Some educational Institutions (polytechnic) were found by considering the lack of intermediate technicians required by the industry and the success of Swiss dan ITB’s Mechanical Polytechnicestablished in 1976. Since 1982 six polytechnics had been operated respectively in USU Medan, UNSRI Palembang, UI Jakarta, ITB Bandung, UNDIP Semarang, and UNIBRAW Malang with the assistance of The World Bank in accordance with the decree letter of The General Directorate of High Education No. 0303/Dj/Kep/1979.
