Cerdas Bangsa College was established in March 2000. Currently they have an active student population of 895 students, and have served 3179 students studying in China and 383 students on study tour activities. Their 1 + 3 Undergraduate Program is now in its third generation, where this Undergraduate Program is a 1-year lecture at Smart Nation College - Jakarta, and an additional 3 years of study in China. They have succeeded in completing 7 Bachelor Programs (Jakarta, Surabaya, Tanjung Pinang, and Batam) and 3 Masters Program batches. And currently the Undergraduate Program that is running is as much as 2 batches with 35 students and the Master Program is 1 batch with a total of 28 students. The Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) will start soon. Cerdas Bangsa College has also successfully registered and assisted the graduation of 398 Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exams. Apart from academics, many of their students have won Mandarin competitions and school champions.
Our school is led by Prof. Maharani, Ph.D. (Chen Yulan), graduated from Sanghai Normal University (SNU) with a Doctorate in Languistic and Applied Languistic, the first arguably the title in Indonesia. DR. Maharani is also part of the membership of several well-known international class institutions, such as: The World Chinese Teaching Association - Member of Council; The World Chinese Education Journal - Academic Adviser; The national Huaqiao University of China - Visiting Lecturer; "Hanyu" Teaching Materials for Secondary Overseas Students - Adviser; The Ministry of Education of Indonesia: Chinese Language Consortium (Head of Academic Affairs), HISPPI PNF (Public Relations and Publications Department), The Coordinating Team of HSK (Secretary).