UPH Encourages Women’s Participation in STEM and Health-Related Fields Through Outreach, Research, and Community Collaboration

UPH encourages women to pursue study and careers in science, technology and health sciences, where women remain underrepresented, through university outreach and a national collaboration.

• University outreach: On 15–16 November 2024, the Faculty of Medicine’s student organisation CIMSA-UPH held SCORE Goes Public, a two-day research training open to current medical students internal and external of UPH. Participants learned journal appraisal, developing research ideas, case reports, systematic reviews and meta-analysis. 21 female participants attended. The training encourages young women towards medical research and specialist careers, where women remain under-represented: only 39% of Indonesian specialist doctors are women.¹
• National collaboration: On 28 May 2025, the Riady Foundation, of whom Dr Stephanie Riady, President of UPH, is Board of Trustee, launched STEM Indonesia Cerdas Initiative with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, and more than 500 pilot schools. The initiative, backed by a planned Rp500 billion investment, strengthens STEM learning through project- and AI-based learning, teacher training and inclusive learning materials. UPH is an academic partner, providing learning materials and lecturers for the outreach programmes, as well as scholarship pathways for female students in STEM programmes, widening access to STEM study for girls and young women.