Mataram, Universitas Mataram – The Board of Trustees of the University of Mataram (Unram) held a Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Unram Public Service Agency for the First Semester with the agenda of Exposure of Financial Performance and General Service Performance in 2024 on Wednesday (31/7) at Prime Park Hotel and Convention Lombok.

The meeting was attended by the Rector of Unram Prof. Ir. Bambang Hari Kusumo, M.Agr.St., Ph.D.; Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Prof. Dr. Sitti Hilyana, M.Si.; Vice Rector for General and Financial Affairs, Prof. Dr. Sukardi, M.Pd.; Vice Rector for Planning and Information Systems, Prof. Akmaluddin, ST., M.Sc.(Eng), Ph.D.; Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Ratih Hapsari Kusumawardani, S.SI., M.A., M.T.; Head of Academic and Student Affairs Bureau; Head of General and Financial Bureau; Head of Planning and Cooperation Bureau; Head and SPI team; Head of PPA Work Team; Head of EPPA Work Team; Head and PNBP Budget Work Team; Accounting and Reporting Work Team; and Planning Work Expert Consultant; Head of MBKM UP Team; and Supervisory Boards of Trustees Assistance Team.

Rector of Unram, Prof. Ir. Bambang Hari Kusumo M.Agr.St., Ph.D in his speech explained the latest development of Unram. “Ladies and gentlemen, I respectfully report a few developments of Unram, related to the Main Performance Indicators (IKU) in 2023 Unram managed to achieve the 3rd rank in the achievement of the Main Performance Indicators of PTN BLU throughout Indonesia. Regarding accreditation, increasing the number of superior accreditations, we mobilize the accreditation acceleration unit towards excellence which has been working intensely. We encourage all study programs that have the potential to excel to reaccreditation so that Unram can achieve the requirements for superior accreditation of universities so as to support preparations for World Class University. For budget performance, the realization of the budget in the first semester of the 2024 fiscal year Unram is in 3rd place with a percentage of 50.10%, “ explained Prof. Bambang.

In order to strengthen its position as a leading university in Indonesia that is ready to compete in the global arena, the Rector of Unram also conveyed Unram’s achievements at the national and international levels.

“Unram achieved the 19th rank of the Best State University in Indonesia based on the 2025 version of QS World University Rankings and achieved the 22nd rank based on Time Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024. Then we also received an informative predicate award, related to Budget Performance Accountability we received an Reasonable Without Exception (WTP) predicate so that the occurrence of fraud can be said to be minimal. In order to go towards PTN BH, we manage our budget and performance optimally so that we get a good predicate, ” said Prof. Bambang.

Furthermore, the Rector of Unram also explained Unram’s other achievements in various fields and emphasized that Unram was not satisfied with the achievements that had been achieved.

“Unram is one of the best PTNs among BLU PTNs throughout Indonesia because it opens doctor and subspecialist education programs and Doctoral Program. We also received 2 bronze medals and 1 silver medal in the 2023 Ristek Higher Education Award related to public relations performance. Unram was selected from 35 PTN BLUs to 6 to compete for the leadership award. Unram continues to make changes to improve, certainly not staying in place after the current achievements. Through this activity we hope to get input and direction that is useful for Unram’s future development.” he added.

Furthermore, Ratih Hapsari Kusumawardani, S.SI., M.A., M.T. as the Head of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury of NTB Province expresses her appreciation regarding Unram’s budget performance. “We congratulate you because Unram’s financial performance in various aspects shows improvement from the previous year. The Ministry of Finance has 8 indicators of budget implementation, the most points are adherence to planning and output achievements. Unram scored excellent from the quality of planning from a value of 100 achieved 94.66. Then obedience in registering then executing the expenditure is also good, the value is 100, the settlement of the bill is 98.86, the output achievement is 99.66. So the total indicator of budget implementation at Unram is 97.51, this is a good condition, “ she said.

In the meeting agenda, Ratih Hapsari also conveyed input so that excess cash owned by Unram could be utilized for short-term investment and asset utilization.

“At this time the cash condition according to the ratio is good but there is excess cash that should be utilized for short-term investment, then we will present asset utilization because based on our calculations asset management is still a bit lacking but other ratios have shown improvement,” she added.