The establishment of Universitas Bakrie is to manifest the Yayasan Pendidikan Bakrie’s commitment to supporting the excellence of human resources in Indonesia. Universitas Bakrie is the result of the transformation of the Bakrie School of Management. The conversion was approved based on the Decree of the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia No. 102/D/0/2009. From this starting point, Universitas Bakrie started its inaugural lecture on September, 20 2010, which was appointed as Universitas Bakrie’s Anniversary/Dies Natalis.