IPB University has 107 student organizations as a forum for students in democratic learning related to the academic environment, student affairs, etc. Each faculty, department, and the university has a student union consisting of the Student Consultative Assembly (MPM), the Student Representative Council (DPM), the Student Executive Board (BEM), the Undergraduate Students’ Professional Association, the Vocational Professional Association, Student Activity Units (UKM), and Postgraduate Student Community (Forum Wacana). These students’ unions are acknowledged by the Rector’s Regulation No.19/IT3/KM/2018. All the chairmen of these student union are legalized through Rector Decree No. 17 of 2021 concerning the head of intra-campus student organization and are inaugurated collectively. All the chairmen are elected by their member groups based on Rector’s Regulation No.19/IT3/KM/2018 article 11.

The Student Executive Board (BEM) is the university-level student organization which is allied with Indonesian Student Executive Board (BEM SI), a national wide platform for student union. 

IPB University formulated policies and procedures to identify stakeholders and aims to build strong engagement with them, as written in IPB Statute Article 38-39, which specify collaboration in academics and non-academic affairs (pages 19-20, Article 38-39). In more detail, this collaboration is regulated through MWA Regulation No. 11/IT3.MWA/PR/2018 concerning Non-Academic Collaboration (Kerjasama Non-Akademik). Article 4 specifies the scope of non-academic collaboration that can be implemented by IPB University. Article 7 point 2 specifies the criteria of partner candidates that have to be assessed. Article 8 specifies the procedure for implementing collaboration.

Local Stakeholders Participation 

IPB University ensures that local stakeholders in the university, including residents, local government, and civil society representatives, have a meaningful mechanism for university decision-making. The engagement of stakeholders is manifested in the structure of the Board of the Trustees IPB University, such as Lecturer Representatives, Community Representatives, and Student Representatives. 

Local stakeholders, including local government and civil society, are important elements of the Board of Trustees of IPB University, who participate in the university’s decision-making. There are four representatives of society who take part in the Board of Trustees of IPB University, including: 

1. Mochamad Ridwan Kamil (Governor of West Java Province)
2. Suryopratomo (element of society) 
3. Sunarso (element of society) 
4. Agus Joko Pramono (element of society)

IPB has a management unit for Community Services under the Institute of Research and Community Empowerment of IPB (LPPM). 

IPB also actively engages with the local government in Bogor. For example, in 2021, IPB University and the Local Government of Bogor launched Sekolah Pemerintahan Desa to implement good governance.

IPB has a policy on organized crime as stated in Senate Academic Regulations No. 33/SA-IPB/P/2019, article 1 point m, page 3, and article 11, page 9-10 “Pencegahan Kejahatan Luar Biasa”. To build integrity, one of the university values, IPB University spreads the spirit of anti-corruption among the academic community. One of the programs is Anti-Corruption Education for Students, implemented in 2021.

IPB has the policy to support academic freedom through Academic Senate Regulation No. 28/SA-IPB/P/2018 concerning Norms, Academic Freedom, and Scientific Otonomy. Article 4 point 2 specifies the scope of academic freedom, including teaching, research, and community empowerment. This regulation is valid for all faculty members, regardless of their ages, as well as staff and students. Article 4 point 3 specifies various areas or forums in which academic freedom is ensured and respected.

IPB University committed to publishing its financial report annually. The annual financial report is publicly opened and audited by Independent Auditor, namely PWC. The opinion of the public accountant on the IPB Financial Report 2021 can be seen on Page 4. It is written that the consolidated financial performance and cash flow in 2021 are under the Indonesian Financial Accounting Standards

IPB Financial Report 2021 (Audited)

7 Corporate Cultural Values of IPB:

1. 1. Academic Excellence: Developing academic cultures of being honest, objective, compliant, scientific, humane, patriotic, innovative, visionary, and independent. 
   2. Spiritualism: Developing academic cultures of being honest, objective, compliant, scientific, humane, patriotic, innovative, visionary, and independent. 
   3. Persistence: Maintaining the spirit of being enthusiastic, working smart, not giving up easily, being sustainable, focusing on process and goal, and varying strategies. 
   4. Collaboration: Creating synergy, collaboration, networking through mutual respect, the feeling of needing each other, and the spirit of reminding each other for the better. 
   5. Empathy/Care: Understanding others fairly, and being sensitive to surrounding for the advancement of all. 
   6. Responsibility: Adapting oneself in performing duties, not being selfish, as well as being responsive and acting appropriately in providing excellent services to achieve the best performance. 
   7. Commitment: Valuing highly the work completed responsibly, consistently, friendly, politely in compliance with the existing norms and regulations.

Values and ethics adopted by IPB: 

• • To tightly hold and highly value the principles of honesty, objectivity, compliance, and freedom of thinking to arrive at scientific truth; 
  • To respect universal values of humanity, maintain harmony, and sustain life in this universe; 
  • To provide support for national need, communal need, agricultural development, farmers, cattle breeders, fishermen in setting priorities for development programs of academic activities and dissemination of the results from the three pillars of higher education, and 
  • To consistently orient itself to more advanced and more just future

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IPB University provide office and committee for ethical compliance within our institution:

• IPB Academic Senate Commission D, visit here 
• Student Discipline Committee, visit here

IPB University provide training for ethical values:

• 7 Habits for First Year Student,  visit here
• State Defense and National Insight Training, visit here
• Personalized Learning Training for Lecturer, visit here
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General Annual Meetings Minutes of Open Plenary Session MWA IPB University:

• Open Plenary Session Record, can be seen here
• News, read here