User:Nyanardsan/sandbox/List of public universities in Indonesia

This is a list of public universities in Indonesia. Public universities in Indonesia are the major component of Indonesia's higher education system. Public universities and higher education institutions are generally sought after by students and seen as more prestigious than private ones. Indonesian students from all over the country applied to the public universities, colleges, institutes, and polytechnics through several different means of applications or exams. The first means to apply in public universities in Indonesia are SNBP and SNBT. SNBP is short for "Seleksi Nasional Berdasarkan Prestasi" or "National Selection Based on Achievements", which is based on school grades and achievements of the student and without exam. Meanwhile, SNBT is short for "Seleksi Nasional Berdasarkan Tes" or "National Selection Based on Test", which is based on scores of a unified nation-wide entrance exam. These two national selections were formerly called SNMPTN (Indonesian: Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri) and SBMPTN (Indonesian: Seleksi Bersama Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri). There are also another national entrance exams such as, SBMPN (Indonesian: Seleksi Bersama Masuk Politeknik Negeri) for state polytechnics, SPAN (Indonesian: Seleksi Perguruan Tinggi Agama Negeri) for religious universities or colleges which is divided into SPAN-PTKIN for state-owned Islamic colleges and Selnas-PTKKN for state-owned Christian colleges. Other than nation-wide exams or selections, each universities also held their own entrance exams as separate means to apply to the university through their own localized exam.

Below list does not include institutions such as Institut of Home Affairs Governance (IPDN), military academies and colleges of Indonesia, or other civil services colleges or instutitions, which whom the graduates immediatly employed as civil servants or part of the military.