Mitrais co-operates with Indonesian universities in the sphere of information technology and earth science to help the country capitalise on its burgeoning mining industry.

Information technology co-operation

Job training program
Mitrais accepts students annually from the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) and the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) for two months on-the-job software engineering training during the regular semester breaks in December and July.

Study excursions
Mitrais also welcomes study excursions in which a Mitrais project manager shares extensive knowledge with students. The program usually takes place every three months.

Comparative study
Since 2002 Mitrais has also hosted comparative study programs involving participants from the International Training Course on Information Technology Education Methodology (ITC) in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a Japanese government technical cooperation agency and the Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya (EEPIS). The participants of these training courses come from different countries in Asia and Africa.

Indonesian vocational school program
In addition to its support of Indonesian education, Mitrais accepts students for on-the-job IT training from vocational schools or IT institutes in Bali. Participants from Lembaga Pendidikan Bali Asia (LPBA) and Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komputer (STIKOM) are normally hired for two months.

Earth sciences co-operation

Minescape, an integrated software solution for open cut and underground mining operations for both coal and mineral deposits, has been at the foundation of a number of co-operative programs with leading Indonesian universities specialising in mining and geology.

Minescape is developed by Mincom and sold by Mitrais in Indonesia.

The software has been installed pro-bono at three universities: Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) and Pembangunan Nasional University (UPN Veteran) in Yogyakarta.

It is also being installed at Mulawarman University and Sriwijaya University (UNSRI)

Minescape consists of a number of modules including: Minescape Core, Stratmodel, Open Cut Planning, Haulage Road, Geological Database, Underground Ground, Schedule, Drill and Blast, Block Model and Survey.

In 2000, ITB and Mitrais signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to provide students from the Faculty of Earth Science and Mineral Technology with skills in computer-generated geological modelling and mine planning. The students undergo hands-on training in general Minescape, Stratmodel and Quality, Reserve Calculation and Open Cut Planning. The program began in 2000.

A MOU was signed in 2004 with UNPAD to provide students from the Geology Department, in the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty with mine-ready skills in computer-generated geological modelling and reserve calculation. The students undergo hands-on training in General Minescape, stratigraphy modelling and reserve computation. This program began in 2005.

At UPN Veteran, the Minescape software was installed in 2001.

Minescape clients in Indonesia number more than 80 organisations, including mining companies, contractors and service companies.

Mitrais has been involved with the Electronic Engineering Polytechnic Institute of Surabaya in programs designed to use IT based teaching aids to improve the quality of electric and electronic engineering education in developing countries.

Delegates from Kenya to Vietnam and Myanmar to as far away as Uzbekistan gather in the garden of Mitrais’ Bali headquarters following a briefing on computer network applications which was part of a joint Indonesia/Japan program to improve IT education in developing countries.

Students majoring in IT at Java's Sanata Dharma University regularly undertake study visits at Mitrais.