Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional
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Sampoerna School of Business Sampoerna School of Education |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 2013 |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. M. Aman Wirakartakusumah |
| Students | 478 |
| Location | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Affiliations | Putera Sampoerna Foundation |
| Website | usbi |
Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional (also known by the acronym USBI), or Sampoerna University, is an international university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the first Indonesian university to offer an accredited U.S. degree entirely within Indonesia.
In 2009, the Putera Sampoerna Foundation (PSF) founded the Sampoerna School of Education (SSE) to address the insufficient number of high-quality math and English teachers in Indonesia. This was followed in 2010 by PSF's establishment of the Sampoerna School of Business (SSB) which offered degree programs in accounting, finance, marketing and management.
In 2013, both SSE and SSB were relaunched as the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Business and Economics, respectively. Together with newly launched Faculty of Art, Design and Media and the Faculty of Science and Technology, as well as the new Institute of Languages and Communication, they now constitute the academic units of Universitas Siswa Bangsa Internasional.
USBI is the first university to offer an accredited U.S. associate degree in Indonesia. Upon entry to any USBI degree program, students are automatically dual-enrolled in Lone Star College, a community college in Houston, Texas. Students earn both Lone Star College System and USBI credit during their first two years of study. After the successful completion of two years of study, students are awarded a Lone Star College associate degree. This is the first such mechanism awarding American and Indonesian credits to students in Indonesia.
Following the award of an associate degree, students are eligible to transfer to any university in the United States that recognizes Lone Star College System credit. Past transfers from LSCS have successfully graduated from universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, Texas A&M University, and Texas Tech University, among others.
The 6 hectare rental USBI campus is located in Pancoran, South Jakarta. Following a million dollar renovation in 2012, classrooms now have walls which are usable whiteboard surfaces and can be reconfigured to accommodate large lectures or small discussion groups.
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