research pathway. The Strategic Industry STEM fields cover the food, energy, defence, and digitalisation sectors including artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors, health, downstream processing, maritime, manufacturing and advanced materials, as well as entrepreneurship and the creative industry. LPDP also supports funding for STEM-related fields consisting of business and economics as well as law and public policy that support strategic industrial sectors. Meanwhile, the SHARE fields focus on strengthening social, public policy, economic, cultural, educational, and religious aspects that underpin national development. LPDP President Director Yon Arsal stated that at least 80 per cent of scholarship allocations are focused on STEM and strategic industry-related fields, while a maximum of 20 per cent is allocated for SHARE fields. “We continue to increase STEM, moving from 66 to 69 per cent in 2025, to 74 per cent in 2026. We will try to reach at least 80 per cent for STEM and STEM-related,” said Yon Arsal at the Djuanda Building of the Ministry of Finance on Monday, 29 June 2026. STEM-related refers to non-STEM fields that directly support STEM-based strategic industry development, such as Public Policy, Law, Business, and Economics. The Phase 2 LPDP Scholarship Selection Schedule for 2026 is as follows: Registration Selection from 30 June to 31 July 2026; Administrative Selection from 3 to 27 August 2026; Announcement of Administrative Selection Results on 28 August 2026; Appeal Submission from 29 August to 1 September 2026; Announcement of Appeal Results on 22 September 2026; Scholastic Aptitude Selection from 27 September to 4 October 2026; Announcement of Scholastic Aptitude Selection Results on 9 October 2026; Substance Selection from 14 October to 20 November 2026; Announcement of Substance Selection Results on 30 November 2026; and the Study Period beginning January 2027.