Type State university Students 43.519(2008) Doctoral students 1.887 (2013) Undergraduate tuition and fees 4 million IDR (2010) Province West Java | Established September 11, 1957 Postgraduates 4.370 (2013) Phone +62 22 84288828 Founded 11 September 1957 Colors Black, Yellow, White, Red | |
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Rector Prof. Dr. Med. Tri Hanggono Achmad, dr Address Jl. Raya Bandung Sumedang Km. 21, Hegarmanah, Jatinangor, Kabupaten Sumedang, Jawa Barat 45363, Indonesia Notable alumni Melody Nurramdhani Laksani, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Annisa Pohan, Ernest Prakasa, Ruhut Sitompul Similar Bandung Institute of Technology, Gadjah Mada University, University of Indonesia, Indonesia University of Educati, Diponegoro University Profiles | ||
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 11 September 1957, and officially opened by the President of Republic Indonesia Soekarno on the 24th of September 1957.
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On January 14, 2014, Unpad was officially set as State University of Legal Entities. Additionally, Unpad has gained the most applicant and highest passing grade in National Selection of State University Entrance (SNMPTN) since 2013.
History
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 programmes, 44 undergraduate programmes (Strata 1/S1), two specialist programmes, nine doctorate programmes (Strata 3/S3), 19 Master's degree programmes (Strata 2/S2), five profession programmes, one four-year diploma program (D4), and 32 three-year diploma programs (D3).
Initially established in Bandung, almost all undergraduate departments have been relocated to Jatinangor, a town near Sumedang, except for the departments of Law and Economics. Postgraduate departments still have their teaching facilities in Bandung.
For a time, Semaun was on the economics faculty.
Campuses
Dipati Ukur Campus, located in Bandung City, is now dedicated mostly for postgraduate program. The other main campus is at Jatinangor.
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.
Faculties
Tutorial buildings
The faculty has five main buildings at the Jatinangor campus:
Each tutorial room has multimedia facilities (computer and LCD). The faculty has tutorial rooms at A3 and A5.
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:
Other facilities
The faculty has student dormitories. The first dormitory was built in 2006 (three floors and 50 bedrooms).
Previously the dormitories were accommodation facilities for all international students during their first year of study.
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.