Beasiswa Unggulan Masyarakat Berprestasi supports Indonesian citizens with national or international academic or non-academic achievement, or a contribution to national competitiveness. Pusat Layanan Pembiayaan Pendidikan administers the scholarship under the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
Recipients pursue D4/S1, master’s, or doctoral study at an approved university in Indonesia or abroad. The 2026 application window ran from 20 to 24 August, and later selection dates were not yet published.
Benefits & funding
- For study in Indonesia, the scholarship covers education fees, living costs, and books.
- For study abroad, it covers education fees and living costs; exact amounts are set in the scholarship agreement.
- Support lasts up to eight semesters for D4/S1, four semesters for master’s study, and six semesters for doctoral study.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be Indonesian citizens with academic or non-academic achievement at national or international level, or a contribution to Indonesia’s competitiveness.
- Applicants need an institutional recommendation, must not hold a similar scholarship from another source, and must not previously have studied at the same degree level.
- Applicants must hold an unconditional admission letter or qualifying active-student letter from an approved university and cannot be lecturers, teachers, education personnel, or cultural practitioners.
- D4/S1 applicants must have completed secondary school in the application year or within the previous two years; continuing students need a minimum 2.75 GPA.
- New master’s applicants must not yet be 32 on 31 December of the application year, while continuing master’s students must not yet be 33; the corresponding doctoral limits are 46 and 47.
- Master’s and doctoral routes require a minimum 3.00 prior-degree GPA, and continuing students also need a minimum 3.00 current GPA; UKBI proof is required, with official English-language proof for overseas study.
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Eligible nationalities
Indonesia
Education required
High School · Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor · Master Enrolled · Master · PhD Enrolled
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Application process
- 1Confirm the current cycle’s degree-level requirements and the eligibility of the intended university.
- 2Register or sign in through the official Si Unggul application portal when the application window opens.
- 3Complete the online form and upload the applicable identity, tax, admission or enrolment, academic, language, recommendation, statement, essay, study-plan or dissertation-proposal, and achievement documents.
- 4Eligible applications proceed through administrative review and an interview before the Head of Puslapdik confirms recipients.
Program timeline
Applications opened
Aug 20, 2026
Application deadline
Aug 24, 2026
Date to be announced
Administrative review, interviews, decisions, and contract briefing