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End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
Driven by our recognition that meeting basic needs is essential to academic success, Universitas Indonesia provides healthy, affordable meals and beverages across campus through its canteens. The canteens are managed by Universitas Indonesia’s Safety Office, which requires all vendors to follow three core principles in food service: nutritious, hygienic, and affordable. These requirements are set out in Universitas Indonesia’s Rector’s Regulation No. 57 of 2017 on the Implementation of OSH and Environmental Standards for Canteens within the Universitas Indonesia Area.
Providing affordable food is a central element of Universitas Indonesia’s strategy to reduce students’ living costs, especially for those from low-income families. Prices at student canteens generally range from IDR 8,000 to IDR 28,000, approximately USD 0.50 to 1.80. The Safety Office also conducts regular inspections of food quality, kitchen sanitation, and waste management systems to protect public health and support environmental sustainability.
By keeping prices low without compromising quality, Universitas Indonesia ensures that the university community and the surrounding public can access balanced, nutritious meals at pocket-friendly prices. Additionally, to further cement our commitment to alleviating hunger and food insecurity for our students, Universitas Indonesia also offers free meal vouchers for dormitory residents.
Universitas Indonesia strengthens our commitment to supporting to achieving food security through various programs that expand public access to knowledge, skills, and technology in the field of food security and sustainable agriculture. Throughout 2024, a number of units under Universitas Indonesia carried out educational and assistance activities for local communities, particularly farmers, food-producing families, and coastal communities vulnerable to climate change.
On December 2–3, 2024, Universitas Indonesia’s School of Strategic and Global Studies (now the Graduate School of Sustainable Development) conducted a program entitled “Building Motivation for Climate-Resilient Family Food Security and Green Productivity” on Untung Jawa Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta. This event provided free training to the local community on urban farming techniques, climate-resilient agriculture, post-harvest processing, and the utilization of local resources. This activity strengthened the capacity of coastal residents to produce food independently while adapting to the challenges of climate change. This collaboration between academics, local government, and the community serves as a concrete example of campus synergy with local communities in building a sustainable food system.
Furthermore, Universitas Indonesia also provides free access to food security and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture knowledge through UI MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses), managed by the Directorate for Development of Digital Education (DPPD). UI MOOCs is a program that provides access to the entire community to courses from leading experts at the Universitas Indonesia. Because they are online, MOOCs can be accessed from anywhere, expanding the boundaries of education, making it affordable and accessible for everyone, including local farmers and food producers.
Courses related to Zero Hunger on UI MOOCs:
Indonesian Food and Culinary Practices
This course examines the development of culinary traditions in the Archipelago within a historical framework, which is essentially the result of continuous interaction between the people of the Nusantara and external influences entering the region.
Pre-University: Basic Nutritional Science
This course, aimed at high school and/or high school graduates taking a gap year, provides students with a foundational understanding of nutritional theories, energy metabolism, and essential macro- and micronutrients.
The Role of Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Specific Nutrients in Obesity
This course studies the role of macronutrients, micronutrients, and specific nutrients in special populations, namely obesity.