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This is alist ofuniversities, colleges, polytechnics and otherhigher education in Indonesia.

According to the former Directorate General of Higher Education (now part of the Ministry of Research, Technology, & Higher Education), in 2022 there were 4,004 higher education institutions (3,820 private and 184 public).^[1] Higher education in Indonesia offers, academic degrees, vocational degrees, and professional degrees. They are provided by the following types of institutions:

• Community Academy provides vocational education for diploma one and/or diploma two programs in regencies/municipalities based on local excellence or to meet special needs.
• Academy, offers vocational education in a number of fields of common origin such as a military academy and nursing academy.
• Polytechnic, offers vocational education, and/or professional education in various fields
• Specialised College (Sekolah Tinggi), offers academic education and can provide vocational and/or professional education in 1 (one) specific cluster
• Institute, offers academic education and can provide vocational and/or professional education in a number of fields of common origin (technological cluster for example)
• University, offers academic education, and can provide vocational education, and/or professional education in various fields

There are several levels of degrees that can be achieved in higher education, which are split into six levels:

• D1 - Ahli Pratama (A.P.) is a one year education program consisting of 32 credits and a final assignment in the form of practical work and scientific work reports. The title translates to "Primary Expert".
• D2 - Ahli Muda (A.Ma.) is a two year education program consisting of 64 credits. The title translates to "Young Expert".
• D3 - Ahli Madya (A.Md.) is a three year higher education programm consisting of 112 credits. The title translates to "Associate Expert".
• D4 - Sarjana Terapan (S.Tr.) is a four year higher education programm consisting of 144 credits. The title translates to "Bachelor of Applied [...]" followed by the subject.
• S1 - Sarjana is a four to seven years higher education program, depending on the university, which requires a scientific thesis. This is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree.
• S2 - Magister is a one to two year graduate program which requires a scientific thesis. This is equivalent to a Master's degree.
• S3 - Doktor: is a three to seven years graduate program which requires a scientific dissertation.

There are 125 public higher education institutions divided into 63 public universities, 13 Institutes, 44 Polytechnics, and 5 Community Colleges. 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.^[2] Indonesian students from all over the country applied to the public universities, colleges, institutes, academies, and polytechnics through several different means of applications or exams.^[3] 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) andSBMPTN (Indonesian:Seleksi Bersama Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri).^[4] There are also another national entrance exams such as, SBMPN (Indonesian:Seleksi Bersama Masuk Politeknik Negeri) for state polytechnics,^[5] SPAN (Indonesian:Seleksi Perguruan Tinggi Agama Negeri) for religious universities or colleges which is divided into SPAN-PTKIN for state-owned Islamic colleges^[6] and Selnas-PTKKN for state-owned Christian colleges.^[7] 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.^[8]

There are 13 Public Institutes in Indonesia: 5 Institutes of Technology, 1 Institute of Agriculture, 4 Institute of Arts (ISI), and 3 Institute of Arts and Culture (ISBI).

Two more Institute of Arts and Culture is planned in East Kalimantan and South Sulawesi. However, ISBI Kaltim and ISBI Sulsel in form of ISI Yogyakarta and ISI Surakarta's PSDKU has no definite timeline in being separated.

Code 002-	Name	Abbrev.	Year Founded	Location		Accred.	Ref
				Province	City
001	Bandung Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bandung)	ITB	1920	West Java	Bandung		[60]
002	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember)	ITS	1957	East Java	Surabaya		[61]
003	IPB University (Institut Pertanian Bogor)	IPB	1963	West Java	Bogor		[62]
005	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta (Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta)	ISI Yogyakarta	1984	Special Region of Yogyakarta	Bantul		[63]
007	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Denpasar (Institut Seni Indonesia Denpasar)	ISI Denpasar	1967	Bali	Denpasar		[64]
008	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Surakarta (Institut Seni Indonesia Surakarta)	ISI Surakarta	1964	Central Java	Surakarta		[65]
009	Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Padang Panjang (Institut Seni Indonesia Padang Panjang)	ISI Padang Panjang	1965	West Sumatra	Padang Panjang		[66]
010	Bandung Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Bandung)	ISBI Bandung	1968	West Java	Bandung		[67]
011	Aceh Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Aceh)	ISBI Aceh	2014	Aceh	Great Aceh		[68]
012	Tanah Papua Institute of Indonesian Arts and Culture (Institut Seni Budaya Indonesia Tanah Papua)	ISBI Tanah Papua	2014	Papua	Jayapura		[69]
013	Kalimantan Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Kalimantan)	ITK	2014	East Kalimantan	Balikpapan		[70]
014	Sumatera Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Sumatera)	ITERA	2014	Lampung	South Lampung		[71]
015	Habibie Institute of Technology (Institut Teknologi Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie)	ITH	2014	South Sulawesi	Parepare		[72]

Currently, there are 44 Public Polytechnics in Indonesia. They consist of 1 Electronic Engineering Polytechnic, 2 Manufacturing Polytechnics, 1 Maritime Polytechnic, 1 Fishery Polytechnic, 1 Shipbuilding Polytechnic, 4 Agricultural Polytechnics, and 34 "general" Polytechnics.

Public religious higher education institutions (PTKN) are under the responsibility of theMinistry of Religious Affairs. Technically and academically, the development of state religious universities is carried out by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemdikbudristek), while functionally it is carried out by the Ministry of Religion, all covering the five recognized religions in Indonesia, but not including Confucianism. There are three types of higher education institutions in the Muslim category, Public Islamic Universities (UIN), Public Islamic Institutes (IAIN), and Public Islamic Colleges (STAIN). Public Christian Institutes (IAKN) and Public Protestant Christian Colleges (STAKPN) in the Protestant Christian category. Public Catholic Colleges (STAKATN) in the Catholic category. Public Hindu Universities (UHN), Public Hindu Institutes (IAHN), and Public Hindu Colleges (STAHN) in the Hindu category. Public Buddhist Colleges (STABN) in the Buddhist category.

Service higher education institutions are higher education institution that are under the auspices of government institutions (ministries) as education providers with a civil service bond or cadreship system.

These notable private universities are owned, funded and managed by private organizations, including those affiliated with Islamic (Muhammadiyah),Catholic orChristian socio-religious organizations.

Following the enactment of the Minister of Education, Research and Technology's Act number 53/2018,^[42] Indonesia has allowed the foreign higher education institutions to establish campuses, offer programs, and confer degrees in Indonesia. These campuses can act as distance-learning centers, or be fully-fledged universities. These include:

Institutions of higher education regulated by Indonesia's Ministry of National Education that are authorized to confer degrees, but without the status of universities include:

• Astra Manufacturing Polytechnic (Polman),Jakarta
• Indonesian State College of Accountancy (STAN),South Tangerang

• Education in Indonesia
• Test-Based National Selection (SNBT)
• List of Indonesian agricultural universities and colleges
• Union of Catholic University Students of the Republic of Indonesia (PMKRI)