Mata Garuda: LPDP Provides Optimal Support for Studies
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Mata Garuda, the alumni association and recipient of education scholarships from the Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP), says LPDP provides optimal support to complete academic studies, both financially and non-financially.
“LPDP really supports us to finish our studies well, with a wide range of support provided,” said Handika Surbakti, Chair of the Pillar Capacity Building, Mata Garuda LPDP, at a media briefing at the Ministry of Finance office in Jakarta, on Wednesday.
He said that in addition to capacity building, networking is also a major added value in the experience as an awardee.
He admitted actively building networks not only within the campus environment, but also through Mata Garuda since he was a student.
In addition, LPDP also assigns scholarship recipients to provide benefits wider than personal benefits, especially related to social and economic benefits.
That underpins his involvement in mentoring as well as Mata Garuda activities.
At the same occasion, Yustina, LPDP batch 2 recipient in 2025, said she chose LPDP because it is the scholarship that provides the strongest support for doctoral study (PhD) compared with other scholarships.
She received a PhD overseas scholarship under the civil servant (PNS) category to pursue a PhD in cancer science and pharmacology at King’s College London, United Kingdom.
“Compared with all other scholarships, the financial support is the largest from LPDP,” said Yustina.
As at 2026, the LPDP scholarship programme has supported 58,444 degree scholarship recipients, as well as 583,171 participants in collaboration programmes with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (Kemdiktisaintek) and the Ministry of Education, Primary and Secondary Education (Kemendikdasmen), and 42,160 scholarship recipients in collaboration with the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
From 2021 to 2026, the scholarship programme has been directed more measurably towards strategic fields, including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the food and maritime industries, energy, health, defence, digitalisation (including artificial intelligence and semiconductors) as well as downstreaming, manufacturing, advanced materials, entrepreneurship, and the creative industries.
LPDP notes that there are currently around 38,000 scholarship recipients pursuing their studies.