Facilities

ITERA is the national pilot project for campus bus services run by the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia. In 2019, the Ministry, through the Directorate General of Land Transportation, donated 10 buses to ITERA, which were developed into the Smart Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ITERA service.

Smart BRT ITERA serves students, lecturers, and staff, as well as members of the public living along its routes.

Routes and hours

• On campus: connects the student dormitories with all lecture buildings and laboratories, running 4–6 trips a day.
• ITERA – Way Kandis – Jalan Terusan Ryacudu – Kota Baru: a 12.13 km route.
• ITERA – UIN Raden Intan: a 15.30 km route.
• Operating hours: 05:45–19:45 WIB.

Beyond daily commuting, Smart BRT ITERA also supports academic activities such as community service programmes (KKN), field internships, and activities organised by study programmes and student clubs.

ITERA has run a residential programme for first-year students since the 2017 intake. Students live in the dormitories during the Common Preparatory Stage (Tahap Persiapan Bersama, TPB) as part of their first-year development.

Who lives in the dormitories

New students who receive the KIP Kuliah scholarship and come from outside Bandar Lampung city are required to live in the dormitories during TPB. Because places are limited, other new students are selected in the following order of priority:

1. New students holding the Indonesia Smart Card (Kartu Indonesia Pintar).
2. New students from outside Lampung Province in tuition (UKT) bands I, II, or III.
3. New students from regencies/cities in Lampung Province (excluding Bandar Lampung) in UKT bands I, II, or III.
4. If places remain, new students in UKT bands above III.

Buildings and rooms

• Four dormitory towers: TB 1 and TB 4 for female students, TB 2 and TB 3 for male students.
• Every room has beds, study desks and chairs, wardrobes, and an en-suite bathroom.
• Roommates are matched to come from different regions, study programmes, and economic backgrounds, and from different religions where possible.
• The fee is IDR 200,000 per month, paid for 10 months up front at registration.

Students apply by selecting the dormitory option when completing the Student Master Data (Data Induk Mahasiswa, DIM) form. Full details are available at asrama.itera.ac.id.

The ITERA Library Technical Implementation Unit (UPT Perpustakaan) has operated since 2015. Originally located in Building B, it is now housed in the GKU Building. In 2023 the library received an A accreditation from the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia, valid for five years.

Opening hours

• Monday–Thursday: 08:00–16:30 WIB
• Friday: 08:00–17:00 WIB

Services

• Loans of books, journals, novels, magazines, and e-books.
• Loans of final-year theses and guidance on searching scholarly information.
• Membership and library clearance letters.
• Books provided for the needs of each study programme.
• E-catalogue, e-books, and e-resources.

Visitor rules

• Keep bags and belongings in the lockers; locker keys are exchanged for an ID card (student card, national ID, driving licence, or similar).
• Sign the guest book on the computers provided: members use their student number (NIM), non-members enter their name and institution.
• Keep noise down so as not to disturb other visitors.
• No eating, drinking, smoking, littering, or flammable items in the library.
• Take care of the collection: do not damage, write on, tear, fold, or wet the books.

To support teaching, ITERA has built Engineering Laboratory (Laboratorium Teknik, Labtek) buildings; the campus plan includes five Labtek buildings.

Each Labtek building contains many laboratory rooms belonging to different study programmes. Every laboratory is equipped for its field to support students' practical work and research.

ITERA's campus masterplan sets aside 60% of the land as green open space. The ITERA Botanical Garden brings campus life and environmental conservation together, in line with ITERA's Forest Campus mission to preserve Sumatra's biodiversity. Under Presidential Regulation No. 93 of 2011 on Botanical Gardens, a botanical garden serves conservation, research, education, tourism, and environmental services.

A feasibility study by LIPI (now part of BRIN) in June 2016 found the ITERA campus suitable for a botanical garden. The garden was launched in 2017 under the theme "Conservation of Sumatran Lowland Plants". It made Lampung the first province in Sumatra with two botanical gardens.

Collections

• Around 300 non-orchid plant species and 34 orchid species from Lampung, across Indonesia, and abroad.
• 11,315 greening plants of 109 kinds.
• 232 collection plants from 49 families donated by the Bogor Botanical Garden.
• Rare plants such as the giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) and the baobab (Adansonia digitata).
• Every collection plant has an identity board, documentation, and a QR code with information about it.

Smart Botanical Garden

The garden is managed by the Sumatran Flora Conservation Unit (UPT Konservasi Flora Sumatera) as a Smart Botanical Garden, with a smart farming system, QR-code information, surveillance cameras, and e-ticketing. A greenhouse for growing fruit (melons) uses automatic sensors, and solar panels are being developed with students to power the automated planting. Hydroponic growing of vegetables and fruit is also under development. Other greenhouses and shade houses are used for research, collection plants, timber trees, acclimatisation, fruit trees, orchids, and ornamental foliage and flowering plants. Study programmes and students take part through practical classes, research, and planting.

Visiting

The ITERA Botanical Garden is open to the campus community and the public every day from 08:00 to 16:00 WIB. Visitors register through the "Eticket – Kebun Raya ITERA" app on the Play Store and show their e-ticket to staff on arrival. Attractions include the Labyrinth Garden, the Pendopo pavilion, the Sumatra Reservoir, the Aesthetic Garden, the greenhouses, the fruit garden, and the Reception Plaza with its fountain. Schools and institutions often visit for recreation and research.

Since 2022, ITERA, through the Land Unit of its Occupational Health and Safety office (UPT K3), has partnered with Suhita Bee Farm to keep bees on campus. The ITERA grounds have many acacia trees, whose nectar suits bees well.

The partnership

The partnership runs on a profit-sharing basis: Suhita Bee Farm supplies the colonies and hives, ITERA provides the sites, and the honey harvest is split 50:50. The aim is to grow it into a research centre for high-quality, high-value pure honey.

Hives and bee species

• 33 hives are spread across quiet, shady, densely planted acacia sites that protect the bees from pests such as birds and ants.
• All 33 hives house Heterotrigona itama, a stingless bee that produces a sour-tasting honey. It nests in tree trunks, is active during daylight, and returns to the hive at night. Its honey is harvested by suction with a special machine.
• Apis mellifera, a stinging bee whose honey tends to be sweet, is being trialled at one site. Its hives use large frame boards to make harvesting easier.

The first harvest yielded 8.2 kg of honey. Since then the hives have produced an average of 12 kg of honey per month.