Universitas Padjadjaran

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Universitas Padjadjaran

Established:	September 24, 1957
Type:	Public State
Rector:	Prof. Gandjar Kurnia
Location:	Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Affiliations:	ASAIHL
Website:	www.unpad.ac.id

Universitas Padjadjaran (Padjadjaran University or UNPAD) is an institution of higher learning located in Bandung, which is the provincial capital of West Java, Indonesia.

[edit] History

Under initiative of prominent society members of the West Java on 11 September 1957, Universitas Padjadjaran was established through the Government Regulation No. 37 dated 24 September 1957.

When established, the University had only 4 departments. Now it has developed into several departments comprising of 15 undergraduate programs, specialist programs, 9 doctorate programs, 20 Master's Degree programs, 9 extension programs, 1 Diploma (Four-year) program (D4), and 7 diploma (Three-year) program (D3). Initially established in Bandung, currently almost all of undergraduate departments have been relocated to Jatinangor a town near Sumedang, while postgraduate departments still have their teaching facilities in Bandung.