How to Apply to Sekolah Kedinasan Like STAN, IPDN and STIS
By Muntasir • Published Jul 26, 2026 • Updated Sep 20, 2026 • Study in Southeast Asia
Sekolah kedinasan are Indonesia's tuition-free civil-service colleges, and you register through the SSCASN Dikdin portal in one national round. In 2025, seven institutions opened 3,252 positions combined, from PKN STAN to IPDN and STIS.
Apply once, for one school and one major, on dikdin.bkn.go.id
2025 quotas: IPDN 1,061, SIPENCATAR 791, PKN STAN 500, STIS 400, STMKG 350, STIN 100, PSSN 50
Selection runs through administrative checks, then SKD, then school-specific tests
Graduates typically owe a period of civil-service work at the sponsoring ministry
Most sekolah kedinasan charge no tuition and pay a student allowance
What sekolah kedinasan are
Sekolah kedinasan are higher education institutions run directly by government ministries and agencies rather than by Kemdiktisaintek. PKN STAN belongs to the Ministry of Finance, IPDN to the Ministry of Home Affairs, and STIS to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), among others. Most charge no tuition and pay students a monthly allowance, in exchange for a service bond, ikatan dinas, that requires graduates to work for the sponsoring institution as a civil servant for a set period after finishing.
Where you apply
All sekolah kedinasan admission runs through one national portal, dikdin.bkn.go.id , operated by BKN , the National Civil Service Agency. You register once, for a single sekolah kedinasan and a single major within it. Applying to a second institution in the same round is not allowed, so decide on your top choice before registration opens.
What opened in the 2025 cycle
For 2025, BKN opened registration from June 29 to July 18, 2025, across seven institutions with 3,252 combined positions. IPDN carried the largest quota at 1,061 positions, followed by SIPENCATAR under the Ministry of Transportation at 791, PKN STAN at 500, STIS at 400, STMKG at 350, STIN at 100, and PSSN at 50, according to BKN's official announcement . Quotas and the list of participating institutions shift each cycle, so check the current year's announcement on the same portal before you plan around a specific number.
| Institution | Ministry or agency | 2025 quota |
|---|---|---|
| IPDN | Ministry of Home Affairs | 1,061 |
| SIPENCATAR | Ministry of Transportation | 791 |
| PKN STAN | Ministry of Finance | 500 |
| STIS | Statistics Indonesia (BPS) | 400 |
| STMKG | BMKG | 350 |
| STIN | State Intelligence Agency (BIN) | 100 |
| PSSN | BSSN | 50 |
How the selection stages work
Every applicant passes through the same broad stages, though each school adds its own final round. Administrative selection checks your documents, age, education level, and health declarations against the institution's requirements. Applicants who clear this move to Seleksi Kompetensi Dasar (SKD), a computer-based test similar to the general civil service exam, covering national insight, general intelligence, and personal character sections.
After SKD, each institution runs its own additional stage. This adds a physical fitness test, a health screening, a psychological test, an interview, or a further academic test, depending on the school. IPDN and SIPENCATAR, which train for field and operational roles, weigh physical and health screening heavily. PKN STAN and STIS lean more on the academic and psychological components.
What you commit to after graduation
Because most sekolah kedinasan are government funded, graduates typically owe a service bond, working for the sponsoring ministry or agency as a civil servant (ASN) for a period set by that institution. The exact bond length and placement terms differ by school, so read your target institution's official terms before you apply rather than assuming your first-choice location or role.
Before you register
Confirm the current cycle's participating institutions and quota on dikdin.bkn.go.id, since these change year to year.
Pick one institution and one major before registration opens, since a second application in the same round is not allowed.
Check age, height, and health requirements early. Institutions like IPDN and SIPENCATAR set physical standards that rule out some applicants before the academic test stage.
Practice SKD-style questions, national insight (TWK), general intelligence (TIU), and personal character (TKP), since this computer-based stage filters out most applicants before the school-specific round.