Pegadaian Sends Employees for Master's Studies Abroad

PT Pegadaian has sent seven of its top employees to continue their master’s studies at various world-renowned universities. The study programme is part of the Pegadaian Global Education & Mastery Scholarship, a human capital investment initiative. The company is providing full scholarships to selected internal talent, known as Insan Pegadaian, to gain knowledge and bring back global-scale best business practices. Director of Human Capital at PT Pegadaian (Persero) Tribuana Tunggadewi stated that the programme is a strategic step by the company to cultivate future leaders. The international academic experience is expected to broaden perspectives, enrich knowledge, and stimulate capable innovation to support the increasingly dynamic and complex business transformation of Pegadaian in the future. ‘The Pegadaian Global Education & Mastery Scholarship is a manifestation of the company’s commitment to building future leaders who are globally minded, innovative, and adaptive to change. We believe that investment in human capital is a long-term investment that will produce superior talent, bring home the world’s best business practices, enrich the organisation’s perspective, and accelerate Pegadaian’s transformation to continue growing, be competitive, and further ’MengEMASkan Indonesia’,’ Dewi added in a written statement on Tuesday (30/6/2026). This departure marks the start of the fourth batch of the Internal Master’s Degree Scholarship Programme for 2026. The send-off ceremony for the scholarship awardees was held at the Pegadaian Tower in Jakarta on Friday (26/06). The seven Insan Pegadaian representatives departing in this fourth batch come from various strategic divisions and regional work units, with study focuses aligned with the company’s business development needs, ranging from financial law, information technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) to environmental management. The seven employees have been accepted at various leading global universities, including Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, as well as the Australian National University and the University of Melbourne in Australia. All awardees underwent a rigorous, transparent, and comprehensive selection process lasting nearly a year, from April 2025 to March 2026. The selection stages included administrative screening and performance track record reviews, standardised foreign language proficiency tests, ethics tests and potential assessments, as well as in-depth interviews directly with the Pegadaian Board of Directors, in addition to securing an official Letter of Acceptance from the intended overseas university. This lengthy screening process was deliberately implemented to ensure that the selected candidates are not only academically excellent but also possess high integrity and the mental readiness to be positive representatives of the company in the international academic environment. The departure of the participants to their respective study destinations will be carried out in stages from July to September 2026, in accordance with the academic calendars of the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, the University of Edinburgh, and Imperial College London. Through this higher education provision, Pegadaian is optimistic about further strengthening the corporation’s competitiveness at both national and global levels, which will ultimately provide a sustainable contribution to the company and the nation.