Universitas Sumatera Utara

Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) has produced more than 65,000 graduates that are employed in more than a thousand global companies with certified reputations. Strong alumni networks, industrial partnerships, and graduates that have gained international recognitions are ready to support in beginning your exciting life after graduation.

USU takes pride in producing graduates that are resilient, competitive, creative, and entrepreneurial. Notable alumnis include Yasonna Laoly, the incumbent Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia who has held the position since 2014, H.S Dillon, assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, and Commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights, executive director of Partnership Governance Reform in Indonesia and was also founder of The Foundation for International Human Rights Reporting Standards, Ahmad Taufan Damanik, a Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, while being Indonesia Representative of Child Rights to the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection on the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) during the period of 2013-2016.  Notable alumni have also become distinguished figures in the Supreme Court of Indonesia, in addition to heads of administrative divisions in North Sumatra such as governors, regents, mayors, and chairman of companies.

Career and employment consultation for students and alumni of USU is provided by the Pusat Jasa Ketenagakerjaan (PJK; Employment Service Center). PJK’s core function is to serve as information hub on job vacancies and job placement service. The center also holds job fairs, counselling programs, and job application workshops regularly with all information disseminated on social media, job advertisements on periodic student magazine, radio commercials, and major printed media. USU has partnered with more than 400 national, multinational companies and recorded an annual average of 8,000 job seekers. Career counselling services are done in collaboration with these companies and alumni associations, maximizing networking with potential employers to affirm an exciting post-graduation future for students and public alike.