Competencies of Higher Education Graduates: A Case of Universitas Kristen Indonesia

This dissertation investigated higher education graduate competencies, acquired during their study period and required at work as perceived by the graduates themselves. This study also investigated whether graduates of professional, semiprofessional, and non-professional study programs acquired different levels of competencies during their studies and compared the gaps among the three groups of graduates. The case study is Universitas Kristen Indonesia graduates of graduation years 2001, 2003, and 2005, from the Faculties of Engineering, Economics and English, representing professional, semi-professional and nonprofessional study programs respectively.