The Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesian: Institut Teknologi Bandung, abbreviated as ITB) is a state, coeducational research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. A city with population of 1.5 million, lies in the mountain area of West Java at an altitude of 770 meters and 180 km from Jakarta. Established in 1920, ITB is the oldest and first technology-oriented university in Indonesia. Its motto: In Harmonia Progresso.
ITB has 13 undergraduate study programs, they include Electrical Engineering, Informatics, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Ocean Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, and Telecommunication Engineering. In 2020, they have been internationally accredited by an independent U.S.-based accrediting institution, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (for more information see: http://www.itb.ac.id/en/).
STEM centre at Institute Technologi Bandung (ITB)
Vision
To become a hub & platform for improving education, research and linkage to industry in an integrated environment of Science, Engineering, Technology, Art, and Mathematics.
To be a vehicle to the employability of graduates.
Main aims:
- To improve study programs quality through integrated style of study (integrated education module) and to modernize/renew the curricula of studies programs by including innovative learning and teaching tools, methods which will be implemented in the centre.
- To develop the university students’ and teachers’ soft skills.
- To promote Student Centered Learning STEM education.
- To stimulate pedagogical innovation in STEM education.
- To train future mentors of STEM education (faculty members)
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To foster inter and cross disciplinary cooperation within the university, with industry, STEM regional partners and K-12 schools.
The Bandung Institute of Technology has decided to establish their STEM centre under the Directorate of Education Development ITB. February 5, 2020 is the date when both the Directorate and its subunit of the STEM centre were established. The Directorate of Education Development ITB was established as part of the University Organization structure under the Vice Rector of Academic and Student Affairs.
Though there were no official inauguration ceremony, the planning of STEM activities has started from establishing a team for Reviewing the Concept and Application of Student-Centered Learning (SCL) and Providing Soft Skills and Entrepreneurship Materials in the organised educational courses at the School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (https://ditbangdik.itb.ac.id/).
The main issues concerning the establishment of the STEM centre
The Directorate together with the University-level Curriculum Development Team examines developments in industry and society and their implications for higher education undertaken by ITB. In accordance with the objectives of the education program at ITB, graduates are expected to work well in their professional fields, be able to complete postgraduate education, and be able to develop themselves in a different or changing work environment. Therefore, the Directorate is tasked with developing an appropriate educational model for this purpose. Graduates are expected to find jobs with shorter waiting times with education that takes advantage of SCL and builds soft skills and entrepreneurial knowledge.
STEM Centre staff
Nina Lestari, ST., MT - (Directorate of Education Development ITB)
Mervin Tangguar Hutabarat, M. Sc., Ph.D. - ; (Team Chair for Reviewing the Concept and Application of Student Centered Learning (SCL) and Providing Soft Skills and Entrepreneurship Materials, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics)
Erasmus+ CBHE project „Euro-Asian Collaboration For Enhancing STEAM Education/EASTEM Nr. 598915-EPP-1-2018-1-SE-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP“ Home - EASTEM Project
