Tracer Study 2025: 76.2% of FTM Alumni Respondents Are Employed or Self-Employed

The Faculty of Manufacturing Technology (FTM), Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, has released the results of its Tracer Study of 2025 graduates. Of the 63 alumni who completed the questionnaire, 76.2% are employed or self-employed: 73% are in employment and 3.2% run their own business, while 19% are still looking for work and 4.8% are not yet able to work.

Respondents came from three study programs: 35 graduates of the Master of Technology Management, 18 of Industrial Engineering and 10 of Mechanical Engineering. Since more than half of the respondents are master's graduates, this mix should be kept in mind when reading the results.

Workplaces and field relevance

Among the 48 respondents who are employed or self-employed, 52.1% work for national-level or incorporated organisations and 45.8% for multinational or international companies. Only 2.1% work at a local level, which means 97.9% work at a national or international level.

Half of them work for private companies, 29.2% for state- or region-owned enterprises, 10.4% for government agencies and 6.3% for the armed forces or police. West Java (37.5%) and Jakarta (35.4%) are the two provinces where most of these alumni work.

A total of 70.8% of working respondents say their job is closely or very closely related to their field of study; 18.8% describe the relationship as fair, and 10.4% as weak or non-existent.

Year-on-year picture

The 2023 edition, compiled from the annual report with 186 respondents, recorded 72.6% of graduates with high field relevance and 86.6% working at a national or international level. The 2024 edition reached only 13 respondents, 38.5% of whom were employed or self-employed. Because the number and mix of respondents differ, comparisons between years are best read as a general picture.

Skills to strengthen

Alumni also rated the skills they had at graduation and the skills their jobs require, on a scale of 1 to 5. In five of the seven areas, including ethics, teamwork and information technology, skills at graduation already match or exceed what the job requires. The largest gap is in English: jobs require 4.43, while graduates rated their English at graduation at 4.08. Field expertise is also slightly below what is required (4.65 against 4.75).

The full results, including breakdowns by study program, income and job-search channels, are available on the 2025 Graduate Tracer Study page. Trends over the years are shown on the FTM Tracer Study page.