Padjadjaran University

Padjadjaran University
Universitas Padjajaran
Type State university
Established September 11, 1957
Rector Prof. Dr. Med. Tri Hanggono Achmad, dr
Undergraduates 23.999 (2016)
Postgraduates 2.799 (2016)
1.543 (2016)
Address Jalan Dipati Ukur No. 35, Bandung 40132, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
6°53′36″S 107°37′01″E / 6.89333°S 107.61694°E / -6.89333; 107.61694Coordinates: 6°53′36″S 107°37′01″E / 6.89333°S 107.61694°E / -6.89333; 107.61694
Campus

Dipatiukur Campus, Bandung

Jatinangor Campus, Sumedang
Nickname UNPAD
Affiliations ASAIHL, AUAP[1]
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. Unpad was established on September 11, 1957, and officially opened by the President of Republic Indonesia Soekarno on the September 24, 1957.

Unpad has gained the most applicant and highest passing grade in National Selection of State University Entrance (SNMPTN) since 2013.[2][3] In 2014, Unpad was officially set as State University of Legal Entities[4] and accredited "A" by BAN-PT [5]. It also ranked as top ten universities in Indonesia by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education in 2016[6].

History

The old building of medicine department in Pasir Kaliki, Bandung

The name of Padjadjaran was taken from the name of a kingdom in Sunda, Kingdom of Padjadjaran, ruled by King of Prabu Siliwangi. The background of establishment began from the willingness of community leaders to improve youth education to higher degree in West Java at the time. Since Bandung Institute of Technology had more focus on engineering science, people were keen to have other state university which provides education in various field of science. The university was officially opened by the President of Republic Indonesia, Soekarno, on September 24, 1957. On November 6, 1957, Prof. Iwa Koesoemasoemantri was appointed the President of Padjadjaran University.

When established, the university had four departments: Law, Economics, Medicine, and Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Now it has developed into 16 faculties and several postgraduate programs, 44 undergraduate programs (Strata 1/S1), two specialist programs, nine doctorate programs (Strata 3/S3), 19 master degree programs (Strata 2/S2), five profession programs, one four-year diploma program (D4), and 32 three-year diploma programs (D3).

Initially established in Bandung, all undergraduate departments have been relocated to Jatinangor, a town near Sumedang. The concept was inspired by "Tsukuba Science City". The university started to moved gradually, started from Faculty of Agriculture in 1983 and followed by the others. The rectorate building in Jatinangor was officially inaugurated.

Rector

Campuses

Iwa Koesoemasoemantri Campus located in Dipati Ukur, Bandung City.
Rectorate of Padjadjaran University located in Jatinangor campus

Campus located in Jatinangor. The other main campus is at Dipati Ukur Campus, located in Bandung City, is now dedicated mostly for postgraduate program. Besides those two locations, there are several campuses spread over in Bandung City Area including Sekeloa, Singaperbangsa, Dago 4, Simpang Dago, Dago Atas, Dago Pojok, Banda, Cimadiri, Cisangkuy, Eikman, Pasirkaliki, Teuku Umar, and some other locations.

Facilities

Accommodation

There are several dormitories:

All of student dormitories are located in Jatinangor, Sumedang.

Transportation

The university has some free campus transportation operated from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Jatinangor campus.

Library

As one of the most important facility, Unpad has a central library located in front of Dipati Ukur campus, named UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Padjadjaran. It is now moved to Jatinangor campus. Moreover, each of faculties in the university has at least one library in their buildings.

Health Center

Unpad has two health center located in Dipati Ukur, named Bale Kesehatan, and in Jatinangor, named Klinik Padjadjaran (relocated to Jl. Sayang). Not only for students, Klinik Padjadjaran also provides health service for public.

Sports

There are two sport facilities: Stadion Jati Padjadjaran (outdoor) and Bale Santika (indoor). Both are located in Jatinangor campus.

Meeting Room

The university has numerous meeting rooms located in Dipati Ukur campus (including Bale Rumawat, Ruang Serba Guna 2 and Graha Sanusi Hardjadinata) and Jatinangor campus (including Bale Sawala, Bale Rucita and Bale Santika). The graduation ceremony is regularly held in Graha Sanusi Hardjadinata. Moreover, the building is also open for public reservation.

Other Facilities

Several students from non-social science faculty visit Center for Basic Science Program, known as PTBS or PPBS, in their first year. Within this period, they learn basic science: biology, chemistry, physics and calculus. There is also Center for Language Program developed by Faculty of Literature[7].

In 2013, Unpad built a mosque in Jatinangor campus named Masjid Raya Unpad (MRU) - also known as Bale Aweuhan[8]. There is also a mosque in Dipati Ukur campus.

The university also built a central laboratory in 2016 to advance multi discipline research, especially in Herbal Science[9][10]. The building is located in Jatinangor campus.

Faculties

Faculty of Medicine

Tutorial buildings

The faculty has five main buildings at the Jatinangor campus:

Library

The faculty has the main library at Jatinangor campus and libraries at each department of the faculty as well as the library at Hasan Sadikin Hospital.

The main library in A3 has 31000 holdings (textbooks, national and international journals, newsletter, magazine, dissertation/thesis/final papers). Besides those, the library has electronics journals which provides 300 titles.

The library has air-conditioned rooms, reading rooms (100 users capacity), computer facilities connected to the internet to access electronic journal (e-library).

Laboratory

The faculty has four laboratories:

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

The faculty has several study programs, including doctorate degree, master degree and bachelor degree. Most of its buildings are located in Jatinangor campus. The faculty has 21 laboratories, used to facilitate both academic and research activities, and a library[11]. Each year, students of this faculty have significant participation in National Mathematics and Natural Sciences Olympics and Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa, organized by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

Study programs

Doctorate degree:

Master degree:

Bachelor degree:

Finance

In September 2011, the university announced its intention to build a shopping centre and a three storey hotel in Jl. Dago with the profits used to finance the university.[12]

Notable people and alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://auap.sut.ac.th/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=82
  2. ↑ "Selama Empat Tahun, Peminat Unpad Tertinggi | Republika Online". Republika Online. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  3. ↑ "Unpad in SNMPTN 2016, With Most Applicants and Highest Passing Grade - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran. 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
  4. ↑ "Unpad Resmi Ganti Status Jadi PTN BH : Okezone News". news.okezone.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  5. ↑ "Universitas - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  6. ↑ Prasetia, Andhika. "Ini 12 Besar Peringkat Perguruan Tinggi Indonesia 2016". detiknews. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  7. ↑ "Pusat Bahasa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Unpad - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  8. ↑ "Rektor Resmikan Masjid Raya Unpad di Jatinangor - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  9. ↑ "Laboratorium Central - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Peresmian Laboratorium Central Tandai Peresmian 18 Gedung Sumber Dana IDB di Unpad - Universitas Padjadjaran". Universitas Padjadjaran (in Indonesian). 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  11. ↑ "FMIPA Unpad -". FMIPA Unpad. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  12. ↑ "Padjajaran University expands business units". September 8, 2011.
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