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Universitas Terbuka (UT) is the 45th State University in Indonesia that implements an open and distance learning systemto all Indonesian citizens including those who lives in remote island through out the country as well as the various part of the world. It has more than 350.000 students. UT was inaugurated on September 4, 1984, based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 41 of 1984. UT has 4 Faculties, namely Faculty of Economics (FE), Faculty of Law, Social and Political Sciences (FHISIP), Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), ang Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) for Diploma and Bachelor levels. Since 2004, UT has opened a Masters level in the Postgraduate Program and since 2019, UT has opened a Doctoral program. The goals of According to a distance education institution in United Kingdom, Universitas Terbuka including the top 10 mega university and has the 3rd rank after the similar university in China and Turkey. Universitas Terbuka are to provide broad opportunities is focusing on educating people who for Indonesian citizens regardless various reasons including lack of their place of residence to obtain higher educationfunding, rural isolation and full-time employment who do not have time and opportunity to provide higher education services for those who cannot continue their education at attend face-to-face universities due to work or other reasons higher education. Universitas Terbuka has also been awarded by ICDE (International Council of Distance Education), ISA (International Standard Agency), ISO, and to develop academic and professional education programs based on accredited by the real needs of developmentnational higher standard (BAN-PT).
Besides providing education for all, Universitas Terbuka also has various programs to promote and support student innovation and entrepreneurship. Several programs that have been running, such as LSM UPI for Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lomba Inovasi Digital Mahasiswa (LIDM) Universitas Terbuka and Kompetisi Mahasiswa Nasional bidang Ilmu Bisnis, Manajemen, dan Keuangan (KBMK) 2021. In addition to the programs and competition above, there are also several skills training programs aimed at improving one of the skills needed in a specific field of study, such as Technical Guidance for Urban Agriculture Aquaponics. There are also the latest program that have recently been running, namely the "Micro-Credential Model for Competency Development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Indonesia" in collaboration with the ICE institute, collaborative program with Bangkit from Google, and Merdeka Belajar launched by the Indonesian Ministry of Education which aims to support interest and hone talents possessed by students of Universitas Terbuka.