As an educational institution, IPB University has organized various events such as seminars, webinars, conferences, and public lectures, held both offline and online. These events include regular as well as ad-hoc programs. They are not only attended by IPB’s academic community but also open to participation from other universities, government and non-government institutions, research organizations, and the general public.Through IPB Global, IPB University organized various international seminars, conferences, and workshops throughout 2024. Examples include a seminar on “Innovative Infrastructure for Sustainable Environmental Development” organized by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; a conference on “AI Innovation and Global Collaboration for Bioenergy in the Decarbonization Era” organized by the Surfactant and Bioenergy Research Center (SBRC); and a workshop on “Ocean for Prosperity: Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources for Economic Growth, Improvement of Livelihoods, and Preservation of Ocean Ecosystem Health” organized by the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences. 

In addition, through IPB Training, IPB University has also conducted several free webinars open to the public, including a webinar on reproduction in dogs and cats, covering disease theory and optimal treatment planning, as well as a webinar discussing plant pests and the categorization of pest status changes from non-pest to pest.

IPB University also offers several educational programs accessible to the public through its YouTube platforms, namely Strategic Talk and IPB TV. 

1. The Strategic Talk program, organized by the Directorate of Strategic Studies and Academic Reputation, focuses on public policy issues related to agriculture, marine science, and biosciences. One of the topics discussed in Strategic Talk 2024 was “Inclusive Education for an Advanced Indonesia.”

IPB TV, through programs such as IPB Talks, IPB Podcast, and IPB Pedia, provides educational content in the fields of agriculture, natural resource and environmental management, and sustainable lifestyles. These programs serve as a medium for communicating and disseminating research findings and community empowerment initiatives from various units within IPB University to the public and other stakeholders. The programs have featured a variety of educational content beneficial to society, such as IPB Talks with Professor Dr. Purnama Hidayat from the Faculty of Agriculture, discussing coffee berry borer pests, including the current challenges and threats faced by coffee farmers; IPB Podcast with Dr. Berry Juliandi from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) – IPB University, providing a comprehensive explanation of stem cells and their functions in the human body; and IPB Pedia, which presents content on how to manage household organic and inorganic waste for the general public.

Through IPB Training, an institution dedicated to providing vocational and professional development programs, IPB University has organized various training activities open to the general public throughout 2024. These programs aim to enhance human resource capacity in applied life sciences, offering courses tailored to community needs, including technical training designed to support professionals across diverse industries. 

In addition, IPB University also manages the Leadership and Executive Education Institute (LKPE), which focuses on leadership development and executive education across various industrial sectors. One of LKPE’s flagship initiatives is the Short Executive Program, conducted in collaboration with the Maastricht School of Management, the Netherlands. Held in a hybrid format, this program aims to equip participants with a deeper understanding of the private sector’s role particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets and its significance for economic and social development.

Research centers at IPB University, such as the Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Studies (PKSPL) and the South East Asia Food and Agricultural Science and Technology Center (SEAFAST), were also actively engaged in organizing various training programs throughout 2024, which were open to the general public. The training programs conducted by PKSPL included climate change mitigation training, covering topics such as blue carbon measurement methods, data analysis techniques, and the application of measurement results in Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) policies. PKSPL also offered education and training programs for port experts, addressing global challenges that require ports to be agile and transform towards sustainability including transitioning to environmentally friendly energy sources, adopting advanced information technologies, and implementing green finance concepts in port operations. 

Meanwhile, SEAFAST organized training on Better Process Control School (BPCS) and Thermal Process Adequacy Measurement, conducted offline and attended by 15 participants. Through this program, participants were expected to acquire competencies and skills in accordance with the BPCS curriculum and thermal process measurement standards.

IPB University actively implements off-campus educational activities that benefit local communities through programs such as the Thematic Community Service Program (KKN-T) Innovation. The 2024 KKN-T Innovation program involved 3,204 students who reached 394 villages across 44 regencies in 10 provinces, namely North Sumatra, Jambi, Lampung, Banten, West Java, Central Java, the Special Region of Yogyakarta, East Java, Bali, and Maluku. This program engages both students and lecturers for 40 days of community immersion, focusing on applying IPB University’s innovations to support rural socio-economic resilience. One of the activities conducted by an IPB KKN-T team was a socialization and demonstration session on how to convert organic waste into multifunctional fertilizer in Mekarsakti Village, Sukabumi Regency.

In addition, IPB University organized the 2024 International Community Service Program, known as the Six University Initiative Japan–Indonesia Service Learning Program (SUIJI-SLP), with the theme “Sustainable Agromaritime Community Development towards Social Resilience through Student Contributions.” A total of 24 students from IPB University participated in this program, along with 8 students from Ehime University, Kagawa University, and Kochi University.

IPB University provides opportunities for lecturers to contribute to society through the “Dosen Mengabdi” (Lecturer Serving the Community) program, which allows them to engage in community activities without expecting any form of compensation as a tangible contribution to the nation, particularly in promoting the welfare and advancement of Indonesian society. This program also serves as a response to the aspirations of stakeholders such as industries, communities, and institutions in addressing the challenges they face. One of the activities carried out in 2024 was assisting the Cibulao Hijau Forest Farmers Group in implementing coffee cultivation and post-harvest technologies to improve production and quality standards of coffee in the Puncak area, Bogor.

IPB University has also implemented the One Village One CEO (OVOC) program, which focuses on developing rural business ecosystems based on local superior products through the empowerment of village-owned enterprises (BUMDes), cooperatives, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) oriented toward export. OVOC aims to foster community self-reliance and strengthen the local economy by improving human resource capacity through training, mentoring, and innovation adoption programs.

In addition, IPB University has developed a program called Precision Village Data (Data Desa Presisi/DDP), initiated by Dr. Sofyan Sjaf from the Faculty of Human Ecology. This program serves as an innovation for village development through highly accurate and precise data to provide an actual depiction of village conditions. The data are collected, verified, and validated by village residents with assistance from external parties such as universities. In 2024, IPB University collaborated with the Government of Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province, to implement the Precision Village Data program.

Other programs organized throughout 2024 included:

1. The Village Govermance School is an educational program focusing on village fund management, allocation of village funds, revenue-sharing from taxes, and infrastructure development programs. The program was conducted over six months (July–December 2024) and was attended by 195 participants, consisting of 65 village heads and representatives from 130 villages.
2. The People Empowerment School aims to build self-reliant and competitive local communities while preparing them to face change by effectively utilizing existing local resources.
3. The Community Livestock School, held in Parigi Moutong Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, focuses on enhancing the capacity and skills of local farmers.
4. The Coffee School, a program designed to provide knowledge about coffee commodities from harvesting coffee cherries to brewing coffee. 
5. IPB Teaching Program, involving students grouped under the IPB Mengajar Team, was also implemented in 2024. The activities included direct teaching in Sinarsari Village, Bogor Regency, and Kedung Badak Village, Bogor City, with a total of 39 active student participants.

IPB University has established policies ensuring that access to its activities is open to everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, disability, immigration status, or gender. These policies are stated in the Academic Senate Regulation No. 10/SA-IPB/P/2016 on Academic Norms (Page 11, Article 4a), which affirms that IPB University’s academic policies must be inclusive and free from discrimination. The same principle is reinforced through the Rector’s Decree No. 133/IT3/LK/2020 (Page 37, Point c), which stipulates that IPB provides equal access to all members of society.

Furthermore, based on the Rector’s Circular Letter No. 24799/IT3/KP/2021 (Page 40, Points e and g), IPB guarantees the absence of any discriminatory practices against members of the academic community belonging to socially inclusive groups—such as women, persons with disabilities, the poor, and individuals from frontier, outermost, and underdeveloped regions (3T areas). The university is also committed to enhancing both academic and non-academic programs that prioritize these socially inclusive groups.

These policies are supported by administrative units under the Vice Rector responsible for their implementation. For instance, the Directorate of Student Affairs provides non-discriminatory scholarships such as the KIP-K (Kartu Indonesia Pintar Kuliah) for students from low-income families and the BUD (Beasiswa Utusan Daerah) for regional representatives. Meanwhile, the Directorate of International Education manages international scholarships including KNB (Kemitraan Negara Berkembang – Developing Countries Partnership Scholarship), TIAS (The Indonesian AID Scholarship), DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), and the Rector’s Scholarship.

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