This is a list of universities, colleges, polytechnics and other higher education in Indonesia.

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According to the former Directorate General of Higher Education (now part of the Ministry of Research, Technology, & Higher Education), in 2022 there were 4,004 higher education institutions (3,820 private and 184 public).^[1] Higher education in Indonesia offers, academic degrees, vocational degrees, and professional degrees. They are provided by the following types of institutions:

• Community Academy provides vocational education for diploma one and/or diploma two programs in regencies/municipalities based on local excellence or to meet special needs.
• Academy, offers vocational education in a number of fields of common origin such as a military academy and nursing academy.
• Polytechnic, offers vocational education, and/or professional education in various fields
• Specialised College (Sekolah Tinggi), offers academic education and can provide vocational and/or professional education in 1 (one) specific cluster
• Institute, offers academic education and can provide vocational and/or professional education in a number of fields of common origin (technological cluster for example)
• University, offers academic education, and can provide vocational education, and/or professional education in various fields

There are several levels of degrees that can be achieved in higher education, which are split into six levels:

• D1 - Ahli Pratama (A.P.) is a one year education program consisting of 32 credits and a final assignment in the form of practical work and scientific work reports. The title translates to "Primary Expert".
• D2 - Ahli Muda (A.Ma.) is a two year education program consisting of 64 credits. The title translates to "Young Expert".
• D3 - Ahli Madya (A.Md.) is a three year higher education programm consisting of 112 credits. The title translates to "Associate Expert".
• D4 - Sarjana Terapan (S.Tr.) is a four year higher education programm consisting of 144 credits. The title translates to "Bachelor of Applied [...]" followed by the subject.
• S1 - Sarjana is a four to seven years higher education program, depending on the university, which requires a scientific thesis. This is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree.
• S2 - Magister is a one to two year graduate program which requires a scientific thesis. This is equivalent to a Master's degree.
• S3 - Doktor: is a three to seven years graduate program which requires a scientific dissertation.

Public higher education institutions in Indonesia are funded by the Government, while governed as self-managed institutions. Currently, according to the 2020 Statistic report from Directorate General of Higher Education,^[2] there are 122 public higher education institutions divided into 63 public universities, 12 Institutes, 43 Polytechnics, and 4 Community Colleges.

Public institutes

There are 12 Public Institutes in Indonesia: four Institutes of Technology, one Institute of Agriculture, four Institute of Arts (ISI), and three Institute of Cultural Arts (ISBI).

two more Institute of Cultural Arts are planned in Kalimantan Timur and Sulawesi Selatan. However, the Embrio of ISBI Kalimantan Timur in form of ISI Yogyakarta's PSDKU (Study Programs outside the Main Campus) faced problems in building its own campus. It was facing problems so severe that the PSDKU Kalimantan Timur was suspended by the Ministry of Education and Culture.^[9] Meanwhile, the Embrio of ISBI Sulawesi Selatan in form of ISI Surakarta's PSDKU has no definite timeline in separating from ISI Surakarta.^[10]

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Code 002-	Name	Abbrev.	Year Founded	Location		National Accred. [3][lower-alpha 1]	Ref
				Province	City
001	Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung)	ITB	1920	West Java	Bandung 6°53′27.25″S 107°36′37.36″E
002	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember)	ITS	1957	East Java	Surabaya 7°16′54″S 112°47′41″E
003	IPB University (Institut Pertanian Bogor)	IPB	1963	West Java	Bogor
005	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta (Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta)	ISI Yogyakarta	1984	Special Region of Yogyakarta	Bantul 7°51′08.6″S 110°21′21.21″E
007	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar (Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar)	ISI Denpasar	1967	Bali	Denpasar 8°39′12.93″S 115°13′57.5″E
008	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Surakarta (Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta)	ISI Surakarta	1964	Central Java	Surakarta
009	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Padang Panjang (Institut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang)	ISI Padang Panjang	1965	West Sumatra	Padang Panjang
010	Bandung Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Bandung)	ISBI Bandung	1968	West Java	Bandung
011	Aceh Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Aceh)	ISBI Aceh	2014	Aceh	Great Aceh
012	Tanah Papua Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Tanah Papua)	ISBI Tanah Papua	2014	Papua	Jayapura
013	Kalimantan Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan)	ITK	2014	East Kalimantan	Balikpapan 1°09′01.5″S 116°51′39.2″E
014	Sumatera Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Sumatera)	ITERA	2014	Lampung	South Lampung
015	Habibie Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie)	ITH	2014	South Sulawesi	Parepare

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Public Islamic higher education institutions are under the responsibility of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. There are three types of higher education institutions in this category, State Islamic Universities (UIN), State Islamic Institutes (IAIN), and State Islamic Colleges (STAIN). Currently, there are 58: 23 UIN, 30 IAIN, and 5 STAIN. Acceptance of UIN, IAIN, and STAIN students throughout Indonesia can be done through the National Academic Achievement Selection of State Islamic Higher Education Institutions (SPAN PTKIN), State Islamic Religious College Entrance Exams (UM PTKIN) and the Independent Path regulated by the relevant universities.

These notable private universities are owned, funded and managed by private organizations, including those affiliated with Islamic (Muhammadiyah), Catholic or Christian socio-religious organizations.

Institutions of higher education regulated by Indonesia's Ministry of National Education that are authorized to confer degrees, but without the status of universities include:

• Astra Manufacturing Polytechnic (Polman), Jakarta
• Indonesian State College of Accountancy (STAN), Banten

• Education in Indonesia
• List of Indonesian agricultural universities and colleges
• Union of Catholic University Students of the Republic of Indonesia (PMKRI)