Universitas Halu Oleo (UHO)

Universitas Halu Oleo (UHO) is a public university located in Kendari, in Southeast Sulawesi Province. Founded in 1964 and named after a historic ruler of the Konawe kingdom ("Halu Oleo" means "eight days" in the Tolaki language), it is the province's most important higher education institution. UHO is structured into about a dozen faculties covering law, economics and business, engineering, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and marine sciences, medicine, social and political sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, public health and teacher training. Its graduate school offers some twenty master's programmes and several doctoral degrees. Tuition follows the national UKT system, with the lowest band set at around IDR 500,000 per semester for lower-income families, an average of about IDR 3,000,000 per semester and eight fee groups, under tariffs approved by the ministry. The university is committed to keeping higher education affordable for the local population.