10 Years of Institut Teknologi Bandung Geothermal Engineering Master’s Program

Abstract

ITB Geothermal Master’s Degree Program has been established since 2008, which was pioneering the geothermal education and training in Indonesia. It has been ten years since geothermal master’s program started. The purpose of establishing the geothermal master’s program is to fulfill the nation needed of human resources to develop high potency of geothermal energy in Indonesia. The Geothermal Master’s Program is designed for four semesters with the objective to provide the students with sufficient understanding on technical and practical aspects of geological, geochemical and geophysical exploration, reservoir engineering, drilling, well testing, production engineering, utilization of geothermal energy, both for power generation and for direct uses, including reservoir management, project management and economic. History about ten years of the geothermal master’s program is presented by describing the activities and the outputs. A total of 172 students have graduated for ten years, then in July 2019 graduates become 207. ITB Geothermal Master’s Program has several achievements such as “Geothermal Train the Trainers” community service activities, collaborative research with several domestic and overseas both of geothermal universities and industries, US-Indonesia Geothermal Education Capacity Building Program and the annual scientific meeting event, namely “ITB International Geothermal Workshop” since 2012.