Darmasiswa Scholarship Programs

9110
Students
135
Countries
72
Colleges

“DARMASISWA is a scholarship program offered to all foreign students from countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia to study Bahasa, art and culture. Participants can choose one of selected universities located in different cities in Indonesia. This program is organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture (MoEC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).”


Overview

The DARMASISWA program was started in 1974 as part of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) initiative, admitting only students from ASEAN. However, in 1976 this program was extended to include students from other countries such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and USA. In early 90's, this program was extended further to include all countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia. Until to date, the number of countries participating in this program is more than 135 countries.

The main purpose of the DARMASISWA program is to promote and increase the interest in the language and culture of Indonesia among the youth of other countries. It has also been designed to provide stronger cultural links and understanding among participating countries.

The interest of international students to participate in this program keep increasing year by year. In 2011, we offer to 750 students who would like to participate in this program as can be seen in the following table:

Year

Number of Participants

Number of countries

2019

579

101

2018

679

93

2017

637

89

2016

580

78

2015

643

80

2014

707

87

2013

612

75

2012

686

71

2011

779

65

2010

589

68

2009

197

45

2008

411

57

2007

408

60

2006

173

44

2005

105

38

2004

87

33

2003

87

34

2002

83

26

2001

86

27

2000

94

30

1999

94

22

1998

87

22

1997

79

21

1996

74

22

1995

80

23

1994

79

21

1993

63

20

1992

51

15

1991

30

11

1990

20

11

1989

27

13

1988

17

8

1987

25

12

1974-1986

162

19