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OBJECTIVE Interprofessional education (IPE) includes collaborative interprofessional learning activities involving students and lecturers from the health sciences faculties at the University of Sumatera Utara. This descriptive study aimed to explore the students' perceptions of the application of the IPE program. METHOD Descriptive study was conducted and one hundred sixty students were selected from four faculties including the faculties of medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health. RESULTS The results of the study showed that 68% of the participants stated that they had heard IPE information, whereas 97% reported that they had never joined in IPE activities. In the health sciences faculties, 57% of nursing students had heard IPE information, but more than 90% of the participants from the other faculties had never heard the IPE information. Also, based on aspects of their participation, all of the students reported that they had never joined in the IPE activities. CONCLUSIONS according the results, the implementation of IPE can be realized in the integration of learning methods, such as lectures, practicum, clinical skills, and tutorials. It can be a university policy so that the implementation of IPE with specific learning methods can take place to improve the competence of collaboration students.