Jakarta, May 15 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology is working with Saudi Arabia to encourage the advancement of higher education in Indonesia.

One of the programs they carried out was the construction of Buildings 1A and 1B at Jakarta State University (UNJ), which was made possible through the partnership between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia via the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD).

"We are not only inaugurating the building but also celebrating the global partnership for the advancement of education in Indonesia," Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto noted in a statement here on Thursday.

Yuliarto emphasized that the synergy between universities, the government, and in...