The Role of Universities in Engineer Certification as Quality Assurance of Engineers Professionalism

Engineers professionalism in Indonesia is regulated in the Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 11 of 2014 on engineering. Act 11, 2014 aimed at preventing errors and omissions engineering practices that could harm the public, securing investment and development budgets, developing engineering and technological innovation as well as equalizing the qualifications and competence of Indonesian engineers with engineers from other countries. So it will advance the engineering profession in order to spearhead the development and global competitiveness for the progress and welfare of the Indonesian people. The development of innovation and value creation is based on a mechanism of cooperation universities, industry and government (triple helix). This study aims to examine the role of universities in the engineering profession, particularly in engineer certification, which certification as a means of quality assurance for the professionalism of an engineer. Regulation of engineer certification refers to Act 11, 2014. The study was conducted refers to a methodology which covers the main activities of the literature study, data collection, data analysis, and formulation of conclusions. Results of the study show that, universities acts forming the basis of competence engineer by education degree program. Also plays a role in the engineering profession program, which is a program of universities after the degree program to form the engineering competence.