Persepsi merupakan reaksi yang ingin diketahui peneliti dari informan dan narasumber tentang suatu topik tertentu khususnya MBKM. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui persepsi mahasiswa pendidikan Biologi Universitas Borneo Tarakan terhadap Program Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka.Pendekatan yang digunakan kualitatif menggunakan metode wawancara. Informan penelitian in terdiri dari 8 mahasiswa yang mewakili angkatan tahun akadmik 2020, 2021, 2022, dan 2023. Hasil penelitian yaitu (1) pengetahuan mahasiswa tentang program MBKM berada pada level pengetahuan (C1) dan level mengaplikasikan (C3), (2) mahasiswa mendapatkan informasi mengenai MBKM dari kampus, dosen pembimbing alam,senior, instagram, website, laman MBKM, dan poster. (3) Mahasiswa ada yang tertarik, ragu-ragu, bahkan ada yang tidak tertarik mengikuti MBKM, (4) Jenis program MBKM yang diminati mahasiswa yaitu pertukaran mahasiswa, IISMA, dan kampus mengajar, (5) Manfaat yang didapatkan mahasiswa dari program MBKM yaitu dapat mengembangkan minat belajar, mendapatkan kesempatan belajar di luar kampus, mengenal orang abru, sesuai dengan kebutuhan lulusan di masa depan, menambah wawasan, menambah pengalaman, mengetahui kondisi riil di dunia kerja, berdampak baik pada jurusan, dan dapat meningkatkan hardskill dan softskill. (6) Kendala mahasiswa mengikuti program MBKM yaitu tidak ada yang tidak memenuhi kriteria semester, khawatir mengenai konversi nilai, ragu-ragu, khawatir ketinggaln mata kuliah, khawatir akan terkendala dalam menyusun skripsi, khawatir tidak dapat beradaptasi dengan orang baru, pendanaan, dan takut ditempatkan di lokasi yang tidak siap secara mental (pedalaman).


Kata Kunci: Mahasiswa, MBKM, Merdeka Belajar, Pendidikan Biologi

Perception is a reaction that researchers want to know from informants and sources about a certain topic, especially MBKM. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of Biology students at Borneo University Tarakan towards the Merdeka Learning Campus Merdeka Program. The research design used was gualitative using the interview method. The informants of this study consisted of 8 students representing the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 academic years. The results of the study were (1) students' knowledge of the MBKM program is at the knowledge level (C1) and the application level (C3), (2) students got information about MBKM from the campus, natural supervisors, seniors, Instagram, website, MBKM page, and posters. (3) Some students were interested, hesitant, and some are not interested in participating in MBKM, (4) The types of MBKM programs that students were interested such as student exchanges, IISMA, and teaching campuses, (5) The benefits that students got from the MBKM program that they could develop their interest in learning, get the opportunity to learn outside the campus, get to know new people, according to the needs of future graduates, add insight, gain experience, know the real conditions in the world of work, have a good impact on the department, and can improve hard skills and soft skills. (6) The obstacles were that none of them did not meet the semester criteria, worry about grade conversion, hesitation, worry about missing courses, Worty about being constrained in preparing a thesis, worry about not being able to adapt to new people, funding, and fear of being placed in locations that were not mentally prepared (inland). Keywords: Students, MBKM, Independent Learning, Biology Education