| Abstract |
The government of Indonesia has set up a progressive target for geothermal development that is to increase the capacity of geothermal power plant to 9500 MW by 2025, almost eight times of today’s capacity. To meet manpower needs for supporting geothermal exploration and development in Indonesia, local universities have been expected to provide geothermal education programs and research facilities. To support this plan, starting in the middle of 2008 (Semester I/2008-2009) ITB, stands for Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology), offers a Master Degree Program in Geothermal Technology. Prior to 2008, geothermal courses have been given at ITB in four programs of study, that is Geology, Geophysics, Mining and Petroleum Engineering, with a number of courses varying in each program of study from one or two courses for undergraduates and two to four courses for graduate programs. The Master Degree Program in Geothermal Technology at ITB is a four semester intensive program. The main emphasis of the program is to provide the students with sufficient understanding on technical and practical aspects of geological, geochemical and geophysical exploration, reservoir engineering, drilling technique, well testing, production engineering, monitoring techniques, and utilization of Geothermal Energy, both for power generation and for direct uses. The program also emphasizes environmental matters as they relate to energy use, as well as sustainable energy development and economics. In the first year, 18 students attended this program. Further description about the program, teaching staff, facilities and selection of participants will be discussed in this paper. This paper will also discuss other capacity building activities at ITB. |