IBI Kwik Kian Gie Ready To Create A Future Entrepreneur

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JAKARTA - The Chancellor of the Kwik Kian Gie Institute of Business and Information (IBI), Dr. Ir Hisar Sirait, MA stated that the college is ready to become a forum for producing future generations of "entrepreneurs".

"By going through a quality learning, research, and service process, we believe we can form future professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders who have competence in regional and international-minded business fields," he said in a written statement quoted by Antara, Sunday, January 29.

He stated that studying in business has become one of the most popular study options that many prospective students are currently interested in.

The growth in job prospects currently, he said, is increasing in the global market, such as management, accounting, marketing, and so on.

"This makes many people believe that learning business can be an investment in the future because it opens up many opportunities in the global work market, especially in the direction of our industry which has entered industry 4.0," he said,

IBI Kwik Kian Gie, he said, is a university that focuses on business science and informatics, with programs such as Regular Bachelors, Executive Bachelors, even up to Pascasarjana.

The currently available study programs (probes) are Accounting which concentrates on Auditing, Management Accounting, and Taxation areas.

Then, the Business Administration Study Program focuses on the Entrepreneurship, International Business and Digital Business areas.

For Management Programs concentrate on Corporate Finance and Capital Market, Digital Marketing and Branding, as well as Human Capital Management.

In the Department of Communication, they concentrate on broadcasting and Marketing Communication areas.

As for Information Systems and Information Engineering, concentrate on the Web Technology and Business Intelligence areas.

For the Master's class for Accounting, it focuses on the Finance area and the Masters of Management which focuses on the Business Strategy area.

He explained that a number of IBI alumni of Kian Gie have succeeded in proving their careers, such as Ricky Afrianto, MM who now serves as Global Marketing Head/Director of Mayora Group, Grace Natalie and Venna Kintan, a former national TV presenter, Yohanes G Pauly who serves as CEO & Master Coach of GRATYO Indonesia, Jean Rijkaard as Vice President of Products at Communal Indonesia, Randy Martin, Shania Gracia JKT 48, and Chikita Meidy as a young entrepreneur and artist, and many more.

IBI Kwik Kian Gie has collaborated with various leading companies such as Astra International, PWC, BCA, Metro TV, Tokopedia, Indomaret, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Business Competition Supervisory Commission, Indonesian Financing Company Association, OCBC NISP, PT. Indonesia Stock Exchange IDX, Kalbe Nutritionals, PT Sinar Sosro, and so on.

To help provide career prospects for its students, IBI Kwik Kian Gie also provides various programs such as 3-month internship programs, business incubators in the form of training and guidance as well as business funding, as well as company visits.

Currently, IBI Kwik Kian Gie offers 3 new student admission pathways that wish to register, namely the Online USM Test Line and the Test Free Path.

The Test Free Path can assess from the aspect: (a) academic based on the average value of 10 and 11 semester report cards with a minimum value of 75, and (b) non-akademic based on the certificate of sports achievement or art at least the provincial level.

For prospective students who have a report card average value of less than 75, there is still a USM Online Test Line as an opportunity to get a scholarship at IBI Kwik Kian Gie.

IBI Kwik Kian Gie also provides the younger generation today to express themselves in the business sector so that if it is accompanied by easy access to education, it will not only help the current generation but also this nation.

With superior quality with world-class university standards and supported by the mission, IBI Kwik Kian Gie believes that by educating professionals, leaders, and future entrepreneurs, it can give birth to a more productive and innovative generation, said Hisar Sirait.