Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) from Indonesia issues blockchain-stored diplomas and certificates to its 60,000 students at no charge, enabling a new verification model for academic records. The records let employers, agencies and auditors confirm degrees without contacting the registrar, and press releases state that UNSRAT and Atma Jaya run similar projects.
UGM joins a small national network where UNSRAT works with ChainSmart and Atma Jaya uses a platform built by Knowledge Catalyst. All three projects store grades and graduation data on a ledger that cannot be changed after entry. This aligning on immutability as the foundation for trusted verification.
A 2023 IBM report links blockchain credentials to a 90% drop in degree fraud. Reinforcing the anti-corruption potential of on-chain records. Universities also expect lower staff costs because recruiters and border agencies can check the ledger themselves without routing requests through the registrar.
On-chain credential impact for student
A verifiable on-chain credential is a digitally signed entry on a blockchain that anyone can inspect without an intermediary. Providing transparency and portability for academic proof.
Cryptographic signatures and time-stamps let employers and foreign schools complete audits or KYC checks from a web interface.
Each campus must fund nodes, store keys and obey data protection rules. National regulation is still pending, shaping how institutions manage security and privacy.
Software teams add role-based access, instant issuance, revocation and key recovery for students and staff. tThis has to support secure lifecycle management of credentials. Wider use could draw investors and create a shared verification grid among Indonesian universities.
The next step is to connect more campuses and to publish final rules; the speed of those two actions will set the pace of adoption but also the compliance load for every school.
