Universitas Bengkulu (UNIB)

Universitas Bengkulu (UNIB) is a public university located in the city of Bengkulu on Sumatra's south-western coast. Founded in 1982, it is the province's leading higher education institution and has developed around its expertise in agricultural science, particularly plantation crops. UNIB is organised into faculties covering agriculture, economics and business, law, engineering, medicine and health sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, social and political sciences, teacher training and public health. Its graduate school offers master's and doctoral programmes, notably in education and administration. Tuition follows the national UKT system, paid each semester without additional charges and divided into eight groups according to economic capacity; most students fall into groups III and IV, with amounts of roughly IDR 1,500,000 to IDR 4,000,000 per semester, according to data published by the university.