Higher Education Frameworks Soon to Be Consolidated: New Administrative Sanctions for Non-Compliance Set for Introduction

The government is currently in the process of drawing up a new Draft Regulation (“ Draft Regulation ”) that will ultimately address various matters that relate to the administration and management of higher education institutions (i.e. institutions that organize a wide range of academic and/or professional degrees). [1] According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (“ Ministry ”), the Draft Regulation, which completed its first public hearing (uji publik) with various stakeholders within the academic sector in April 2024, is primarily being introduced in order to consolidate a large number of existing frameworks on higher education and to ensure that applicable provisions on the administration and management of higher education institutions are in line with current requirements. [2]