UK universities have established plans to move into Indonesia, following a higher education mission led by the government’s international education champion Steve Smith.
Representatives from 13 UK universities visited Jakarta at the end of November to meet with Indonesian academic institutions and discuss future collaborations and transnational education partnerships.
Smith also met Indonesia’s economics minister to discuss the set up of branch campuses in four of the country’s Special Economics Zones – regions which offer tax breaks, among other incentives, to attract foreign investment.
During the trip, the University of Dundee signed an agreement with the Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences to begin delivering dual degrees, through which students will spend two years at each institution.
