Study at Universitas Indonesia (UI) 2026

In the latest QS World University Rankings 2026, Universitas Indonesia climbed into the global top 200 for the first time in its history, landing at 189th place worldwide - up from 206th the year before, as the university itself announced (eng.ui.ac.id). That makes UI the highest-ranked university in Indonesia and one of the strongest academic brands in Southeast Asia. If you’re an international applicant weighing English-taught study options in the ASEAN region, this is an address you shouldn’t skip.

UI isn’t an obvious pick. When I tell prospective applicants that you can study medicine or law in English just outside Jakarta for a fraction of a British university’s price, the reaction is almost always the same: “can you actually get in there as a foreigner?” You can. Universitas Indonesia runs an extensive Kelas Khusus Internasional (KKI) program across eleven faculties, entirely in English, and international applicants go through a simplified document-review pathway - no need to sit Indonesia’s domestic entrance exam.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know: UI’s position in the rankings (and why QS and THE show such different numbers), the KKI admissions process step by step, English-taught programs, real costs in rupiah converted to US dollars, scholarships available to international applicants, and life on UI’s green Depok campus. If you’re weighing Asia as a study destination, also check our guides to NUS in Singapore and studying in Asia - UI plays in a different price and cultural tier, but the underlying idea is the same: a Western-caliber degree at an Asian price.

Where does Universitas Indonesia rank globally?

Universitas Indonesia is a case study in how much a ranking depends on who you ask. In the QS World University Rankings 2026, UI sits at 189th in the world - a number the university (rightly) highlights, since it’s the first time in its history the school has cracked the global top 200, up from 206th in QS 2025 (UI’s official announcement). On the QS scale, UI is Indonesia’s number-one university and one of the leading schools in Southeast Asia, alongside NUS and NTU in Singapore.

But look at the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, and UI lands in the 801-1000 band. Where does that gap come from? QS weighs academic and employer reputation, plus internationalization, heavily - and UI does well there (THE scores its international outlook at 63.9 points). THE, on the other hand, leans harder on research quality and impact, and that’s where UI trails the global leaders: in the 2026 THE data, its research environment score is just 22.0 points. It comes down to a simple sentence: the world has heard of UI and respects it, but the university produces fewer high-impact, heavily cited publications than its QS position would suggest. It’s worth knowing both numbers before anyone sells you only the flattering one.

Where UI genuinely shines is in subject rankings and social-impact rankings. In the THE Impact Rankings 2025 (which evaluates a university’s contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals), UI placed 30th in the world with a score of 94.4. And in the QS 2025 subject rankings, its law and political science programs punch well above the university’s overall weight - both sit in the 101-150 band worldwide, with social sciences and management in the 201-250 band (UI’s ranking-by-subject page). That has practical implications: if you’re interested in law, international relations, or sustainable development in an Asian context, UI offers a genuinely strong program. If you’re dreaming of physics or engineering research at the level of ETH Zurich or Caltech, look elsewhere.

I’ll say this plainly, because after years of working with applicants I’ve learned not to sugarcoat it: you don’t go to UI “for the name on your CV” that will open doors in London or New York. You go there to build a position in Asia - a region where an Indonesian UI degree carries more weight than the average European degree does. That’s a fundamentally different career strategy.

It’s also worth understanding why UI climbed in QS at all. The jump from 206th to 189th isn’t an accident - it reflects a deliberate push toward internationalization: more English-taught programs, more exchange agreements, and an aggressive build-out of reputation among regional employers. QS added employability and sustainability indicators to its methodology in 2024, and those happen to be exactly the fields where UI outperforms its “research” league. In other words, part of the rise comes from the rules of the game shifting in favor of universities like UI. That doesn’t diminish the result, but it explains why the same university is 189th at QS and outside the top 1,000 at THE.

What does the Universitas Indonesia admissions process look like, step by step?

The most important thing to understand up front: as an international applicant, you don’t apply to the reguler (regular) program, since those are taught in Indonesian and recruit mainly through the domestic SNBT and SNBP exams. Your path is the Kelas Khusus Internasional (KKI) - a fully English-taught international program that foreign applicants enter through a document-review process (international.ui.ac.id).

Indonesian applicants to KKI go through either the written SIMAK KKI exam or Talent Scouting (a selection process based on academic transcripts). The SIMAK KKI exam itself tests four areas: mathematics, English, logic, and quantitative reasoning - a general academic-aptitude test closer to the American SAT than to a subject-based school-leaving exam. That matters for you because it shows what UI looks for in a KKI candidate: fluency in English and quantitative thinking.

As an international applicant, you go through desk evaluation - a committee at UI reviews your diploma, your grades in relevant subjects, and your complete application package, without requiring you to sit an exam in person. As the university’s own site puts it, “only outstanding candidates who meet the requirements are admitted.” In practice, there’s no single published acceptance rate - selection is qualitative and varies by faculty. Medicine and law are noticeably more competitive than the humanities or public administration. What does the committee actually evaluate? Mainly coherence: do your grades in relevant subjects match your chosen program (math and physics for engineering, biology and chemistry for medicine); is your English at the level the faculty requires; and does your personal statement show a genuine, thought-through reason for choosing this specific program in Indonesia. No entrance exam doesn’t mean it’s easier - it means the entire burden of proof rests on your documents.

What you’ll need to prepare:

1. Secondary-school leaving certificate (or its equivalent) - a foreign high school diploma (A-levels, IB, a High School Diploma, or a national equivalent) is accepted as proof of completed secondary education. Have it certified-translated into English.
2. Language certificate - IELTS, TOEFL iBT, or Cambridge (FCE/CAE). Thresholds depend on the faculty: the Faculty of Economics and Business requires IELTS 5.5, the Faculty of Law requires IELTS 6.0, and the Faculty of Dentistry requires IELTS 6.0 (UI International Office). If you’re finishing school with English as the language of instruction, or you hold an IB or Cambridge qualification, UI usually waives the certificate requirement once you submit a confirmation letter from your school.
3. SIMAK KKI registration fee - IDR 1.6 million (~$90 USD) for the application.
4. Supporting documents - CV, personal statement, passport, and sometimes a portfolio (for design-related programs).

Here’s something that stands out in every application file we’ve reviewed: on the desk-evaluation track, coherence is what makes or breaks a case. Your diploma, your language certificate, and your personal statement need to tell one consistent story - why this specific program, and why Indonesia. A committee that has no exam to filter candidates reads the documents that much more carefully. Before you start, check our guide on how your high school diploma converts for applications to universities abroad - on a qualitative admissions track, how you present your grades matters.

If you’re building a profile for several Asian universities at once, it’s worth holding a valid language certificate with room to spare. IELTS or TOEFL will serve you well beyond UI too - it’s accepted by NUS, universities in Korea like KAIST, and Japanese universities. You can prepare for the TOEFL in our TOEFL app - full practice tests with AI scoring.

On the administrative side, don’t forget one thing that’s easy to overlook when you’re focused on an unusual destination: the visa and residence permit. Once admitted, UI issues the documents you need for a student visa (VITAS), which you convert on arrival into a KITAS - a temporary residence card for students. The university’s International Office helps with this process, but it takes time, so don’t leave it until the last minute. Indonesia doesn’t maintain a consulate in every country, so check well in advance where you’ll need to submit your application - you may have to travel to the nearest Indonesian embassy. On top of that, you’ll need mandatory health insurance for the duration of your studies - UI and Indonesian regulations require medical coverage, and while private healthcare in Jakarta is good, it isn’t free.

The second thing I stress to every candidate: KKI deadlines aren’t fixed from year to year. UI runs admissions in several periods, and the calendar on the penerimaan.ui.ac.id portal can shift between cycles. Don’t plan around a date you found on an old forum post - check the official admissions portal for the current period for your faculty. For international applicants, desk evaluation can also run in multiple rounds, so the earlier you submit a complete application, the better your odds.

What’s worth studying at Universitas Indonesia?

UI is a classic, broad research university with dozens of disciplines, but for an international applicant one thing matters most: which faculties run the English-taught KKI program. According to the International Office, there are eleven, including medicine, dentistry, engineering, law, economics and business, psychology, social and political science, computer science, mathematics and natural sciences, nursing, and public administration. That’s a wide offering, but some programs shine brighter than others.

To gauge where UI genuinely has research mass, it’s worth looking at the university’s publication profile. In the OpenAlex database, UI has an h-index of around 256 and close to 90,000 papers - a large output, though citations per paper are moderate. More importantly, UI’s research output is concentrated thematically around public health, law, Islamic finance, demography, and social sciences - and it’s no coincidence that these are exactly the fields where UI performs best in subject rankings. As the country with the world’s largest Muslim population, Indonesia gives UI a natural edge in areas that simply don’t exist at this scale in Europe or North America: Sharia economics, Islamic law, and public-health policy across a densely populated archipelago. You can see this directly in the data - “Islamic Finance” and “Legal Studies” rank among the university’s five most-published topics in OpenAlex. If these fields interest you, it’s hard to find a research center with a larger body of local expertise. That’s a genuine niche you won’t find at a Western university.

There’s one more translation worth spelling out for an applicant used to a different system. In the American system, you think in terms of a “major” and choose your field fairly flexibly, sometimes even after your first year. UI works closer to the continental European model: you apply directly to a specific faculty and program, and switching fields mid-degree is difficult. That means that by the time you apply, you already need to know whether you want law or economics - drifting between disciplines the way you might in a liberal-arts program won’t work here. If that kind of flexibility matters to you, the American college model is a better fit.

Law (Faculty of Law) is one of UI’s strongest faculties. In the THE 2026 subject rankings, UI’s law program sits in the 251-300 band worldwide, and in the QS 2025 subject ranking it does even better - in the 101-150 band (UI’s ranking-by-subject page). That’s a real position, not marketing. The international program combines Indonesian law with international and comparative law. For anyone thinking about a career in international law, commercial arbitration, or diplomacy in the ASEAN region, it’s a genuinely interesting address. The language requirement is IELTS 6.0.

Economics and business (Faculty of Economics and Business, FEB) has the most developed international program, including double-degree options with partner universities in Australia, Europe, and Asia. UI also runs an internationally ranked MBA here - in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2026 it sits in the 251-300 band worldwide and =43 in Asia. This is the faculty where English-taught study is most polished logistically, though it’s also one of the pricier ones. If business in Asia interests you, compare it with NUS Business School - NUS ranks higher, but costs many times more.

Social and political science (FISIP) is a strength of UI, particularly international relations and criminology. The faculty runs an extensive international program with semester-abroad options. In the QS subject rankings, UI’s political science sits in the 101-150 band worldwide - one of the best results across the entire university, and hard evidence that this isn’t just marketing language. If politics and the Asia-Pacific region draw you in, it’s a natural choice - with a different flavor than Europe’s Sciences Po.

Medicine and dentistry are UI’s historical core - the university’s roots trace back to a medical school for native Javanese founded in 1849. KKI medicine programs are taught in English, but this is the toughest and most expensive track, and clinical practice still requires Indonesian for patient contact. Realistically, this is an option for highly determined applicants who understand that a medical degree will need a separate recognition or licensing process if they want to practice back in their home country.

Computer science and engineering are programs worth approaching with a level head. UI has KKI tracks here and a growing startup ecosystem in Jakarta (Gojek, Tokopedia, and other Indonesian unicorns were founded here), but in the THE subject rankings, UI’s computer science sits in the 601-800 band and engineering in the 801-1000 band - solid, but far from the world’s top tier. For pure technical strength, KAIST or the IITs in India are stronger picks. What UI offers instead is a genuine local edge: direct access to one of the fastest-growing digital markets in the world.

It’s also worth mentioning double-degree and joint-degree options. UI’s International Office distinguishes between two KKI formats: single degree (the full program at UI, with at least one semester abroad at a partner institution) and double/joint degree, where you spend part of your studies at a partner university and graduate with two diplomas. For an international applicant, this is a genuinely interesting structure: you start at Asian prices and finish with a degree from a recognized Western partner institution as well. The partner list changes and varies by faculty (FEB has the most), so if a double degree is a priority for you, choose your faculty with that in mind and ask the International Office about current agreements. This is one of those details that can determine whether a UI degree really works for your career outside Asia.

How much do tuition and living costs at Universitas Indonesia run?

This is where the strongest argument for UI kicks in. Indonesia uses the UKT (Uang Kuliah Tunggal) system - a single tuition fee for citizens, scaled to family income. Indonesian students at public universities pay roughly IDR 4-25 million a year (around $220-$1,400 USD), depending on their income bracket. International students pay more, but still at a scale that puts Western pricing to shame.

Here’s the actual figure from the Faculty of Economics and Business’ official fee schedule: for an international student on the KKI track, that’s a one-time admission fee of IDR 50 million plus IDR 41 million in tuition per semester (feb.ui.ac.id). Let’s convert that honestly at June 2026 exchange rates (1 million IDR is roughly $56 USD, or about €52 EUR):

• One-time admission fee: IDR 50 million ≈ $2,800 USD (≈ €2,600 EUR), paid once, at the start.
• Annual tuition (two semesters): IDR 82 million ≈ $4,600 USD (≈ €4,300 EUR).

That puts the full first year at FEB at around $7,400 USD including the admission fee, with every following year costing roughly $4,600 USD. Medicine and dentistry are more expensive, while the humanities and public administration are usually cheaper - the exact fee schedule differs by faculty, so always check the specific faculty’s page. For comparison, a single year of tuition alone at Cambridge or Imperial College London for a non-UK student runs well over $40,000 USD (roughly £29,000-30,000 GBP, or about €37,000 EUR). UI is cheaper by an entire order of magnitude.

The cost of living in Depok and Jakarta also works in your favor. A realistic monthly student budget:

• Dormitory or a rented room (kos) near campus: IDR 1.5-3.5 million (roughly $85-$195 USD).
• Food: local hot meals (warung) cost IDR 15,000-40,000 per dish; monthly food spend runs IDR 2-3.5 million (roughly $110-$195 USD).
• Transport: the KRL commuter train into Jakarta plus ride-hailing apps like Gojek/Grab, roughly IDR 500,000-1 million a month (roughly $30-$55 USD).
• Everything else (phone, internet, entertainment): roughly IDR 1-2 million (roughly $55-$110 USD).

All told, a realistic monthly cost of living is around IDR 5-9 million, or roughly $280-$505 USD. Over a year, living costs come to around $3,350-$6,050 USD. That’s comparable to the cost of living in a mid-sized university town back home - and on top of that you’re paying tuition that’s a fraction of Western prices. We break down how to add up the full picture in our guide to the cost of studying abroad.

Let’s run the numbers all the way through, without rounding toward wishful thinking. A full four-year bachelor’s program on the KKI track at FEB comes to roughly $2,800 USD in admission fees plus four years of tuition at about $4,600 USD each, or around $21,200 USD for the full degree - and once you add four years of living costs (roughly $18,900 USD), the whole package lands around $40,000 USD for four years. For comparison, one year at a private university in the US can easily exceed that figure on its own. This is exactly the point where UI stops looking exotic and starts looking like a rational financial decision for a family that doesn’t want to take on student debt.

There’s a catch worth stating plainly, though: the UKT system applies to Indonesian citizens, not to you. Those low IDR 4-25 million brackets are prices for Indonesians, scaled to family income. As a foreign national, you pay the international KKI rate, which is higher - but as shown above, it still remains a fraction of Western pricing. Don’t be misled by articles that quote Indonesia’s domestic UKT rate as “UI tuition” - that isn’t the price you’ll actually pay. Always check the international/foreign-national fee schedule on the specific faculty’s page.

What scholarships and financial support are available for international applicants?

Even though UI’s tuition is already low, it’s worth knowing that international students have several real funding paths available - some covering the entire cost.

KNB (Kemitraan Negara Berkembang) is the Indonesian government’s flagship scholarship, funded by the Ministry of Education. It’s aimed at students from developing and partner countries and covers tuition and living costs for undergraduate and master’s study. It’s the most common route for a foreign student who wants to study in Indonesia without paying out of pocket. The list of eligible countries changes annually, so check current eligibility directly on the program’s website.

In practice, KNB works like this: you apply through a separate government portal, indicate your preferred universities and programs (UI is one of the universities that accepts KNB scholars), and once awarded, the Indonesian government covers your tuition and living costs. Competition is real, since the program is popular across the developing world, but for a well-prepared applicant with a strong academic profile, it’s the most cost-effective route available - essentially a free ride through a global top-200 university. Crucially, KNB deadlines run earlier and independently of the university’s own admissions cycle, so you need to track them separately.

Darmasiswa is a one-year government scholarship for Indonesian-language courses, culture, arts, and crafts. It isn’t a full degree, but it’s an excellent way to spend a year in Indonesia, get a handle on Bahasa Indonesia, and find out whether the region is right for you before committing to a full degree. Many students treat Darmasiswa as a stepping stone toward KKI. Notably, Darmasiswa usually includes a tuition waiver plus a monthly stipend, so a year spent on language study can effectively pay for itself.

For doctoral students, researchers, and graduates, it’s worth remembering that many countries run their own national exchange and mobility channels. The bilateral Fulbright Program funds research stays and graduate study for US citizens, including placements across Asia - see our guide to the Fulbright Program for how it works and check eligibility if it applies to you. Beyond Fulbright, dozens of countries run their own national academic-mobility agencies that fund overseas doctoral research stays; check whether your home country has a comparable program before assuming you’ll be paying entirely out of pocket. More funding paths are covered in our guide to scholarships for studying abroad.

Finally, the university itself: UI awards internal tuition discounts and scholarships for outstanding KKI applicants, and some double-degree programs have separate funding pools with partner universities. It’s usually worth asking the International Office directly about these once you’re admitted.

There’s one more, often-overlooked channel: regional exchanges and grants. UI belongs to the ASEAN University Network (AUN) and holds dozens of exchange agreements, including with European and Australian universities. If your goal isn’t a full UI degree but rather a semester or year in Indonesia, you can often fund that through an exchange program run by your home university - including, for students at European institutions, Erasmus+ in its global component (International Credit Mobility), which also covers non-European destinations. For many students, this is the cheapest way to experience studying in Asia: you remain formally enrolled at your home university while spending a semester at UI with mobility funding covering some or all of the cost.

The most common mistake I see among clients applying to Asia is treating a scholarship as something you’ll “sort out later.” Government programs like KNB run on separate, earlier deadlines than the university’s own admissions cycle - if you’re counting on full funding, you need to run both tracks in parallel, not one after the other.

What is student life like in Depok and Jakarta?

UI’s main campus sits in Depok - a satellite city south of Jakarta, in West Java province. This isn’t an urban campus wedged between office towers. UI has a large, green campus with six artificial lakes, an urban forest, and a distinctive rectorate building overlooking the water. For a student used to a European university scattered across a city center, this is a real shift: here, everything - lecture halls, dorms, and canteens - sits on one large, contiguous site.

The campus connects to central Jakarta via the KRL Commuterline - a cheap, efficient commuter train. The ride into the heart of the capital takes a few dozen minutes, so you get the best of both worlds: a calm, green campus and access to one of the largest metropolitan areas on earth (Greater Jakarta has over 30 million people). Jakarta offers internships at corporations, startups, and international organizations that you won’t find anywhere else in the region.

Everyday life requires preparing for a few things.

Climate is tropical - hot and humid year-round, with a rainy season running roughly from November to March.

Religion plays a visible role: Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world, so you’ll hear the call to prayer on campus, and the rhythm of the day shifts during Ramadan. This isn’t an obstacle, but it is a real cultural difference worth being aware of going in.

Language: English is enough for KKI classes and for socializing with other students, but basic Bahasa Indonesia makes life off campus much easier - and it’s surprisingly quick to pick up at a beginner level. Bahasa has no articles, minimal grammatical tenses, and a Latin alphabet, making it one of the more approachable languages in the world at a conversational level.

Campus life at UI is rich. The university has an extensive system of academic clubs, student organizations (BEM - faculty-level student governments), sports clubs, and arts groups. One notable tradition is ospek - orientation weeks for new students, which can be fairly intense. Academic sports, debate, volunteering, and international student organizations (like AIESEC) offer real ways to build your résumé alongside your studies. For an international student, this is also the simplest way into the local community - Indonesians are known for their hospitality toward visitors from abroad, and being a foreign (“bule”) UI student opens more doors than you might expect.

Food deserves its own mention - it’s one of the perks. Indonesian cuisine is cheap, varied, and everywhere: nasi goreng, satay, gado-gado, rendang. A student warung (small eatery) serves a full meal for a couple of dollars. There’s also a whole infrastructure of cafés and work-friendly spaces around campus, since Indonesian student culture leans heavily on “nongkrong” - hanging out over coffee, sometimes for hours. For a student from a different part of the world, that’s a pleasant surprise: social life here is easy and cheap.

UI’s international community is present but small - in the Atlas canonical data, international students make up around 4% of the student body (different rankings report slightly different numbers, so treat this as an order of magnitude rather than a precise figure). International students in general are rare on campus, which cuts both ways: on one hand, you’ll stand out and easily get noticed; on the other, there’s no ready-made expat bubble to retreat into. For a student open to immersing themselves in a different culture, that’s an asset. If you need a steadier community of people from your own country nearby, a more international Singapore or a European university might be a better fit.

It’s also worth knowing that UI isn’t concentrated in a single location. The main, green campus is in Depok, but the older Salemba campus operates in Jakarta proper and houses part of medicine and several graduate programs. If your program runs partly out of Salemba, your day-to-day life will look different - closer to the capital’s center, in a denser, more urban environment. That’s worth checking before you settle on where to live, since commuting between Depok and Jakarta at rush hour can take a while.

In terms of safety and comfort, Depok is calm, and costs - as shown above - are very kind to a student budget. It’s an environment where you can live modestly and well on amounts that would be out of reach in Western Europe or North America. If you’re weighing other Asian destinations, see our guides to studying in South Korea and studying in Japan - UI is the cheapest but also the most culturally unfamiliar of these options for most Western applicants.

Career prospects: where do UI graduates end up?

The heart of the UI decision comes down to one question: what does this degree actually open up? Inside Indonesia, UI is the number-one brand - its graduates dominate government ministries, the central bank (Bank Indonesia), major corporations (Pertamina, banks, telecoms), and the thriving tech sector that produced Indonesia’s unicorn startups. This is a country of 280 million people and one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies, so the local labor market is enormous and hungry for skilled graduates. For someone building a career in Indonesia, or more broadly across ASEAN, a UI degree is a real credential.

Outside Asia, the picture is different, and it’s worth being honest about that: a UI degree doesn’t carry the same instant recognition as a degree from a well-known American college or a UK Russell Group university. Its value does climb, though, in two specific areas. First, in organizations and companies operating across Asian markets that need people who understand the region from the inside. Second, in the sustainability and ESG sector, where UI’s position in the THE Impact Rankings (30th in the world in 2025) is a genuine asset. The university’s research profile (public health, demography, Islamic finance) adds a niche but genuinely valued regional expertise on top of that.

Strategically, everything comes down to one distinction: if you see your future in Asia, or in global organizations with a strong Asian focus, UI makes sense as a full degree. If you’re aiming at the European or North American job market, consider a double-degree format instead (a UI diploma plus a diploma from a partner university), or treat UI as an exchange semester within your home degree. A UI degree on its own, outside Asia, will require more explaining to recruiters than a name everyone already recognizes.

Summary: who is Universitas Indonesia right for?

Universitas Indonesia is a choice for a specific kind of applicant. It isn’t a university you attend for a name that’s instantly recognized in London or Boston - outside Asia, relatively few people have heard of it. It’s a university for someone who’s deliberately betting on Southeast Asia: who wants to study in English, at a global top-200 QS-ranked institution, for tuition and living costs that together come in below what tuition alone costs at an average Western university.

UI is a good fit for you if: you’re interested in law, politics, international relations, or business in an Asian context; you want to genuinely experience Indonesian and ASEAN culture; and minimizing cost and student debt matters to you. UI is a weaker fit if you’re dreaming of world-leading research in the natural sciences, need a degree that’s instantly recognized in the West, or aren’t ready for a significant cultural and climate shift.

My advice: treat UI as part of a broader “Asia” strategy, not a single shot in the dark. Build a profile with a solid language certificate, strong grades in relevant subjects, and a well-thought-out personal statement - that same package will also open doors at NUS, universities in Korea, or Thailand, and UI will be your cheapest and most accessible option in that group.

Next steps

1. Pick a KKI faculty and check its language requirement and fee schedule directly on the faculty’s website (tuition varies significantly between law, economics, and medicine).
2. Take the IELTS or TOEFL with room to spare (target: 6.0-6.5). Prepare with our TOEFL app - full practice tests with AI scoring. Deciding between the two? See TOEFL vs IELTS.
3. Get your documents certified-translated into English (diploma and transcript) and prepare a personal statement built for desk evaluation.
4. Check KNB and Darmasiswa scholarships early - they run on separate, earlier deadlines than the university’s own admissions cycle.
5. Add it all up - tuition plus living costs - and compare it with other Asian options in our guide to studying in Asia.

Want to check your real chances at UI and other Asian universities, and put together an application list? Create a free account at app.college-council.com - we’ll help you match programs, deadlines, and tests to your profile.

See our other guides to Asian universities: NUS, NTU Singapore, Korea University, Chulalongkorn in Thailand, and the University of Tokyo. Good luck!

Sources and methodology

We verified the tuition, admissions, and ranking data at the time of publication (June 2026) against official university pages and ranking sources. Exchange rates (1 million IDR ≈ $56 USD ≈ €52 EUR) as of June 2026.

1. Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Engineering - UI Ranks 189th Globally in QS WUR 2026 (QS 2026 ranking)
2. UI International Office - International Undergraduate Class (KKI) (list of faculties, language, admissions track)
3. UI International Office - Faculty of Law (Undergraduate KKI) (IELTS/TOEFL language requirement for law)
4. Penerimaan UI - Persyaratan Pendaftaran SIMAK KKI 2025/2026 (language requirements and fees)
5. Faculty of Economics and Business UI - Tuition Fees (international-student KKI tuition)
6. Times Higher Education - University of Indonesia profile, World University Rankings 2026
7. Reputation UI - Ranking by Subject (THE and QS subject rankings: law, political science, computer science, psychology)
8. College Council Atlas - canonical UI record (ROR 0116zj450, Wikidata Q534515): THE/CWUR/QS MBA rankings, OpenAlex research data
9. QS World University Rankings 2026 - topuniversities.com
10. College Council - internal advisory data from candidates applying to Asia (2023-2025)