Undergraduate program Postgraduate of Communication Science Program, FISIP, UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta established Postgraduate of Communication Science Program, UPN Veteran Yogyakarta, was established in 2017 based on the issuance of an establishment permit from the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education No. Ministerial Decree Number 123/KPT/I/2017, dated February 7, 2017.
The establishment of the Postgraduate Communication Science Program FISIP UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta cannot be separated from the existence, growth, and development of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and the Department of Communication Science, which in 2014 received Accreditation A based on BAN-PT Decree Number: 140/SK/BAN-PT/Akred/S/V/2014. The potential in the Department of Communication Science raises the desire to carry out institutional development by establishing a Postgraduate Communication Science Program in Corporate Communication studies.
The FISIP UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta Postgraduate Communication Science Program has obtained B accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education (BAN-PT). The accreditation is stated in the BAN-PT Decree No: 3114/BAN-PT/Akred/M/VIII/2019, August 20, 2019. The accreditation certificate is valid from August 20, 2019, to August 20, 2024.
The condition at a young age and being in operation for only five years demanded that the Postgraduate Communication Science Program at FISIP UPN “Veteran” Yogyakarta be required to display excellent performance and produce graduates with excellent quality. One of the performance indicators is accreditation with the predicate of Excellence. In contrast, indicators for graduates with prime quality are the waiting period for graduates to get a job and the amount of income earned. Both of these require a good curriculum that complies with the provisions and can anticipate the challenges of the times.