The URP Department is a department that has planning disciplines related to engineering, social, economic, and environmental sciences. The broad scope of URP science and the increasingly complex conditions of regions and cities in Indonesia require the development of expertise and flexible scientific updates in the URP Department. This special character is both a potential and a problem for the URP Department.
As a potential, this character opens the perspective of developing studies and scientific innovation in the field of urban and regional planning as well as a challenge. As a challenge (problem), this character requires a variety of expertise specifications that must be owned by each lecturer. The many fields of knowledge that must be delivered demand the efficiency of lecture material that must be delivered to students.
Basically, higher education institutions are providers of human resources in accordance with ‘market’ demands and nation-building goals. The URP Department contributes to the development of cities and regions throughout Indonesia. The need for Urban and Regional Planning professionals in the public and private sectors is still quite large, however, the uptake is also highly dependent on external factors, especially macroeconomics at the national level.
Confidence in the professional opportunities of urban and regional planners is also indicated by the high demand for undergraduate students (competition rate of 1:15). The master's market is quite broad, but the interest in UB is still low. Lack of promotion and utilisation of cooperation with relevant stakeholders such as local governments, ministries, planning consultants, developers is one of the causes of low interest. Opportunities for doctoral programme implementation are wide open, but the department's internal human resources are not yet able to support the start of learning in the doctoral programme. Thus, a special strategy is needed to accelerate lecturers with professorships in the Department, including through the acceleration programme of professor, research for associate professor, and Doctoral Service.
The URP Department Strategic Plan document can be downloaded at the following link.
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