Institutional development · Rankings, reputation and performance · Indonesia
IPB University wins second place for sustainability PR at PERHUMAS awards 2026
IPB University was ranked second in the Sustainability PR Program category of the PERHUMAS Public Relations Excellence Awards 2026, behind PT MRT Jakarta.
Why it matters: IPB University's communications director described the award as momentum to strengthen how the university conveys its programmes and their impact.
IPB University said it won second place in the Sustainability PR Program category of the PERHUMAS Public Relations Excellence Awards (PREA) 2026, presented on 17 October at the Indonesia Public Relations Convention (KHI) 2026 in Surakarta.
According to the university, PT MRT Jakarta took first place in the category and PT PLN (Persero) UIP3B Kalimantan came third, with judging held online on 29–30 September 2026.
Rector Alim Setiawan Slamet said the award would encourage the university to keep developing programmes that benefit communities, and expressed hope it would support collaboration and sustainable village development.
Alfian Helmi, IPB University's Director of Cooperation, Communication and Marketing, said the university wants its communication to describe the value, process and benefits of its programmes, not only their activities.
Editor’s view
Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor
For IPB University, the result places it second in the category behind PT MRT Jakarta, and its communications director has said he wants programme communication to cover value, process and benefits rather than activities alone.
