Profile Matching for Students Specialization in Industrial Engineering Major
Mia Maulidah Awaliyah, Amelia Kurniawati*, Afrin Fauzya Rizana
Department of Industrial Engineering, Telkom University
Jl. Telekomunikasi No. 1, Bandung 40257, Indonesia
*ameliakurniawati[at]telkomuniversity.ac.id
Abstract
Nowadays, various specific skills are needed in the global work environment. Because of that, many university majors provide specializations within majors. The industrial engineering major in Telkom University has eleven specializations which can be selected by the fourth-year students. The class maximum capacity for each specialization is 45 students. Every academic year, there are some specializations that have registrants more that the class maximum capacity. Therefore, the aim of this study is to create a selection procedure. The methodology used in the selection procedure is profile matching. The matching is done between the students- capacity and the requirements of the specializations. The capacity and the requirements are measured by using seven previous first to third year courses as the criteria. The value of the criteria is measured by the grade index of the seven courses. The gap is identified between the students- grade achievement and the highest grade. This study is limited to two specializations that have 55 and 47 registrants in academic year of 2019/2020. The profile matching calculation is simulated using the data of three students for each specializations. The highest and the lowest match score from the six students are 4.9 and 3.6 (in scale of 5).
Keywords: Profile matching; Selection procedure; University students
Topic: Engineering Education Research