The Indonesian government, through MoRTHE and with assistance of Islamic Development Bank, anticipates the weakness and opportunity from national priority agenda in comply with sustainable development goals. It is required to strengthen economic competitiveness based on the excellence of natural resources and quality of human resources and science and technology. Special attention and effort to improve quality of higher education towards excellence in four sel ected universities i.e. Universitas Jember, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Mulawarman and Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa with integration and collaboration of education and training, as well as research and innovation activities

Islamic Development Bank, Ministry of National Planning/National Planning Agency (Bappenas), Universitas Jember, Universitas Negeri Malang, Universitas Mulawarman, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa