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Megawati's Professorial Inauguration Stirs Debate: How Many Professors Are There in Indonesia?

Dimas Jarot Bayu 09/06/2021 13:30 WIB

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The University of Defense awarded an honorary professorship to the fifth president, Megawati Soekarnoputri.

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The fifth President of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, will receive an honorary professorship with the status of non-permanent professor from the University of Defense. The conferment of the professorship to Megawati is planned to take place during an open senate session on Friday, June 11, 2021.

This will increase the number of professors in the country. According to the Higher Education Statistics report, there were 6,243 professors in Indonesia in 2019, a 4.7% increase from the previous year's 5,961.

Professors constitute 2% of the total number of lecturers in Indonesia, which amounted to 308,607. This is the smallest proportion compared to lecturers with other functional positions.

By province, the highest number of professors are in West Java and East Java, with 935 professors. Jakarta follows with 764 professors.

Furthermore, there are 575 professors in Yogyakarta, 539 in South Sulawesi, and 497 in Central Java.

Editor : Dimas Jarot Bayu

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