JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Wamendiktisaintek) Stella Christie encourages the development of global competitive cities based on research.
This emerged in a meeting between Wamendiktisaintek with the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung, the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) of DKI Jakarta, and representatives of Kearney Indonesia to discuss strengthening Jakarta as an international education center or "International Education Hub" some time ago.
Minister of Women's Affairs Stella in a statement in Jakarta, Saturday, said that Jakarta has a strategic advantage for the development of international universities, especially in terms of infrastructure and market needs.
"I have done a lot of market analysis for international standard universities, indeed the best ones are still in Jakarta," he said.
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Wamendiktisaintek) Stella Christie (left) with DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (right) in a meeting in Jakarta, Tuesday (12/5/2026). (Dok. Kemdiktisaintek)
Stella assessed that the development of international educational institutions needs to be supported by connectivity, accessibility, and the readiness of urban ecosystems that are able to support the mobility of students, academics, and global research collaboration.
He added, the importance of higher education integration with the research and health services sectors, where the strengthening of medical research must be carried out as the foundation for the development of international standard health services.
"If we look at good international hospitals wherever they are, there is always research behind them. So there is a center of research, this is what we are improving," he said.
Meanwhile, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung said his party was ready to support the development of international campuses through the provision of facilities, ease of cooperation, to the utilization of assets owned by the local government.
He explained that a number of strategic areas could be an alternative for the development of international education centers, including areas that are being prepared as areas with more integrated transportation connectivity.
"We will help with the ease of facilities that can be provided by the DKI Jakarta Government or through cooperation in infrastructure or land owned by DKI Jakarta," said Governor Pramono.
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