With the growth of global economy, environmental issues and business activities are also expanding and becoming more complex. These cause each company to create more innovative business strategies. With the growing complexity in business, the role of the economist is not only required as a public policymaker, but also as a part of the business decision-making process based upon knowledge and skills in economics. Therefore, University Prasetiya Mulya presents a Business Economics study program that is designed to answer the needs of companies of experts who can apply economic theory into business practices and take advantage of opportunities in the future.

The vision of the Bachelor in International Economic Development (IED) is to become a high-quality and desirable study program in the field of economics education, with graduates being accepted in the labor market and society in Indonesia and internationally.

The Faculty of Economics was founded on October 31, 1953 under the auspices of the private Syakhyakirti Higher Education Foundation. Then, before the inauguration Universitas Sriwijaya on September 17, 1960, the Faculty was handed over by the Foundation to Universitas Sriwijaya and all its students, lecturers, and administrative staff, which later became the forerunner of the Faculty of Economics Universitas Sriwijaya . At the time of the inauguration Universitas Sriwijaya , November 3, 1960 (PP Number: 42 of 1960 dated October 29, 1960), this Faculty only had one department, namely the Department of Corporate Economics which was later changed to the Department of Management.

In Dr.'s home office. O. Notohamidjojo, SH, on Jalan Tuntang 52 (now Diponegoro 52) Salatiga, the Board of Directors and the Curatorial Board decided to convert FKIP into a Christian University, which was later called Satya Wacana.

The Management Study Program is a study program that has advantages in the fields of human resources, curriculum, graduates, infrastructure, services and financial management.