Basically, MBKM (Merdeka Belajar-Kampus Merdeka) is a program from the Ministry of Education, that allow students to gain experience outside the university but still have academic credits for the activities, with some conditions. This document only gives brief description about the schemes. For more detail, students should check MBKM Guideline document. There are several schemes that can be taken by students. Some of them are briefly described below.
WRAP Entrepreneurship BTP
Students who take the entrepreneurship path with BTP will take courses provided by BTP for a maximum of 20 credits. The list of courses provided by BTP is as follows:
A. Odd semesters:
• UEI4A4 Startup Development
• UEI4B4 Idea validation
• UEI4C4 Prototype Development
• UEI4G4 Business Finance
B. Even semesters:
• UEI4D4 Product Development
• UEI4E4 Marketing Strategy
• UEI4F4 Business Model Validation
The number of credits for all of the courses above is 4. For students taking this route, the courses to be taken are determined by the BTP with the approval of the Head of Study Program. These courses will replace the Practical Work, Elective Free Courses 1, 2, and 3. On top of that, part of the project can be taken for proposal and final project.
WRAP Internship BPULPS
Entrepreneurship weight is 18 credits which are divided into two activities, namely internship 1 and 2. In internship 1 students are required to take three courses provided by BPULPS, that are:
a. UII4A3 WRAP Internship 1 – Communication skills (3)
b. UII4B3 WRAP Internship 1 – Team performance (3)
c. UII4C3 WRAP Internship 1 – Industrial project (3)
In internship 2 students are required to take the following three courses:
a. UII4D3 WRAP Internship 2 - Communication skills (3)
b. UII4E3 WRAP Internship 2 – Team Performance (3)
c. UII4F3 WRAP Internship 2 – Industry final project (3)
Students may only take some of the courses provided above, depends on the MBKM activity durations. Students can get conversion to 3 credits for each 1.5-month activity duration.
WRAP Researchship
WRAP research is offered by groups of lecturers from each expertise group (KK) coordinated by the study program. Topics, activities, and research targets are determined by the relevant KK. WRAP research scores will go into the following courses:
The topic of intelligent systems research
CIJ4B3 - Identification of Problems in Intelligent Systems
CII413 - Solution Design in Intelligent Systems
CII423 - Implementation of Solutions in Intelligent Systems
CII433 - Analysis of Solutions in Intelligent Systems
Topics of software engineering research
CIJ4H3 - Identification of Problems in Software
CIJ4I3 - Designing Solutions in Software
CIJ4J3 - Implementation of Solutions in Software
CIJ4K3 - Analysis of Solutions in Software
Research topics on cyber-physical systems
CIJ4D3 - Identification of Problems in Cyber Physical System
CIJ4E3 - Solution Design in Cyber Physical System
CIJ4F3 - Solution Implementation in Cyber Physical System
CIJ4G3 - Solution Analysis in Cyber Physical System
Data science research topics
CIJ4C3 - Identifying Problems in Data Science
CII453 - Designing Solutions in Data Science
CII463 - Implementing Solutions in Data Science
CII473 - Analysis of Solutions in Data Science
If you are interested in taking MBKM activities, try to search MBKM activities that are offered at https://bpa.telkomuniversity.ac.id/ .
You also can take MBKM activities offered by the government at https://kampusmerdeka.kemdikbud.go.id/ .
Other than the two sources, the university also have some MBKM activities you can take:
WRAP Researchship
WRAP Entrepreneurship BTP
The two activities above can be taken only by 7th semester students, i.e., students who are going to take Proposal Writing class.
In WRAP Researchship, basically you will do research project together with lecturer(s). By the end of the 8th semester, you have to publish a journal/conference paper. The research project will also be your final project, so you are going to gain research experience while finishing your final project.
In WRAP Entrepreneurship BTP, you will form a team to join incubation program, with aim to build a startup. So to join this program, you will need an idea of some products to develop and later be commercialized. The research to develop the product can be used for your final project as well.
If you already have a program you want to join, you can register to the program and follow the process (each program may have its own procedure).
In general, you can convert every 1.5 months of internship to 1 Elective Course (or Practical Work Course), up to 6 months of internship activity, in one semester. To be noted, the internship must be done in a company listed in BPA's website: https://bpa.telkomuniversity.ac.id/
You also can convert every 1,5 months of independent study (from MSIB, for example) to 1 Elective Course, up to 4 Elective Course in a semester.
To convert an activity, you have to take credits of courses you want to claim. To take the credits, you have to submit validation request to the Department. If the Department approved your request, the credits will be injected to your study plan on that semester. By the end of the semester, you have to do a presentation to explain your activity, and it will decide your grade for the courses you claim. Please be sure to take courses that are related to your activity. Take a wrong course may lead to an E for your grade.