Good news is approaching STIE Perbanas Surabaya at the end of October 2019. The Business and Banking Campus accredited by Institution A has again won the Excellence Campus Award (AKU) from the Higher Education Service Institution (LLDIKTI) Region VII East Java on Wednesday, October 30 2019. Located at The Singhasari Resort Batu, the 2019 AKU Cup was given directly by the Head of East Java Region VII LLDIKTI, Prof. Dr. Ir. Suprapto, DEA, to the Chairman of STIE Perbanas Surabaya, Dr. Yudi Sutarso, S.E., M.Si. This achievement is the eighth time it has been obtained by the STIE Perbanas Surabaya campus.

Reported from the official website https://www.kopertis7.go.id/ this award ceremony was held to coincide with the Work Meeting of Higher Education Leaders (RAKERPIM-PT) in the Higher Education Service Institution (LLDIKTI) Region VII East Java. The meeting participants who attended consisted of 17 leaders of state universities (PTN) and 328 leaders of private universities (PTS) in the LLDIKTI Region VII, East Java.

The annual event aims to convey the latest policies and programs from the Government to Higher Education, as well as a forum for accommodating creative and innovative ideas in the development of Higher Education as well as an opportunity to exchange ideas to realize the common mission of developing Human Resources (HR) through Higher Education.

With the theme "Quality, Open and Flexible Higher Education towards Excellent Resources", it is intended to raise awareness of this digital era. Higher education institutions are required to continue to improve their quality, to be more open and flexible. Head of LLDikti Region VII East Java, Prof. Dr. Suprapto, DEA. stated that the challenges of higher education in the future are getting tougher. "Higher education institutions are not only required to implement the Tri Dharma of Higher Education" Business as usual ", but to continuously improve the implementation of higher education in accordance with the demands of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution era," said Suprapto quoted from the https: //www.kopertis7.go page. .id /.

Since 2011, STIE Perbanas Surabaya has won the AKU Cup for the first time. The AKU Cup for the second to the eighth time was received consecutively starting from 2013 to 2019. In fact, in 2017, STIE Perbanas Surabaya won AKU KARTIKA because it won the AKU trophy for 3 consecutive times from LLDIKTI VII East Java. (public relations)