JakartaGlobe-Nov 30
Indonesia sends more than 3,000 students to study in the UK every year. But number-wise, there is still room for more Indonesians to study in British universities.
“We think there is a lot of room for growth for more Indonesian students to benefit from the top-class higher education in the UK,” British Council Indonesia country director Summer Xia told reporters on the sidelines of the 2022 Going Global Asia Pacific in Singapore on Tuesday. “This has been recognized by the Indonesian government which has provided a large number of scholarships for students to go abroad [such as] the LPDP [Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education] and the one-term-long Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards [IISMA],” Xia said. The annual Indonesian student enrollment in UK universities is still much less compared to other sending countries such as China. There are also more Indonesian students picking close neighbor Australia as the destination country compared to the UK — something that Xia attributes to the location. According to Xia, there is also a perception among some Indonesians that studying in the UK is expensive. “This is something I want to sort of demystify. If you look at the long-term, the UK provides good value for money. It only takes three years to do a bachelor’s degree in the UK, and one year for a master’s degree,” Xia said. “If you put that into perspective, compared to the US, it will take four years for a bachelor’s degree, and at least two years for a master’s,” he added. Statista reported that there were 13,880 tertiary-level students from Indonesia in Australia this year. Read more at: https://jakartaglobe.id/lifestyle/more-than-3000-indonesian-students-enroll-in-uk-universities-every-year
