The development of higher education cannot be separated from challenges. Challenges in the globalization era are basically centered on 5 (five) main issues, namely: (1) the ability to elaborate and optimize technology in accordance with the breath of revolution 4.0, (2) alignment of various academic policies so that they refer to institutional clustering towards excellent universities, (3 ) restructuring by aligning the Tri Dharma paradigm of Higher Education so that it is in line with the bills of the times, (4) curriculum reorientation, digitizing learning and strengthening blended learning online to produce superior and competitive human resources (HR), and (5) the ability of each PT to carry out downstream technology products by strengthening the management of research dharma and community service.
In 2021, Undiksha is trying to answer this challenge by reorienting the preparation of programs and activities that are aligned with their budget allocations. This challenge is used as a trigger to create multipurpose innovations by Undiksha as billed by society today. The planning and implementation of various programs of higher education activities are adjusted and adapted to the needs of the world of work, namely following market needs and in line with the wishes of the investors of life. The research conducted is also encouraged to be able to produce appropriate technology products accompanied by compatible scientific publications in order to be able to boost the downstream program and achieve a world-class university.
In accordance with the Chancellor’s vision for the 2019-2023 period, namely to make Undiksha a Trend-Setter University and an International Reputable University, which is in line with Undiksha’s Vision of “Becoming a Superior University with Tri Hita Karana Philosophy in Asia in 2045”. All the tri dharma activities carried out by Undiksha, it is based on several things, namely: Ministry of Education and Culture Strategic Plan 2020-2024, Undiksha Business Strategic Plan 2020-2024, Freedom to Learn Campus Freedom Concept, Key Performance Indicators, Chancellor Performance Contracts, Higher Education Clusterization, National Accreditation Indicators/ International. With reference to the points above, Undiksha is targeted to become an International Reputable University in Education and Leadership (IRUEL). With its core in the field of education, Undiksha is also expected to be able to become one of the universities that has excellence in the field of Education and Leadership both at the national and international levels. Making Undiksha as IRUEL, there are several points that will be carried out in the future, namely:
- carry out differentiation to focus on the university’s core, namely education, and leadership;
- increasing management capacity and autonomy towards Undiksha as PTN-BH;
- increasing cooperation with domestic universities, the business/industrial world, as well as the government;
- Focus on activities towards Centers of Excellence in order to accelerate towards International Reputable University;
- improve the quality and relevance of research;
- improve the quality and relevance of community service;
- increasing cooperation with world-class universities (Top 100 QS Ranking);
- increasing student entrepreneurship and developing science and technology-based business/startup incubation centers;
- strengthening the learning climate and entrepreneurship culture for lecturers and students;
- increasing community/professional involvement in the Penta helix through education and teaching, research, P2M, and funding contributions;
- encourage the performance of lecturers in order to produce research to be downstream to society/industry;
- increasing publications in reputable international journals, innovative products, patents/HKI;
- develop a platform for increasing skills and knowledge, together with the community and DUDI;
- strengthening independent campus initiatives that encourage interdisciplinary studies and industry/community experiences for students; And
- increase the attendance of foreign students and foreign lecturers, as well as international standard professionals in academic activities.
From a number of points above, Undiksha formulates Undiksha Program Priorities for 2021-2022. These programs are:
- Acceleration of achievement of Key Performance Indicators (IKU), Chancellor’s Performance Contracts, and PTN-BH;
- Increase Undiksha’s ranking in PT clustering;
- Maintain and improve student performance rankings (Simkatmawa);
- Increase the number of study programs with excellent accreditation either through national or international accreditation;
- Initiate and improve the fulfillment of indicators towards International Reputable University;
- Carry out Research Collaboration;
- Increasing the quantity and quality of publications in reputable international journals and indexed proceedings;
- Increasing the quantity and quality of innovative products;
- Strengthening Undiksha’s core in the field of education and leadership;
- Increase the number of foreign lecturers and students;
- Increasing the absorption of graduates and student entrepreneurship;
- Increase the quantity and quality of student involvement in Merdeka Learning activities.
