Bridging the Gap Between Industry and Academia: The Case of Indonesia

Published on February 17, 2022

As a country, Indonesia is becoming increasingly urbanized and has a large proportion of its population under the age of 25 years, at slightly over 100 million. Developing this fairly large proportion of its population from a human capital perspective is essential for the future of the country. Currently there is a 40% gap between supply and demand; and is expected to grow to 70% by 2025. Building an educational platform for effective learning and skills formation is urgently needed. This entry presents the outcomes of a case study aimed at understanding the disconnects between academia, industry and government in the context of Indonesia’s built environment programs. In particular, the architecture profession and architectural education have been considered as one of several built environment programs under pressure to change. Built environment suite ofprograms have various disciplinary underpinnings: architecture, building, engineering, planning, quantity surveying, project management and others such as interior design and transportation engineering.

The case study focuses on the results of a workshop in Indonesia, where various stakeholders responsible for city planning and building came together to determine the current challenges and seek solutions. The entry delves into the education of the architecture profession in Indonesia and presents the results of the workshop with some recommendations for the future. The results show that the various sectors and stakeholders are prepared to work collaboratively and support joint ownership of meeting curricular outcomes. This work is directly related to the work of teh SBC programme.