Politeknik Negeri Malang

State Polytechnic of Malang is a vocational education institution in Malang, East Java. Malang is the second largest city in East Java. This cool city is a great place for studying because Malang is known as a quiet town. Moreover, Malang has some quality educational institutions that provide a wide selection of courses. State Polytechnic of Malang, popularly known as Polinema (Politeknik Negeri Malang), is one of the educational institutions that offer a variety of courses both in the field of engineering and business. Currently, Polinema has 6 departments and 17 study programs, both Diploma 3 and Diploma 4 programs. The education system in Polinema focuses on preparing its graduates with the skills and competencies required by industry. The education system in Polinema consists of theoretical and practical content courses, each of which constructs respectively 40% and 60% of the coverage, delivered in the competency-based curriculum. It applies 5 + 1 curriculum structure for students of Diploma 3, and 7 +1 for those of Diploma 4. By 5 + 1 curriculum structure it means that the students receive 5-semester courses in classrooms and laboratories/workshops and 1 semester full for doing apprenticeship and completing the obligatory final report. By 7 + 1 curriculum structure it means that the students receive 7-semester courses in classrooms and laboratories/workshops and 1 semester for doing apprenticeship and completing the thesis. The students of Polinema are directed to do more practices in laboratories and provided workshops. Moreover, Polinema organizes education in small classes. 1 class consists of maximum 30 students. Learning experience in Polinema emphasizes on the development of soft skills such as honesty, leadership, discipline, teamwork and smart work ethics. Besides getting hard skills in the form of academic skills, students also get character building education which is essential for their future employment.