Universitas Multimedia Nusantara becomes an outstanding university in ICT at both national and international levels, which produces internationally-minded and highly competent graduates in their field equipped with an entrepreneurial spirit and noble character. To educate the nation and promote the welfare of the nation through providing higher education by implementing Tridarma Perguruan Tinggi (University’s three primary purposes) (Education, Research, and Society Services), in order to improve the quality of human resources of Indonesia.
UMN was established on 25 November 2005 based on the National Education Ministerial Decree No. 169/D/O/2005. Multimedia Nusantara Foundation officially manages its operation. This foundation was established by Kompas Gramedia, a reputable business group engaged in mass media, publishing, printing, bookstores, hotels, and education services.
UMN is an institution of higher education with information and communication technology based on the learning process in each subject it delivers. The professional lecturers in education and the directed and integrated programs will bring UMN to be an outstanding university at both national and international levels. UMN is targeted to be the inspiration for creating a new educational paradigm for Indonesian young people to produce highly-competent and technopreneurship-based graduates.
Indonesia had ample opportunity to develop ICT, for the primary capital to develop ICT is creativity. ICT experts in Indonesia are still few, and the ICT companies need them a lot. Focusing on ICT, UMN arranges the ICT-based curricula for all programs. UMN students are provided with knowledge about and orientation to the development of ICT in order for them to be ready to face the changes or even to make the changes.
Kompas Gramedia, as the founder of Multimedia Nusantara Foundation, is committed to developing UMN to be an outstanding university. The commitment is manifested in some real actions such as Preparing the facilities like the campus building, laboratory equipment, library, and some other facilities. Giving a chance to UMN’s students to Undergo job training during a long holiday for around two months in Kompas Gramedia’s business units such as Kompas, Gramedia Pustaka Utama (book publishing), Gramedia Printing, Kompas.com (online media), etc. Undergo internships in Kompas Gramedia’s business units. The two programs above help the students to gain the chance to pursue a career in Kompas Gramedia. Allowing the best executives and professionals in Kompas Gramedia to be the lecturers in UMN.
UMN educates the students to be ready to become professionals or researchers, but it also educates them to be ready to become entrepreneurs in technology, called technopreneur. UMN offers a business incubator Skystar Ventures program that aims to prepare the students to be formidable entrepreneurs. Guided by well-experienced mentors, they are prepared to run a business, even since they are still students.
