Universitas Riau (UNRI)

Universitas Riau (UNRI) is a public university located in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau Province on the island of Sumatra. Founded in 1962, it is the province's leading higher education institution and has developed faculties covering medicine, engineering, agriculture, economics and business, law, social and political sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, communication and teacher training. UNRI offers undergraduate, master's and doctoral programmes, with a graduate school running around thirty master's programmes and eight doctoral programmes, from management to environmental science. The university maintains national and international academic partnerships and plays a central role in the region's development, particularly around the palm oil and petroleum industries. Tuition follows the national UKT system in six groups, ranging from about IDR 500,000 to IDR 23,000,000 per semester depending on programme and economic capacity. For master's programmes, published UKT rates run from around IDR 5,500,000 per semester for the least expensive tracks to IDR 9,500,000 for the master in management.