The constraints that can be observed in improving the quality of higher education graduate especially in engineering

In Indonesia efforts to make engineering students have the desired competencies in engineering mechanics is a complicated issue, so that the competence of engineering mechanics does not always meet the standard criteria. The profound and immensity of learning materials obviously are cumulative and integrative, started from elementary school up to higher education in accordance with the selected path. Engineering mechanics is a new material that is not in the curriculum of primary and secondary education, but the basic knowledge needed already exists in the physics. The results of study showed the mastery of basic sciences such as Physics was limited to students of elementary and secondary schools. These issues have led to a longer study in higher education. Engineering Mechanics are the beginning competence to be possessed to succeed in getting the next competencies to become engineers or scientists. The issue is one of the constraints that must be resolved since elementary to high school level. Meanwhile the standard of academic performance indicators has not graduates competence indicator, made it difficult to be sustainable educational process as desired.