SDG 10.4 Proportion of Students with Disabilities

Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia

Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII) admits students without distinction of disability, provides an accessible campus and supports students with disabilities through a dedicated unit. In 2025 it had 444 students, of whom 7 reported a disability, or 4.52% per cent (Table 1).

Table 1. Students with disabilities, 2025.

1. Number of Students

UIII had 444 active students in 2025, all in full-time postgraduate programmes: 303 master’s and 141 doctoral students. UIII offers no bachelor’s programmes.

2. Number of Students with Disability

Definition. A student with a disability is a respondent who answered “Yes” to the question: “Do you have a long-term condition or disability that makes it difficult for you to fully participate in your studies or campus life?” “Long-term” means six months or more, following the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Therefore, Students who report a lot of difficulty, or cannot do at all, at least one of the functions in the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning (seeing, hearing, walking, remembering or concentrating, self-care, communicating), or who are registered with the Disability Services Unit

Table 2. Students with disabilities by programme level and type of difficulty, 2025.

Data source. UIII Student Diversity and Inclusion Survey (online, voluntary, with informed consent). Duplicate submissions were removed using student ID, keeping the most recent response. Results are reported in aggregate, and groups of fewer than five students are not reported separately, to prevent the identification of individuals.

In the UIII Student Diversity and Inclusion Survey, 8.3% of respondents, 7 reported a long-term condition or disability that makes it difficult to participate fully in their studies or campus life. Mental or psychosocial conditions were the most frequently reported, accounting for five of the seven students. Counselling and psychosocial support was also the most requested support. UIII collects this information so that it can identify students who may need support and plan services accordingly, including through its Counseling and Mental Health Services unit (cmhs.uiii.ac.id). Admissions are non-discriminatory with respect to disability (Rector’s Regulation No. 17 of 2021, Art. 3), and an affirmative LPDP scholarship scheme opens places for persons with disabilities.

3. Access to Admission

Rector’s Regulation No. 17 of 2021 on New Student Admissions requires admission to be objective, transparent, accountable and non-discriminatory, with no distinction of religion, ethnicity, race, group, nationality, disability or minority status (Art. 3). UIII’s admissions guidance for 2025/2026 explicitly encourages applicants with disabilities to apply, and an affirmative scholarship scheme of the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) opens places at UIII for underprivileged applicants, persons with disabilities and Papuan students. Selection, consisting of administrative screening, desk review and an online interview, can be completed remotely.

4. Support for Students with Disabilities

4.1. Policy and responsible units

Policy: Rector’s Circular No. 1c/Rek/UIII/SE.01/1/2025 on Strengthening an Inclusive and Anti-Discriminatory Campus (https://jdih.uiii.ac.id/detail/474)

Unit: Technical Implementation Unit for Disability Services, established by Rector’s Decree No. 40A/R/2025; Counseling and Mental Health Services (https://cmhs.uiii.ac.id/)

Rector’s Circular No. 1c/Rek/UIII/SE.01/1/2025 commits UIII to equal opportunities, access and services regardless of physical ability, guarantees the rights of people with disabilities, requires all work units to develop disability-friendly programmes and services, requires disability-friendly facilities in all faculty buildings and work units, and names the Disability Services Unit as a unit that receives complaints, provides assistance and follows up cases. The Disability Services Unit, established by Rector’s Decree No. 40A/R/2025, and the Counseling and Mental Health Services provide mentoring, targeted support and reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities.

4.2. Accessible campus

All completed campus buildings follow universal accessibility principles. Table 3 lists the facilities.

Table 3. Accessibility facilities on the UIII campus.

4.3. Services provided in 2025

Table 4. Services for students with disabilities, 2025.

SDGs Relevance: Quality Education (4.5, 4.a), Reduced Inequalities (10.2), Sustainable Cities and Communities (11.7)

5. Method

Approach. The instrument is quantitative and descriptive, with a cross-sectional design, and a small qualitative element from the “Other” (free-text) fields. It is not a full mixed-methods design. There are no Likert scales and no stand-alone open-ended questions.

Instrument structure (in form order):

Operational definitions built into the form. A student with a disability is a respondent who reports a long-term condition or disability that makes it difficult to participate fully in studies or campus life. Disability follows the UN CRPD and WHO ICF, with “long-term” meaning six months or more. This aligns with the definition of Metric 10.4.

Data collection. The survey was administered online through a web-based form distributed to students. Participation was voluntary and required informed consent. Responses were collected in a single round.

Respondents and data cleaning. Responses were matched using student ID, and where a student submitted the form more than once, only the most recent submission was kept.

Indicator definitions and calculation.

1. Students with disabilities: respondents who answered “Yes” to the question “Do you have a long-term condition or disability that makes it difficult for you to fully participate in your studies or campus life?”

2. Proportion of students with disabilities: the number of such respondents divided by the total number of respondents, expressed as a percentage.

3. Type of condition and support needed: multiple-choice questions, so percentages may exceed 100. Free-text answers were assigned to the closest category.

Analysis. Data were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages.

Confidentiality and reporting. Responses are treated as confidential and reported only in aggregate form.

References

[1] Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. Rector’s Regulation No. 17 of 2021 on New Student Admissions.

[2] Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. Rector’s Circular No. 1c/Rek/UIII/SE.01/1/2025 on Strengthening an Inclusive and Anti-Discriminatory Campus. 2 January 2025. https://jdih.uiii.ac.id/detail/474

[3] Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. Rector’s Decree No. 40A/R/2025 on the Technical Implementation Unit for Disability Services.

[4] Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. Laporan UI GreenMetric UIII Tahun 2026: Setting and Infrastructure (facilities for persons with disabilities).

[5] Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. Laporan Submisi QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2027: disability support office, access schemes and reasonable adjustment policy.

[6] Washington Group on Disability Statistics. The Washington Group Short Set on Functioning (WG-SS).