Telkom University is one of the biggest and most modern private universities in Indonesia. Fast growth of ICT  (Information and Communication Technology) combined with the cultural diversity of Indonesia leads Telkom University to focus on ICT-based education and research in the field of engineering, business, and creative industry. Telkom University was launched on 14th August 2013, a merger of four higher education institutions belonging to PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, which is the biggest telecommunication corporate owned by Indonesia Government. The grand launching was held on 31st August 2013 by the Minister of Education and Culture – Professor Mohammad Nuh, the CEO of Telkom Group – Dr. Arief Yahya, and the Chairman of Telkom Foundation – Johni Girsang, M.Sc.

By the spirit of “Creating the Future”, within 4 years after establishment, Telkom University has turned up to be a world-class university consisting of 7 faculties (schools) and 31 programs (departments) for undergraduate and graduate studies as follows:
1. School of Electrical Engineering
2. School of Industrial Engineering
3. School of Computing
4. School of Economic Business
5. School of Communication and Business
6. School of Creative Industry
7. School of Applied Sciences

The student body was grown very rapidly from 17,000 to 30,000 including international students from 28 countries such as Timor Leste, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, The Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Jordania, Sudan, etc. Thus, international classes are also offered for students, where the content is delivered in English. The program provides international short term visit, exchange, or double degree with partner university including Wosoong University (Korea), Kumoh Institute of Technology (Korea), Kumamoto University (Japan), Saxion University (the Netherlands), UUM Malaysia, UTHM Malaysia etc. Wide areas of research are covered by 32 research groups, and 120 laboratories. Available Research Centers at Telkom University include

• ICT Business and Public Policy
• Digital Business Ecosystem
• Advanced Wireless Technology
• Center for Internet of Things

An Innovation Center, namely Bandung Techno Park (BTP) actively involves developing and mentoring start up company, business incubation, and providing technology solution in ICT areas. Since December 2016, Telkom University has been accredited “A”, meaning an outstanding institution, assessed by BAN PT (the National Accreditation Board of Higher Education Indonesia). This outstanding accreditation was granted to 48 universities only, among 4500 higher education institutions in Indonesia. Beside recognized as the best institution, recently, recently, almost 70% of all programs offered by the university have achieved the highest grade of accreditation by BAN PT.
In addition, Telkom University received 5 stars from QS Star in 2017, in categories of teaching, employability, innovation, and inclusiveness. Other International accreditation boards such as IABEE and ABEST 21 (Japan) also recognized some departments, while ASIC (Accreditation Services of International Colleges – UK) is assessing 6 programs in the three faculties.

History

1990 – establishment of STT Telkom Bandung, then changed to Institute of Technology Telkom, in 2008
1990 – establishment of MBA Bandung, then changed to Institute of Management Telkom, in 2008
2007 – establishment of Polytechnic Telkom Bandung
2010 – managing STISI Telkom
2013 – merging of four institutions to form Telkom University

Master of Management of Telkom University (MM Tel-U) belongs to the master program under the School of Economics and Business of Telkom University (Tel-U) that awards a master’s degree to the students who normally complete their program in two year period. Students are directed to build their basic and functional management skill, followed by a certain elective skills representing their interests in a certain field, to meet their professional aspiration. MM Tel-U has been accredited by a national accreditation institution namely the National Accreditation Board of Higher Education (Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi, BAN PT) and an international accreditation institution namely the Alliance of Business Education and Scholarship for Tomorrow (ABEST21) in order to ensure qualified educational management system.

Accreditations

Magister Management (MM) is a sound organ of Telkom University which operates under the Faculty of Economics and Business. MM has met all quality standards for national and international quality education services and thereby was granted a status accreditation A by ABEST21 and Ban-PT. The teams periodically review the ongoing ability and improvements of the institution to meet the national and international standards.

ABEST21 is an international accrediting board which was founded in 2005 to develop a system that enhances the quality of management education at the business schools. Its mission is to advance the management education in business schools on a global basis by encouraging mutually beneficial collaboration among the member. The faculty of Economic and Business Telkom University was Accredited A by ABEST21 in 2016.

The National Accrediting Board of Higher Education (BAN-PT) is the only nationally recognized accrediting agency in Indonesia by the Ministry of National Education Republic of Indonesia. This board oversees the quality and efficiency of Indonesian higher institutions of education and Telkom University has met the required standards, thus BAN-PT granted the accreditation status A since the year 2017 as follows S2 Magister Management Accreditation A 2213/SK BAN-PT/Akred/M/VII/2017 Ban-PT Decree from 04/07/ 2017.

Accreditations help ensure that our MM program has satisfied rigorous academic standards set nationally and internationally by the governing bodies. The above mentioned accreditations are essential for MM because students invest a lot in their college education, so there is need to make sure of them obtaining it in the highest or best quality. The above mentioned accreditations highly support that MM is a reliable educational institution and we are here to give you the best knowledge that meets national and international standards.

MM Telkom University is seeking comments from the public about the institution in its preparations for periodic evaluations by the local and international boards.

In reference to the decision of National Accreditation Board of Higher Education (Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi, BAN PT) possessing legal operational license from the Ministry of Education and Culture and other Ministries Number 2213/SK/BAN-PT/Akred/M/VII/2017 dated on July 2017 on the Status, Score, Rank and Validity period of the Master Program at Telkom University , Rank of A which is valid until July 4, 2022. It is available at http://ban-pt.kemdiknas.go.id/direktori.php. i.e. by inputting Area of 04, Level of S2 (master degree), The Name of Higher Education Institution of Universitas Telkom and the Study Program of Management.