Master of Information Technology (E-government)

The e-Government Information Technology Masters Program (MTI) is an Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Informatics Scholarship Program, which is implemented with the aim of creating superior government apparatus human resources in e-Government development within Central and Regional government agencies in accordance with Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2003 concerning National Policy and Strategy for e-Government Development. The target of this program is the availability of human resources managing e-Government within Central and Regional Government agencies. The Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia, collaborates with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics in organizing the Kominfo Domestic Scholarship Program.

The MTI curriculum with the Kominfo Domestic Scholarship Program is designed for study for 3 semesters. Compulsory courses are held during the day (14:00-16:30), while elective courses are held in the evening (19:00-21:30) at the MTI Fasilkom UI Campus UI Salemba, Jakarta.

Domestic Masters Scholarships are held for Central and Regional Civil Servants, as well as members of the TNI/POLRI as well as the general public from professionals and private institutions to continue postgraduate education in the aspect of competence development in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). At the opening of the Phase I Scholarship program, Study Programs in the Country can be taken at 9 (nine) Universities that are partners of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in implementing the Scholarship Program.

A. The general requirements that must be met to take part in this Scholarship Program are:

• Minimum working period of 2 years;
• Do not have a master’s degree and are not participating in a master’s education program fromother institutions;
• Other requirements follow the requirements of each higher education institutionchosen;
• Scholarship applicants are only allowed to register for regular classes.
• The outline of the final project plan is a maximum of 1 page (title, background, objectives andbenefits in accordance with the National Digitalization Transformation program).

B. Special requirements for PNS, TNI/POLRI in the Domestic Masters Scholarship Program are:

• Civil Servants (PNS) in Central and Regional government agencies, TNI/POLRI with active status;
• Minimum working period of 2 years (starting from becoming a CPNS or equivalent);
• Maximum age of 45 years when registering;
• Obtain permission from authorized officials to undergo education in accordance with the provisions of each agency;
• Minimum GPA standard requirement of 3.00;
• Not intended for civil servants with teaching functional positions in education sector agencies;

Other conditions that must be met to take part in the Domestic Masters Scholarship Program are as follows:

• The duties and functions in work are related to one of the study programs that will be pursued, namely government information and public relations services, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)/Information Security governance, preparation of strategies and policies in the digital sector and increasing national competitiveness in the digital economy sector.
• Scholarship applicants are only allowed to register for regular classes.
• Not currently undergoing a moderate or severe disciplinary punishment and have never been subject to a disciplinary punishment of at least a moderate level within the last one year.
• Fulfill the requirements for determining study assignments as referred to SE MENPAN RB Number 28 of 2021 concerning Competency Development for Civil Servants Through Education.

 

In addition, the Kominfo Scholarship Program is open to the general public, especially the young workforce, to continue their Masters education.

• Indonesian Citizen (WNI);
• Maximum age of 45 years when registering;
• Work background in Information and Communication Technology and/or startup actors;
• Minimum working period of 2 (two) years;
• Include a recommendation letter from the leader, lecturer or other figure who has credibility in their field and knows the applicant well;
• Minimum GPA standard requirement of 3.00;
• Other requirements follow the requirements of each selected tertiary institution

This scholarship program is carried out under a cost-sharing scheme, with the distribution of responsibilities as follows:

1. The HR Research and Development Agency will bear the education costs, the amount of which is in accordance with the tuition fees set by each tertiary institution during the normal study period. The HR Research and Development Agency also provides operational costs of IDR 1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand rupiah) per month to each scholarship recipient.
2. The work unit will bear other costs that are allowed in accordance with the provisions that apply during the study period.

The required documents that must be uploaded on the Kominfo Scholarship website portal scholarship.kominfo.go.id are as follows:

PNS/TNI/POLRI;

1. SK CPNS;

2. Civil servant decree;

3. Latest SK;

4. S1 Grade Certificate & Transcript;

5. Permission from superiors from the leadership to continue postgraduate level education with Study Assignment status (signed with 10,000 stamps/e-stamps according to the format attached I);

6. Fulfillment of job relevance requirements and work functions with the chosen study program, for PNS is evidenced by a Statement of Carrying Out Position (SPMJ)/Decree/Assignment Letter which states the relevant duties and functions in Information Management and Documentation/ICT Management/Information Security, and Decree of Structural Position for those who have served or Letter of Placement from the unit that handles staffing from each agency to the person concerned to carry out tasks in the related field on 10,000 stamp duty/e-seal;

7. Other documents that support job duties and functions with the chosen study program (if more than 1 document is attached, please combine them in 1 PDF document);

8. Certificate of acceptance pass from the selected tertiary institution (can be uploaded after passing the acceptance test at the tertiary institution).

 

GENERAL :

1. Curriculum Vitae;

2. Certificate of Employment;

3. S1 Grade Certificate & Transcript;

4. Attach a recommendation letter from the leader, a credibility figure in their field and know the applicant well (according to the format of Appendix II);

5. Fulfillment of job relevance requirements and work functions with the chosen study program, evidenced by other documents that support job duties and functions with the chosen study program (if more than 1 document is attached, please combine them in 1 PDF document); And

6. Certificate of acceptance pass from the selected tertiary institution (can be uploaded after passing the acceptance test at the tertiary institution).

The Ministry of Communication and Information will carry out the final stage of verification and selection and then the announcement of the 2023 Ministry of Communication and Information Scholarship Recipients will be officially submitted through their respective accounts on the Kominfo Scholarship website portal.

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics Higher Education Partner admission selection schedule for 2023 can be accessed on each official university partner acceptance website or the Kominfo Scholarship website at scholarship.kominfo.go.id

II. Ministry of KOMINFO Foreign Masters Scholarship Requirements for 2023

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics Foreign Masters Scholarships for the 2023 academic year are again open for Central Government Apparatuses/Members of the TNI/POLRI and non-PNS from the Ministry/LPNK/BUMN/Private/Startup actors with work backgrounds in the ICT field who are interested in continuing Masters studies in the field of studies related to Information and Communication Technology.

Registration for the Overseas Masters scholarship program is open for certain study programs in 5 (five) study destination countries, namely: China, India, the Netherlands, Hungary and Japan. Prospective applicants should pay attention to the deadline for registration to the Ministry of Communication and Information and the intended tertiary institution.

The requirements for applicants for the Ministry of Communications and Informatics Foreign Masters Scholarships are divided into general requirements that apply to all scholarship schemes in all Universities and Study Destination Countries as well as special requirements that apply specifically to certain destination countries and universities.

 

General requirement

1. Indonesian Citizen (WNI);
2. Work background in the information and communication technology sector and start-up actors (for applicants from the general public, including persons with disabilities);
3. Maximum age of 45 years at the time of registration;
4. Do not yet have a master’s degree and are not receiving other scholarships and/or currently participating in a master’s education program either at their own expense or from another institution;
5. Obtain permission from the authorized official;
6. Include a recommendation letter from the leader, lecturer or other figure who has credibility in their field and knows the applicant well (for the general public);
7. Have at least 2 (two) years of work experience;
8. Mandatory return to Indonesia after completing education;
9. Graduates of Bachelor 1 (priority) or Diploma 4 with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.00 (from a scale of 4.0);
10. Have a TOEFL ITP certificate with a score of at least 530 or TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS 6.5 (Applicants who do not yet have a TOEFL, iBT/IELTS certificate, can submit a TOEFL ITP certificate for internal selection for Ministry of Communication and Information scholarships. Applicants must still meet the English language requirements determined by Higher Education Partners);
11. Applicants are required to apply to colleges for admissions in August/September 2023 or January/February 2024;
12. Meet the specific requirements of the intended tertiary institution;
13. Not currently undergoing moderate or severe disciplinary punishment and have never been subject to disciplinary punishment of at least moderate level in the last one year (for civil servants/members of the TNI/POLRI); And
14. Fulfill the requirements for determining study assignments as referred to SE MENPAN RB Number 28 of 2021 concerning Competency Development for Civil Servants through the Education Path (for PNS / members of the TNI / POLRI).

Special Requirements :

1. People’s Republic of China – Tsinghua University

a. Scholarship applicants must first register and take part in the scholarship selection stage at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, together with preparing the university’s special requirements file;

b. Specific requirements, documents to be uploaded and Tsinghua’s online application system can be found on the page https://yz.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/Admissions/How_to_Apply.htm until March 2023;

c. The registration fee will be borne by the Ministry of Communication and Information for applicants who have been declared recipients of the 2023 Ministry of Communication and Information scholarship. 

2. India – International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB)

Applicants must take an online test organized by IIITB and will be facilitated by the Ministry of Communication and Information in May 2023 (the schedule will be informed later) with the following types of tests:

a. English proficiency;

b. General competence (a type of TPA);

c. Online interview with Admissions Team IIITB.

3. Hungary – Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

Scholarship applicants are required to register at tertiary institutions independently to obtain a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) together with the scholarship application to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics. The deadline for applications to Eötvös Loránd University is April 10, 2023. Each applicant is required to take the entrance selection exam organized by ELTE.

4. The Netherlands – University of Twente

Scholarship applicants are required to register at tertiary institutions independently to obtain a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) together with the scholarship application to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics. The deadline for applications to Twente University is 1 May 2023 for the start of the September 2023 intake, and 1 October 2023 for the start of the February 2024 intake.

5. Japan – The University of Electro Communications (UEC)

Scholarship applicants are required to register and take part in the scholarship selection stage at the Ministry of Communication and Information in advance, together with preparing the university’s special requirements file. Each applicant is required to prepare a research proposal for enrollment at a UEC college.

 

2023 Overseas Masters Scholarship Program Requirements Document

Registration files that must be uploaded during registration to the Kominfo Scholarship website are as follows: 

1. ID card scan
2. Green passport scan for the general public and blue passport for civil servants (if available)
3. Copy of SK PNS (for PNS)
4. Copy of Decree of Appointment or Contract Agreement (for Private Employees) or Portfolio (for Entrepreneurs or Start-up Founders)
5. Copy of Diploma S1/D4
6. Copy of S1/D4 Academic Transcript
7. Scan of TOEFL/IELTS Certificate
8. Outline of the final project plan maximum 1 page (title, background, objectives and benefits according to the National Digitalization Transformation program)
9. Permit from superiors (for civil servants/members of the TNI/POLRI according to the format of attachment III) or a letter of recommendation from the leader, a credibility figure in the field and who knows the applicant well (for the general public according to the format of attachment IV)

 

 

 

 

HR Development Team, email: beasiswadn@kominfo.go.id or tel: 021-3810678 (admin: Anes) and MTI Fasilkom UI Academic Secretariat, email: mti@cs.ui.ac.id or tel +62 21 310-6014.

 

 

• Interested persons register online at https://penerimaan.ui.ac.id/  for registration for the University of Indonesia Entrance Selection (SIMAK). A complete registration guide is available on the UI acceptance page.
• After being declared PASSED at the acceptance selection at UI, prospective scholarship recipients will undergo further selection at the Ministry of Communication and Information taking into account academic aspects as well as the suitability and completeness of the registration documents.
• Applicants for the Kominfo internal scholarship program, applications are submitted directly by PNS prospective scholarship recipients.
• Participants who are declared recipients of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics scholarship will receive a Decree from the Head of the Human Resources Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Communication and Information, then sign a Letter of Agreement on a stamp duty.