Higher education in Indonesia is of prime concern in the country. The growth of higher education has been pretty swift post-independence, since the endorsement of the very first Education Act in 1961. Also, Indonesian higher education has continuously experienced rapid expansion during the period from the 1970s to the 1990s, experiencing strong economic growth, fuelled by an oil-price boom and solid non-oil and gas export performance. Today, there are many Indonesian universities, colleges, medical schools, engineering schools, and law schools, that are highly respected and well-known in the education and academic communities, offering prestigious Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.