SDG 5 In Number
Number of women starting a degree
6.489
Number of first-generation women starting a degree
4.113
Number of students starting a degree
9.032
Number of first-generation students starting a degree
6.205
Number of students
27.604
Number of employees
3.760
Number of academic staff
1.950
Number of senior academic staff
685
Number of female senior academic staff
303
Number of graduates by subject area (STEM, Medicine, Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences): Total
6.192
Number of graduates: STEM
1.905
Number of graduates: Medicine
627
Number of graduates: Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences
3.660
Number of female graduates by subject area (STEM, Medicine, Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences): Total
4.353
Number of female graduates: STEM
1.244
Number of female graduates: Medicine
301
Number of female graduates: Arts & Humanities / Social Sciences
2.808
Number of graduates: Total
6.192
5.3.3 Women’s Access Schemes
Provide women’s access schemes, including mentoring, scholarships, or other provision
SheRises: UNS and Aston University Support Women Graduates’ Entry into Work and Entrepreneurship
Women university graduates in Indonesia still face barriers when entering industry and starting businesses. In 2025, Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) continued an interdisciplinary project with Aston University in the United Kingdom, funded by the British Council’s Gender Equality Programme, to address this gap. The project supports SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Other Provision: Education and Support Resources for Women Students
On 20 February 2025, as part of the 49th anniversary of UNS, the UNS interdisciplinary lecturer team held the seminar “Embracing Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions” at the G.P.H. Haryo Mataram Auditorium. The project, initiated by the Vice-Rector for Planning, Cooperation, Internationalisation, and Information, Prof. Irwan Trinugroho, involved lecturers from the Faculties of Law, Economics and Business, and Social and Political Sciences, as well as Professor Hannah Bartlett and Claire Richard of Aston University. It also received a Matching Fund from Kedaireka.
The team reported that the project produces a report on the barriers faced by female students in employment and entrepreneurship, a collection of education and support resources for students and staff, and a website to share these materials across universities in Indonesia and the United Kingdom. Its recommendations included integrating gender equality into university courses, restarting gender mainstreaming across the entire academic community, and providing comprehensive training to prepare graduates for industry. About 300 participants from UNS and other universities attended.
Source: UNS Gelar Seminar Bertajuk Embracing Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions
The resources are publicly available on the SheRises Project website, which states that the project is dedicated to narrowing the gender gap in the workplace for women university graduates through economic, cultural, and legal approaches.
Relevant Research
- Dr. Erna Dyah Kusumawati, S.H., M.Hum., LL.M.; Rachma Indriyani, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D.; Dewanti Cahyaningsih, S.E., M.Rech.; Likha Sari Anggreni, S.Sos., M.Soc.Sc.; Monika Sri Yuliarti, S.Sos., M.Si. with Aston University – research since late 2023 on the barriers faced by female students and graduates in employment and entrepreneurship, using interviews, focus group discussions, and expert input, with partner universities in Maluku, Central Kalimantan, Jambi, Papua, and Mataram. Source: UNS Gelar Seminar Bertajuk Embracing Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions