VISION FORMULATION OF LAMBUNG MANGKURAT UNIVERSITY

Lambung Mangkurat University’s Vision Formulation

The vision of Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) was established based on Rector’s Decree No. 1377/UN8/OT/2022 concerning the Determination of the Vision, Mission, Goals, and Targets of Lambung Mangkurat University. ULM’s vision and mission are also formulated based on the Academic Vision and Mission Paper, which explains the need for ULM to become a comprehensive and leading university in the field of science and technology, linking professionalism with science and technology, and becoming a center of excellence in the field of wetland environmental studies. Furthermore, ULM’s vision has been aligned with the visions of all ULM faculties.

Based on the stages of the Vision and Mission development mechanism formulated from the Academic Paper (SWOT analysis, Needs analysis (Market Signal), Target Achievement Indicators), as well as the Faculty and Study Program Visions agreed upon by internal and external parties, ULM’s vision is defined as “ULM as a center for the development of science, technology, arts, and culture, with an excellence  entrepreneurial character based on the wetland environment.”

The consistency of ULM’s vision with the vision of all existing faculties can be seen in the formulation below.

UNIVERSITY:
ULM ULM as a center for the development of science, technology, arts and culture, and has a superior entrepreneurial character based on a wetland environment.
FACULTY:
AGRICULTURE Superior and competitive in wetland agricultural science and technology.
FISHERIES AND MARINE SCIENCES To create FPK UNLAM as a leading and highly competitive institution in producing professional human resources and developing wetland science and technology.
FORESTRY To make the Faculty of Forestry a superior and competitive forestry higher education institution in the field of tropical rainforest management.
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION SCIENCES To become a leading Faculty of Teacher Training and Education in the development of science and technology based on local wisdom, wetlands, entrepreneurial character, and global competitiveness.
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES To create a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences that is superior and globally competitive, based on science, technology, humanities, and entrepreneurship based on a wetland environment.
ENGINEERING To become a leading and competitive faculty in engineering and its application in the field of wetland environment.
DENTISTRY To become a leading and competitive Faculty of Dentistry that produces dental graduates who are reliable in science, excel in the field of research on natural dental materials from wetland environments and create professional dentists.
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS To create leading and highly competitive Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Lambung Mangkurat University by 2025.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS To become a leading and internationally competitive Faculty of Economics and Business based on the potential of the wetland environment in terms of economics and business
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS SCIENCE Creating a Leading and Competitive Faculty of Social and Political Sciences in the Field of Social and Political Sciences in Eastern Indonesia in 2025.
LAW Creating a leading and competitive law faculty at the national level in the field of legal science based on the values ​​of wetland environmental management.
POSTGRADUATE To become a leading graduate in the field of wetland environment by 2027

The ULM Vision statement above contains three keywords: 1) Center for the Development of Science, Technology, Arts, and Culture, 2) Entrepreneurial Character, and 3) Excellence Based on Wetland Environments.

These keywords are operationally broken down to ensure that the Mission, Goals, Targets, and Achievement Strategies are aligned with ULM’s vision. These three keywords are outlined as follows:

1. Center for the Development of Science, Technology, Arts, and Culture
ULM is committed to being an institution that plays an active role in the development of science, technology, arts, and culture through research, innovation, and quality education. This includes enhancing academic capacity and contributing to society in various scientific fields.

– Science: ULM serves as an institution that produces and disseminates relevant and beneficial knowledge for society.
– ⁠Technology: ULM supports technological advancement by conducting research, innovation, and implementing technologies that benefit various sectors of life.
– ⁠Arts and Culture: In addition to science and technology, ULM also instills artistic and cultural values ​​in education and campus life to preserve and develop regional and national cultural heritage.

2. Embracing Excellence Entrepreneurial Character
ULM aims to produce graduates who are not only knowledgeable but also possess an entrepreneurial spirit. This entrepreneurial character encompasses creativity, innovation, competitiveness, and the ability to create sustainable business opportunities.

3. Wetland-Based Environment
ULM promotes excellence based on the wetland environment, which is a characteristic of South Kalimantan. This environmental focus encompasses research, conservation, and the sustainable use of wetlands for community welfare and regional development.

This vision reflects ULM’s development direction as a university that excels not only in academics but also plays a strategic role in regional development based on the unique wetland environment.

Lambung Mangkurat University Mission Statement

ULM’s Mission Statement is:

1. To organize an accountable, high-quality, and relevant Tridharma of higher education based on the principles of good governance by providing a humanistic, innovative, and proactive learning environment for the development of science, technology, arts, and culture;
2. To create an independent and synergistic ULM environment in the management of financial, human, and institutional resources;
3. To produce graduates who are adaptive, harmonious, intelligent, and possess the character of wasaka (waja to kaputing) to meet the human resource needs of the business and industrial world;
4. To implement and disseminate the development of science, technology, arts, and culture in a dynamic and competitive manner based on excellence in the wetland environment;
5. To establish national and international cooperation in the fields of science, technology, and culture based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit.

In line with the established vision and the scope of ULM’s main duties and functions, ULM’s Mission encompasses the Tridharma of Higher Education, namely education, teaching, research, and community service. ULM’s mission is also in line with the mission within the faculty. The consistency of ULM’s mission with the mission of all faculties within ULM can be seen in the following formulation:

UNIVERSITY:
ULM
  1. Organizing a Tridharma of Higher Education that is just, equitable, quality, and relevant to the development of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY which focuses on the excellent program of wetlands environment
  2. Carrying out strengthening of university governance based on good governance (governance), developing institutions, improving the quality of human resources and infrastructure.
  3. Carrying out character-based education waja kaputing or wasaka (staying energetic and strong like steel from beginning to end) and internationally competitive.
  4. Carrying out collaborations with various domestic and foreign universities, national and regional governments, business and industry, and other stakeholders at national and international levels.
FACULTY:
AGRICULTURE
  1. Providing high-quality and professional higher education with the core competency of wetland agricultural science and technology research, thus producing excellence and competitive graduates;
    Developing research and community service for wetland agricultural science and technology innovations that are location-specific, appropriate, environmentally friendly, and based on local wisdom;
  2. Developing and implementing wetland agricultural innovations that are location-specific, appropriate, environmentally friendly, and based on local wisdom, aligned with development needs and the principles of sustainable natural resource utilization;
  3. Developing faculty institutions with a management system that is fair, orderly, timely, productive, efficient, aspirational, transparent, accountable, and authoritative.
FISHERIES AND MARINE SCIENCES
  1. Establish a conducive academic atmosphere for the teaching and learning process with an effective and efficient curriculum and methods to produce quality, skilled, professional graduates with independent personalities.
  2. Develop the potential of all teaching staff, both individually and in groups, to produce high-quality academic and wetland science and technology works at the national and international levels.
  3. Enhance the role and benefits of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences in producing science and technology products and appropriate technology for industry and the surrounding community.
  4. Establish institutional collaborations with various parties at the regional, national, and international levels.
FORESTRY
  1. Organizing high-quality and relevant Higher Education Tri Dharma activities to produce managers, young researchers, educators, extension workers, and entrepreneurs in the forestry sector.
    Developing the “Waja Sampai Kaputing” character in students to become reliable graduates in tropical rainforest management.
  2. Improving the quality and quantity of collaborations with third parties (local governments, industry, and communities) to produce reliable graduates in tropical rainforest management.
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION SCIENCES
  1. To implement the Tri Dharma of Higher Education in the field of teaching and education, based on the principles of Good University Governance (GUG), and to proactively promote the development of science and technology by providing an innovative and humanistic learning environment.
  2. To create an independent and synergistic Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) at ULM, capable of synergy in the management of human resources, finances, and faculty institutions.
  3. To produce graduates who are adaptive, intelligent, entrepreneurial, and globally competitive.
  4. To implement and disseminate the development of education, learning, research, and community service based on the local wisdom of wetland environments.
  5. To expand high-quality collaborative networks with national and international partners in the Tri Dharma of Higher Education and to develop information systems in an equitable and mutually beneficial manner.
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
  1. To provide medical and health science education based on wetland environments to produce excellenxe, competent, professional, and character-driven graduates to support health development.
  2. To conduct and disseminate wetland-based research in medicine and health sciences that contributes to the development of superior, competitive, and impactful science, technology, humanities, and entrepreneurship.
  3. To conduct community service based on research results and to disseminate science and technology in medicine and health sciences to improve the quality of life of the community.
  4. To strengthen high-quality and relevant faculty governance based on the principles of good faculty governance.
  5. To establish national and international collaborations in the fields of science and technology in medicine and health sciences.
ENGINEERING
  1. To provide quality education relevant to development needs, focusing on flagship wetland environmental programs.
  2. To establish strong and distinctive faculty governance based on the principles of service, equity, and good practices, through the development of human resources and infrastructure.
  3. To conduct research and community service to support the teaching and development of Science and Technology.To establish a strong, transparent, and accountable faculty organization.
  4. To collaborate with alumni, universities, the government, the business world, and other stakeholders.
DENTISTRY
  1. Organizing and strengthening the implementation of competency-based dental education and student-centered learning.
  2. Conducting research that produces dental science and technology that is aligned with the university’s excellence, the priority needs of local and regional communities, and national development.
  3. Organizing community service and disseminating dental science and technology to improve the quality of life.
  4. Organizing education, research, and community service based on dental health issues with an understanding of wetland diseases.
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
  1. Implementing the Tri Dharma of Higher Education that is fair, equal, high-quality, and relevant to developments in mathematics, science, pharmacy, and computer science, oriented towards the Vision of Lambung Mangkurat University.
  2. Strengthening institutional governance, human resource quality, and infrastructure based on good university governance.
  3. Organizing student activities to produce graduates who meet the standards of the Indonesian National Qualifications Framework (KKNI), are highly competitive, and possess a character that is both fair and impartial.
  4. Forming collaborations with various institutions and other stakeholders at the local, national, and international levels.
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
  1. To provide higher education that produces independent, internationally competitive graduates in Economics, Management, Accounting, and Taxation, possessing integrity to meet the human resource needs of the business sector, entrepreneurs, and public organizations.
  2. To conduct research and its application in Economics, Management, Accounting, and Taxation that contributes to economic and business policies for development, including flagship programs in the wetlands sector at the national and international levels.
  3. To collaborate with various universities, central and regional governments, the business and industrial sectors, and other stakeholders at the national and international levels.
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
  1. Providing quality education in the fields of Social and Political Sciences to produce graduates with the character of Waja Sampai Kaputing (WASAKA) and capable of competing at the national level.
  2. Developing superior research and community service in the fields of Social and Political Sciences to support education and the advancement of science and technology for the academic community, government, industry, and communities in wetland environments.
  3. Implementing professional and accountable faculty governance and improving infrastructure.
LAW
  1. To implement the Tri Dharma of Higher Education (Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi) competently and sustainably in the development of legal science based on the values ​​of wetland environmental management.
  2. To strengthen the institutional and governance systems of the Faculty of Law through technology and information.
  3. To collaborate with local and central government agencies, the private sector, legal professional institutions, and domestic and international universities.
POSTGRADUATE
  1. Providing postgraduate education to produce graduates who are competitive and able to find solutions to problems in wetland environmental management.
  2. Developing science and technology in the field of wetland environmental management.
  3. Disseminating science, technology, and information related to wetland environmental management.
  4. Developing good postgraduate program governance in terms of institutions, human resource quality, and facilities and infrastructure.
  5. Forming collaboration between national and international postgraduate programs, as well as with the government and the business/industry sector.

ULM’s mission aligns with the implementation of the Tridharma of Higher Education, namely efforts to improve the quality of educational services, research, and community service by fostering togetherness among all academics and implementing participatory, transparent, and accountable management. This is also reflected in ULM’s efforts to increase transparency and accountability in institutional management as an organization based on the principles of good university governance.

Lambung Mangkurat University’s Objectives

The following is a statement of ULM’s objectives, in accordance with the duties and functions of implementing the Tridharma of Higher Education:

  1. The realization of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education that is just, equal, high-quality, and relevant to the development of science and technology, focusing on flagship wetland management programs;
  2. The realization of strengthened university governance based on good governance, institutional development, and improving the quality of human resources and infrastructure;
  3. Producing graduates with character from the highest to the lowest (wasaka) and competencies capable of competing internationally;
  4. ⁠The realization of collaboration with various domestic and international universities, central and regional governments, the business and industrial world, and other stakeholders at the national and international levels.
  5. Based on the statement of objectives established by ULM, the objectives of each faculty are also aligned, aligned, and reinforce those objectives, particularly regarding the continuity of the scope of achievements and the relevance of the resulting output standards.

Stages of Achieving the Goals of Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM)

Actualizing ULM’s vision requires a series of milestones to ensure each set goal can be achieved realistically and measurably. Therefore, the achievement of ULM’s vision will be realized through four milestones:

Stage 1: Integrative Maturity (2011–2014)
– Achieving a healthy organizational governance pattern.
– ⁠Strengthening the implementation of education, research, and community service (PPM).

Stage 2: Transformation (2015–2019)
– Improving human resources in the wetlands environment sector.
– ⁠Improving facilities and infrastructure that support wetland excellence.
– ⁠Increasing the number of research, PPM, and collaborations in the wetlands sector.
– ⁠Producing graduates with character and international competitiveness.

Stage 3: Relevance and Productivity (2020–2024)
– Improving the quality of education and learning based on Outcome-Based Education (OBE).
– ⁠Increase the quantity and quality of research based on the environmental excellence of wetlands.
– ⁠Improve university governance based on good university governance.
– ⁠Strengthen partnerships with various national and international parties.

Phase 4: World Wetland Development Center (2025–2045)
– Increase the number of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and patents.
– ⁠Increase international scientific publications.
– ⁠Increase international scientific meetings.
– ⁠Strengthen international cooperation in the field of wetlands.
– ⁠Make ULM a center for wetland studies and research in the Asia-Pacific region.

ULM Goals and Achievement Strategies

To achieve these goals, ULM has established goals and strategies based on the university’s mission and objectives, as follows:

  1. In line with Mission 1 & Goal 1
    Goals:
    – Achieving healthy and professional organizational governance.
    – Strengthening the implementation of education, research, and Community Service Programs (PPM).
  2.  In line with Mission 2 & Goal 2
    Goals:
    – Improving the quality of human resources in the wetlands environment sector.
    – ⁠Improving facilities and infrastructure to support wetland excellence.
    – ⁠Increasing the number of research, PPM, and collaborations in the wetlands sector.
    – ⁠Improving the quality of graduates with character and international competitiveness.
  3. In line with Mission 3 & Goal 3
    Goals:
    – Increasing the number of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and patents.
    – Increasing international scientific publications.
    – Increasing the number of international scientific meetings.
    – Explaining international cooperation in the wetlands sector.
    – Becoming a center for wetland studies at the Asia-Pacific level.
  4. In line with Mission 4 & Goal 4
    Target:
    – To become a global center for wetland research and development.