Universitas Cenderawasih (English: Cenderawasih University) is a university in Jayapura, in the province Papua, Indonesia. The university is the leading educational institution in the province.
The university has faculties in economics, law, teacher training and education, medical, engineering, and social and political science. Until 2002 the university had a faculty of agricultural sciences at Manokwari, which was then separated to form the Universitas Negeri Papua. The university is divided into two areas: mainly the "Kampus lama" (old campus) which is in the Jayapura suburb of Abepura and the "Kampus baru" (new campus) which is in the hillside of Waena walley.
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Some students of the university have participated in political campaigns, including demonstrations against Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg mine, which have ended in violent clashes with the police and the military. The mining company gives scholarships to students of the university.
The Indonesian police and Army often send personnel to the university to observe activities, often choosing to patrol in anonymous vehicles. There are cases when they have formal connections with students and lecturers or apply their own staff as students to be able to gain information about potential activities which are connected to the Free Papua Movement.[1]
The students who stayed in "Unit-Unit" (Called for Student Dorms) are terrorized by police and Army; in several cases they always be kidnapped and interrogated.
Among the well-known alumni of the university is John Rumbiak, who founded the human rights organisation the Institute of Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (ELS-HAM) in Jayapura. The governor of Papua Province, Barnabas Suebu, started his higher education at the university.