press release

PT CPI and Unri-Unilak partnership

a decade of collaboration in higher education

Pekanbaru, September 1, 2020 – PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia (PT CPI) consistently supports Riau in increasing the quality of its human resources, including through educational partnership programs.

Expanding on its commitment, PT CPI signed two partnership agreements with Universitas Riau (Unri) and Universitas Lancang Kuning (Unilak), on Tuesday, September 1. The signing event took place at Unilak library hall and was attended by Unilak Rector Dr. Junaidi; Unri Vice Rector IV Professor Syaiful Bahri, PhD.; Sumbagut SKK Migas Lead Business Support Specialist, Yanin Kholison; and PT CPI Manager Corporate Affairs Assets South Wan Dedi Yudhistira.

The academic majors aided by the program are chemical engineering at Unri and electrical engineering at Unilak. This educational support is provided through the University Relationship Program (URP), a PT CPI local community development program that has been implemented over the last decade.

“We hope this partnership program will help improve academic major accreditation at each university,” said Wan Dedi Yudhistira from PT CPI. “The main goal is to have our participation in empowering the younger workforce in Riau.”

The partnership program aims to improve education quality by increasing the competency of lecturers and students. Aid may include guest lecturers, seminars, field trips, journalistic publications, infrastructure quality improvements, laboratory equipment and libraries. In addition, students and lecturers will have the opportunity to learn more about their field of study overseas in countries such as Korea and Japan.

“We have benefited from PT CPI program activities for years,” said Prof. Syaiful Bahri. “Our institution accreditation improves year by year.”

At Unri, support from PT CPI will be used for the National Board of Professional Certification, or Badan Nasional Sertifikasi Profesi (BNSP), Environmental Audit Training; research partnerships; BNSP General K3 Expert Certification for students; HYSYS® software and training; and other training certification programs for students and lecturers.

Meanwhile, Unilak will pursue lecturer quality improvement activities, including joint research with Universiti Malaysia Sarak; PhD financial aid; training to build multimedia lecture content; and laboratory development including practicum supporting tools for electrical machinery, basic electronics, electric circuits and basic telecommunication.

“We are very grateful for the trust given to us,” said Dr. Junaidi. “This program will help us enhance the quality of lecturers, students and educational institution accreditations in Riau.”