The Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta, known as ISI Yogyakarta, is a state higher education institution for the arts with the authority to provide education up to the highest level. ISI Yogyakarta was established based on Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia No. 39/1984 dated May 30, 1984, and was inaugurated by the Minister of Education and Culture, Prof. Dr. Nugroho Notosusanto, on July 23, 1984.
Although its age as an institute is relatively young, the educational institutions that form ISI Yogyakarta have existed for a long time and have had a significant impact on the development of national art, producing many artists and professionals who are spread across various roles, professions, and expertise, both domestically and internationally. ISI Yogyakarta was formed through the fusion of three pre-existing higher education institutions for the arts: the Indonesian Fine Arts College “ASRI,” the Indonesian Music Academy “AMI,” and the Indonesian Dance Arts Academy “ASTI.”.
Postgraduate ISI
For almost two decades, the ISI Yogyakarta Postgraduate Program has proven its quality in anticipating the development of science, technology, and art in the global era, while also successfully meeting the high public interest in pursuing postgraduate arts education. The Master of Art Creation study program, within the Postgraduate Program of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta, was the first of its kind established in Indonesia (Decree No. 72/DIKTI/Kep/2000); it was subsequently complemented by the Art Studies program in 2002. In 2004, these two programs were merged into Master Program in Art Creation and Study with a permit letter from the Directorate General of Higher Education No. 1426/D/T/2004 dated April 21, 2002. Based on its various achievements, this study program obtained an accreditation certificate with an A rating from the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education in 2017. Then, according to the new nomenclature, based on the Decree of the Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17/KPT/2019, this program was renamed the Art Study Program, Master Program, Postgraduate Program of ISI Yogyakarta. By the end of the 2019 academic year, this study program had successfully graduated over 1000 master of art alumni in the fields of art creation and study, originating from various art and non-art higher education institutions, as well as artists from various regions in Indonesia.
The ISI Yogyakarta Doctoral Program is organized based on the Permit Letter from the Director General of Higher Education, Department of National Education, number 1881/D/T/2006, dated April 12, 2006. The study program, named the Doctoral Program in Art Creation and Study, has two areas of study/concentrations, namely the Art Creation Study Area and the Art Study Area. To date, it has graduated more than 50 Doctors of Arts in the fields of Art Creation and Art Study.
The Doctoral Program at ISI Yogyakarta is structured to develop concepts in the fields of creation and research, enabling graduates to translate them into artistic works and applied research to address complex future competitive challenges. Through this directed program, doctoral candidates (promovendi) will gain comprehensive insight into artistic practice and methodologies, thus being able to develop novel concepts in art creation and research using interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches grounded in national and international culture.
Then one newly opened program and the first in Indonesia is the Master of Arts Management Study Program which has received a permit from the Director General of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture number 124 / D / O / 2010 The Master of Arts Management Program has started in the 2011/2012 academic year starting with a matriculation program. The Master of Arts Management program is aimed at all enthusiasts and managers in the field of arts and culture and tourism, both government agencies, private sector and individuals. Through the study interests in the management of the fields of Culture & Tourism, Performing Arts and Fine Arts, the commitment of the Postgraduate Program of ISI Yogyakarta is to always optimize performance oriented towards scholarship, sophistication, and professionalism in the management of Indonesian cultural arts assets in order to meet the needs of society at the national and international levels and to date has graduated more than 100 alumni of the Master of Arts in the field of Arts Governance.
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