Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro (born 5 January 1956) is an Indonesian academic and politician serving as Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology since 2024.

He is the eldest son of Soemantri Brodjonegoro, an academician who served as the Rector of University of Indonesia (UI) and minister in President Suharto's cabinet, and Nani Soeminarsari, a physician specializing in dermatology and venereal disease.

[8] Upon finishing high school, Satryo studied mechanical engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1980.

[3] His doctoral advisor was Iain Finnie, with his thesis titled The Mechanism of Two and Three Body Abrasive Wear in Ductile Metals.

[10] Satryo followed his father's academic footsteps and began his career as a lecturer in the mechanical engineering department of ITB in 1980.

[13] In his capacity, Satryo was involved in implementing a distance education scheme for Indonesia, which was funded by the World Bank.

[17] In line with the central government's policy of regional autonomy, Satryo's directorate general supported the existence of more higher education institution in various regions in Indonesia but urged the central government to continue implementing basic skill standards in universities to maintain competitiveness.

[18] On 17 June 1999, Satryo issued a ban for all universities to stop all hazing and initiation programs for freshmen, following the death of Suryowati Hagus, a freshman at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Jakarta.

[21] Early in his tenure, Satryo announced that the government would transform the status of state universities in Indonesia into a self-funded, autonomous, higher education institute.

[22] According to Satryo, the autonomous higher education program could allow universities in streamlining its large and inefficient bureaucracy by giving it more autonomy, thus saving its money.

The directorate general of budgeting, the agency responsible in implementing the new allowance system, stated that the cuts were made due to a lack of fund.

In Kebumen, regent Rustriningsih issued a cease and desist letter to the Chairman of the IPWI School of Economics after the school held unauthorized distance class for civil servants of the Kebumen regency government, which caused financial losses for the local government and personal losses for the participating civil servants.

[40][41] As a result, Satryo threatened to impose administrative sanctions on these universities, including reducing subsidies, delaying faculty promotions, and halting other services.

[45] In response to UGM's refusal, Satryo struck a deal with the World Bank to suspend the Quality Undergraduate Education (QUE) aid for the university.

UGM, however, never received a formal letter from the World Bank regarding the aid suspension,[46] and the university continued opening their distance class, including in the eastern region of Papua.