Achieving a milestone
BA-Malang counts 500th student
BA-Malang, the first institution in South-East-Asia offering a simultanious theoretical and practical education, was founded in 2001 with the Berufsakademie Stuttgart in Germany as its model. It has already achieved its first milestone counting more than 500 students this year.
The number of students applying for a place at BA-Malang is increasing rapidly every year so that strong admission requirements must be met by the applicants. Being accepted, students are trained at BA-Malang by professors of the internationally highly regarded Politeknik Elektronika Negeri Surabaya (ITS) as well as from VEDC Malang or BA-Stuttgart. They receive a practical education in one of more than 75 Indonesian and international companies. Three programs are offered: Mechatronics, Automation Technologies and Information Technologies.
After the assistant test in semester 6, the best students are offered the opportunity of completing their studies at BA Stuttgart in Germany as Dipl.-Ing (BA)/Bachelor. Additionally, they will also receive the Indonesian Diploma 4 (SST) like their fellow students.
With a reduction to three months of break every year, studies are finished after 3 years and 4 months and graduates can take on tasks that require a high amount of responsibility for they already have three years of work experience in industry.
BA-Malang with its now more than 500 students is setting new standards of education.
