| Parahyangan Catholic University (Universitas Katolik Parahyangan) | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Bakuning Hyang Mrih Guna Santyaya Bhakti |
| Established | 1955 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Dr. Cecilia Lauw |
| Undergraduates | 20,000 |
| Postgraduates | 5,000 |
| Location | Bandung, West Java, Indonesia |
| Campus | Jl. Ciumbuleuit 94 Bandung |
| Website | www.unpar.ac.id |
Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (UNPAR) or Parahyangan Catholic University is a private university in Bandung, Indonesia.
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The history of Parahyangan Catholic University goes back to January 17, 1955, when the late Bishop of Bandung, Mgr. P.M. Arntz, OSC, in cooperation with Bishop of Bogor, Mgr. Prof. Dr. N.J.C. Geise, OFM, established a trade academy named Akademi Perniagaan. In August 1955, the academy was developed in to Parahyangan Socio-Economic Institution of Higher Learning (now the Faculty of Economy).
In September 15, 1955, the Faculty of Law was established; this changed the name “Parahyangan Socio-Economic Institution of Higher Learning” in to “Parahyangan Catholic Institution of Higher Learning”. In October 31, 1955, a foundation based on legal institution was established as an education organization body of Parahyangan Catholic Institution of Higher Learning.
The institution continued to develop its ability and range of study options. In 1960, the Faculty of Engineering was established with two departments, Architecture and Civil Engineering, followed by Faculty of Social and Political Science in 1961. In the same year, the Indonesian government established a law regarding institutions of higher learning, thus the name “Parahyangan Catholic Institution of Higher Learning” changed in to “Parahyangan Catholic University” and gain government’s accreditation on September 19, 1962 and in 1981.
Today Parahyangan Catholic University has seven faculties with more than 16 departments, all with government accreditation as one of the finest universities in Indonesia. With more than 10,000 students who came from many cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, each year UNPAR graduates more than 2,000 professionals. Most of its alumnae now work in respectable positions in national and world famous companies and in governmental departments.
UNPAR’s vision for the year 2020 expresses the aspiration of the academic community of Parahyangan Catholic University, which is formulated by and based on its aphorism Bakuning Hyang Mrih Guna Santyaya Bhakti (based on belief in God, pursuing knowledge to serve the community) and the results of an analysis of UNPAR’s existence in the past, present, and future.
A brief description of UNPAR’s vision for 2020 can be formulated as follows: Being a faith-based academic community that develops the local potential at an international level for the sake of raising the level of human dignity.
In UNPAR’s 2005 statutes it is stated that as an academic institution, UNPAR carries out its mission to consistently realize the following ideals based on specific values:
The objective of the organization Parahyangan Catholic University is expressed in the form of a symbol, which has as a slogan "Bakuning Hyang Mrih Guna Santyaya Bhakti", which means that based on divinity it is demanded that the sciences are devoted to society.
The symbol consists of:
Because of this, the mission of Parahyangan Catholic University is to establish the human being as a whole by means of higher education with the available expertise at the departments and faculties, in order to be able to play a role in the development of the society and state of Indonesia.
There are seven faculties in the university:
In February 2009, a team consisting of 15 students from Parahyangan Catholic University won the "Outstanding Delegation Award" in the Harvard National Model United Nations 2009. This was considered a significant achievement because Parahyangan Catholic University is one of the only three universities in the Asian continent to win an award in HNMUN 2009, which had over 3,000 participants from 35 countries.
A world ranking, human competitiveness index and analysis by the Human Resources & Labor Review, published in Chasecareer Network Indonesia, ranked the university eighth in Indonesia in 2010[1] and 350th-400th in the world.[2]
On December 2011, a team consisting of 2 law students (Made Susanti and Dimas Prasetyo) from Parahyangan International Law Society (PILS) represented the Asia region to compete win the Third World Human Rights Moot Court Competition in University of Praetoria, South Africa. The team defeated all of it's Asian rivals Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) and National Law Institute, University of Bhopal (India) and went as far the semi-finals Third World Human Rights Moot Court Competition in South Africa.
Efforts to support students to develop their potential in all aspects of self-development, organizational skills, sports, and the arts are made a priority. Student activities provide opportunities to gain experience in organizations, thus learning important life skills. These efforts are supervised by the vice-rector for Student Affairs, and the university student president.
At present, there are many student activity units: