Universitas Pembangunan Nasional ¡°Veteran¡± Jawa Timur (UPNVJT) as a research-based university with the character of national defense, is obliged to develop and apply science and technology. Hence, it requires UPNVJT to formulate an academic policy that contains a holistic approach in accordance with the vision, mission, and goals of the UPNVJT. The achievement of the vision and mission is supported by the presence of five strategic stages (milestones). The fifth stage (ultimate phase) is a phase of strengthening institutional capabilities that are research -oriented and have the character of national defense and are globally competitive to achieve World Class University. Regarding that, the UPNVJT has been conducting continuous improvement in Higher Education Tri Dharma (Tridharma PT) activities all of which are to conduct teaching, education, and research activities, as well as society empowerment. As per 2022, the institutional accreditation of the UPNVJT is ¡°A¡± or equal to ¡°Excellent¡±. Also, in terms of institutional accreditation for research and society empowerment, the UPNVJT also achieved the first-class level (accredited ¡°Mandiri¡± for Research and ¡°Unggul¡± for Society Empowerment) amongst other universities in Indonesia. Moreover, all study programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate programs have been accredited nationally and internationally (FIBAA and ASIIN). To ensure the quality of teaching, education, research, and society empowerment activities, the UPNVJT has been securing various grants from both public and private sectors. Internally, the research atmosphere is enhanced by providing internal fundings as well as the research centres equipped with high-throughput laboratory facilities and staff to support the activities of each research group.
Those activities result in the achievement of first-class awards of Key Performance Indicators for Higher Education in Indonesia amongst other universities with the similar institutional management advancement level, especially for KPI related to the number of qualified graduates and internationally accredited study programs.