USU PR – Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) conducted an online University Asset Management Socialization via Zoom Meeting on Thursday (June 25, 2026). The program was organized to strengthen the governance of university-owned assets across the institution.

 

The Vice Rector for Planning, Infrastructure, and Business, Dr. Muhammad Anggia Muchtar, S.T., M.Si., stated that university assets are more than items listed in an inventory—they are strategic resources that support the implementation of the university's Tri Dharma of higher education.

"University assets are not merely items recorded in an inventory. They are strategic resources that support the implementation of the Tri Dharma of higher education," he said.

 

He expressed hope that the program would provide all university work units with a shared understanding of asset management and administration, covering every stage from inventory and safeguarding to asset disposal and write-off.

 

During the same session, the Director of the Directorate of Academic Infrastructure Management, Rapido Parasian Gultom, S.T., M.Si., explained that the management of university assets is governed by a series of Rector's Regulations and Rector's Decrees that regulate the entire asset lifecycle.

 

He emphasized that asset planning must be carried out comprehensively, including maintaining consistency between administrative records and the physical existence of assets to prevent potential violations.

"Planning must be carried out comprehensively to ensure consistency between administrative records and the physical existence of assets in the field, thereby preventing potential violations," he added.

 

Meanwhile, Joko Wibowo, S.H., Manager of Infrastructure Management and Optimization at the Directorate of Academic Infrastructure Management, explained that asset safeguarding refers to activities undertaken by both asset managers and users to maintain and protect university property.

"Asset safeguarding is carried out by both asset managers and asset users to preserve and protect the assets under their responsibility," he said.

 

He highlighted three key aspects of asset protection: administrative security, physical security, and legal security.

 

Concluding the presentation, Anggia Murni, S.S., M.Si., Manager of Infrastructure Data, Information, and Analysis at the Directorate of Academic Infrastructure Management, explained the procedures for disposing of University-Owned Assets (BMU) at the faculty and work-unit levels.

 

The process begins with preparing an application for asset disposal and continues through the formal submission to the Rector and the Vice Rector for Planning, Infrastructure, and Business.

"The procedure for disposing of University-Owned Assets begins with preparing an application for asset disposal and concludes with its formal submission to the Rector and the Vice Rector for Planning, Infrastructure, and Business," she explained.

 

During the session, she also presented a list of faculties that had and had not yet submitted proposals for the disposal of university-owned assets, encouraging work units that had not yet done so to complete the process promptly.