Padang State Polytechnic (Indonesian: Politeknik Negeri Padang) is a higher education institution in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. To be the best professional education institution in Indonesia To conduct professional education by improving management system, applied research, community service and cooperation with related institutions to produce qualified human resources for the prosperity of the nation Padang State Polytechnic has departments and study programs as follows: Diploma III: Civil Engineering has English or international class, which is a special class that conducts all instruction in English. Diploma IV: Padang State Polytechnic has been maintaining a mutual cooperation with Cubic Electronic Sdn.Bhd from 2003 until now. The cooperation is in student internship in the company's factory in Malaka, Malaysia, for three months. In 2006, training is conducted by the Polytechnic for labor candidates of labor force who will be sent as Indonesian Labor Force for Cubic Electronic Sdn.Bhd.