ULBI launches direct-work study pathway with PT Pos Indonesia for 90 students

ULBI opens the Work Integrated Programme (WIP) for the 2026/2027 academic year, guaranteeing 90 graduates immediate appointment as employees of PT Pos Indonesia. The programme, under the ‘Accepted to Work Before Graduation’ scheme, represents a strategic opportunity amid the fierce competition for recruitment in state-owned enterprises, with selected students bound by an employment contract from the start of the semester. ‘This programme provides an opportunity for prospective students to undertake their studies from the start of the semester, while already bound by a contract with PT Pos Indonesia,’ said ULBI Rector I Nyoman Pujawan at the programme launch at ULBI Bandung Campus on Thursday. Meanwhile, PT Pos Indonesia’s Director of Human Capital Management, Asih Kurniasari Komar, emphasised that graduates of the programme will be immediately projected into managerial positions at the regional level. ‘The human resources who graduate will immediately be stationed as supervisors across Indonesia. This is our effort to secure human capital that is academically excellent and of strong character,’ Asih said. Although it offers job security, the university noted that this is not a scholarship programme. Registration fees and the Education Development Fund (DPP) remain the responsibility of participants. Additionally, students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00, must not take leave, and must achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 450 as a yearly evaluation criterion by PT Pos Indonesia. The programme covers various study programmes under the School of Logistics and Transport, the School of Business and Management, and the School of Information Technology. Applications are conducted online via the official site admission.ulbi.ac.id. The move was welcomed by the West Java Provincial Education Office, which described the programme as a concrete solution to absorb labour. ‘This is like an oasis, because West Java has many university graduates, but absorption into the job market remains limited. The hope is that other companies will imitate this,’ said Edy Purwanto, Head of PSMK Disdik Jabar.