Dr. Eng Siti Machmudah ST MEng, ITS Director of Education

ITS Campus, ITS News – The result announcement of 2021 Seleksi Bersama Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SBMPTN) can be accessed as of today, Monday (14/6), at 15.00. This year, based on the announcement, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) accepts 1,899 new prospective students on SBMPTN admission.

ITS Director of Education Dr. Eng Siti Machmudah ST MEng explains that the number of SBMPTN applicants accepted by ITS increases by 243 this year. The increasing number is because the programs at ITS Faculty of Vocational Studies that SBMPTN did not include last year have become options in this year’s SBMPTN.

Next, says the lecturer, who is familiarly called Machmudah, ITS manages to occupy the 7th best position with the highest average score for Ujian Tulis Berbasis Komputer (UTBK) from the science and technology study program (Saintek) of State Universities (PTN) in Indonesia. Meanwhile, for the social-humanities (Soshum) study program, its average UTBK score is ranked 6th nationally.

According to Machmudah, this SBMPTN score rank should be proud of because annually, ITS is on a positive trend by always being in the top 10 nationally. “In the future, ITS hopes to be even better and can re-enter the top three with the highest average UTBK score,” she says.

Besides, Machmudah says that the highest number of new student recipients from the SBMPTN admission are the Department of Informatics with 95 students, followed by the Department of Electrical Engineering that receives 85 students. Then the Department of Mechanical Engineering with 81 new students, fromFrom the total of students accepted, the majority of prospective new students from SBMPTN admission are still from East Java Province as in previous years. At the same time, the rest came from several areas, from Sabang to Merauke.

Machmudah also explains that in 2021, there are more than 16 thousand participants in ITS 2021 SBMPTN. “The Department of Informatics is still the favorite choice at the 2021 SBMPTN,” she says.

Machmudah confidently hopes that ITS prospective students can benefit from the opportunity to study at ITS because not everyone can have it. “Hopefully, after being accepted on the ITS campus, students’ study activities at ITS goes well and also graduate on time with satisfactory scores,” says the ITS Chemical Engineering Department lecturer.

Meanwhile, for applicants who have not been accepted yes at ITS from SBMPTN admission, there is no need to worry. There are still other admissions such as Seleksi Kemitraan, Mandiri dan Prestasi (SKMP), and the International Undergraduate Program (IUP) that closes on June 17. ” Applicants can still try to apply both admission to enter the ITS campus,” she concluded encouragingly. (nadh/ITS Public Relations)

Reporter: Mukhammad Akbar Makhbubi