History & Value

Sejarah UPJ

Universitas Pembangunan Jaya (UPJ) is a private university located in Bintaro. It was extablished in 2011 and supported by the Pembangunan Jaya Business Group. Pembangunan Jaya Business Group itself runs 17 different business units in the areas of property, manufacture, management consultation, design consultation, construction, tourism/recreation, trading, mechanical and electrical engineering, and education. Pembagunan Jaya Business Group has more than 50 years of experience in business. It intends to devote parts of its main businesses to education in order to nurture Indonesian young generation to be qualified human resources.

This vision was materialized by the establishment of Yayasan Pendidikan Jaya on September 3, 1991. Yayasan Pendidikan Jaya has established several education institutions: Pembangunan Jaya School I in Bintaro which runs K-12 education since 1992, Global Jaya K-12 also in Bintaro since 1995, and the last one Pembangunan Jaya II in Surabaya which covers kindergarten and elementary levels since 2006.

Looking at its success in running K-12 education, Yayasan Pendidikan Jaya Foundation initiated a higher education institution named Universitas Pembangunan Jaya. Through a challenging journey, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya received a permit to run a higher education institution in 2011. Equiped with the motto of “Integrity, Professionalism, and Entrepreneurship”, UPJ is a study house where students can learn and develop themselves to be an integrous, professional, creative, innovative individuals who possess entrepreneurship skills and characters.

At the beginning, UPJ occupied a small temporary building in a commercial area in Bintaro. As the number of students and the needs to develop a better higher education institution grew, with the full support from the Pembangunan Jaya Business Group and Yayasan Pendidikan Jaya, UPJ started  using the new building which is also located in Bintaro Jaya area in June 2015. Pembangunan Jaya Business Group and Pendidikan Jaya Foundation showed their being serious in supporting UPJ by providing a 15 hectares area which is allocated for UPJ development for the next 20 years.

Identity

Pembangunan Jaya (PJ) is fully aware of its responsibility as a part of education institutions inIndonesia. With its experience of building human resources through elementary and middle school education, Pembangunan Jaya was confident to step further by operating a higher education institution which was to be named Universitas Pembangunan Jaya. The board of Yayasan Pendidikan Jaya felt that it was the time to start a unique type of higher education institution that can be built with its available resources. The higher education institution should be able to encourage the nation’s young generation to be intelligent, creative, and strong in upholding moral principles, responsible part of the society and able to create new business to give opportunity for others to work.

Universitas Pembangunan Jaya (UPJ) is a new higher education institution which was established by the Pembangunan Jaya Business Group with the operational liscence based on Ministerial Decree Number 38/D/2011 date February 25, 2011. Pembangunan Jaya Business Group itself runs 17 different business units in the areas of property, manufacture, management consultation, design consultation, construction, tourism/recreation, trading, mechanical and electrical engineering, and education.

Value

UPJ adopted Jaya values which have been derived from more than 50 years of ups and downs business experience of Pembangunan Jaya business group. These values have been tested through out time. They have become principles and guidance for all UPJ academic community members.

INTEGRITY

Upholding ethics and morals, being honest and consistent between thoughts, words and actions

COMMITMENT

Obey agreements, keep promises and can be relied on and can be trusted

JUSTICE

Fair and dignified towards all parties

INTRAPRENEURSHIP

Oriented to business growth that benefits the company, by always looking for and seeing business opportunities in order to increase "shareholder's value"

DORONGAN BERPRESTASI

Strong motivation based on a love of work which is reflected in high interest, intention, determination, enthusiasm and sincerity to achieve the best results