Brawijaya University

Brawijaya University (UB) (Indonesian: Universitas Brawijaya) established in 1963 and located in Malang, is one of the state universities in Indonesia. Today, UB is one of the leading universities in Indonesia with more than 30,000 students in various degrees ranging from the Diploma Programs (One Year and Two Year Programs), Bachelor’s Degree Program, Master’s Degree Program, Doctoral Degree Program, and Medical Specialist Program in 11 faculties.

UB campus is situated in the city of Malang, East Java, in a strategic location you can easily reach by public transportations. Thanks to trees growing in all corners of the campus and the cool air of Malang, you can find UB a very fresh campus. A city of education, Malang has been developing rapidly. This seems to be inseparable from the triumph of East Java in the past.

History

The name Universitas Brawijaya was granted by the President of the Republic of Indonesia through a wire sent on July 11, 1961. This name is derived from the title of Kings of Majapahit, a great kingdom in Indonesia from 12th to 15th centuries. Brawijaya University transformed into a state university on January 5, 1963, following a Presidential Decree issued earlier in the same year. This date was later promulgated as UB's anniversary (specially called Dies Natalies among Indonesian academic society members). Prior to its transformation into a state university in 1967, UB had started its operation in 1957 in Malang, as a branch of University of Sawerigading Makassar. In those days, this Malang branch had two faculties, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Economics. Then, on July 1, 1960, its name was changed into the Municipal University of Malang. Under the new name, two more faculties were established a few months later, that is, the Faculty of Trade Administration and the Faculty of Agriculture.

At the time of its transformation into a state university, UB only had 5 faculties: the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of State Governance and Trade Management (an extension of the Faculty of Trade Administration now called the Faculty of Administrative Science), the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry. In 1973, the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry was then divided into two faculties: The Faculty of Animal Husbandry and the Faculty of Veterinary, which were under Airlangga University. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1963 based on a Decree form the Ministry of Universities and Education Science in the same year.

In 1982, due to a change in UB's organizational structure, the Faculty of Fishery became a separate faculty after previously, since 1977, it had been under the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fishery, which was later called the Faculty of Animal Husbandry. As a matter of fact, prior to this date, the Faculty of Fishery had operated since 1963, but in Probolinggo, a town about three hours away to the Northeast from Malang, as a department under UB's Faculty of Veterinary and Agriculture of University of Brawijaya. The Faculty of Medicine has officially been under Brawijaya University since 1974. Previously, since its establishment, it had been under the Foundation of Higher Education of East Java. The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was inaugurated following the issuance of a Decree from the Ministry of Education and Culture dated October 21, 1993. University of Brawijaya added one more faculty, that is, the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, which was upgraded from the Department of Agricultural Technology, which had been under the Faculty of Agriculture.

The Hymn of UB was composed by a student of the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry called Yanardhana in 1963, while the Mars of UB was composed by Lilik Sugiarto in 1996. Both songs are still frequently sung up to this day.

[edit] Faculties

* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Administrative Sciences (FIA)
* Faculty of Agriculture
* Faculty of Animal Husbandry
* Faculty of Engineering
* Medical Faculty
* Faculty of Fisheries
* Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
* Faculty of Agricultural Technology
* Faculty of Social Sciences

[edit] Students Activities

These are executing units for extracullicular activities at university-wide level. These Activity Units are divided based on their characters/fields:

[edit] Faith and Reason Interest

* FORMASI (Student Forum for English Conversation)
* FORDIMAPELAR (Student Forum for Reason Development)
* UAPKM (Activity Unit of Campus Press)
* IAAS (International Association of Agriculture Students)

[edit] Sports Interest

* Basketball
* Volleyball
* Tennis
* Football, and so on.

[edit] Art Interest

* Choir
* Dance and Traditional Music of Karawitan
* Theater
* Band.

[edit] Special Interest

* Student Regiment
* Scout Gerakan Pramuka
* Voluntary Corps
* Nature Lover Students.

[edit] Student Welfare Interest

* UAKI(Activity Unit for Islamic Spirituality)
* UAKK (Activity Unit for Christian Spirituality)
* UAKKat (Activity Unit for Catholic Spirituality)
* UAKHD (Activity Unit for Hindu Spirituality)
* KOPMA (Student Cooperative)
* Buddhis (Buddhist Students Association).

[edit] Facilities & Campus Service

[edit] Building

Widyaloka Building

Widyaloka Building is a place where various student activities take place. It is usually used for:

* Regional, national, or international seminar.
* Important meetings such as official meetings.
* Discussion
* Studium General

Samantha Krida

Samantha Krida building is the biggest building in UB. In this building, many activities have taken place, graduation (diploma, bachelor, master and doctor) and contests, such as choir or English skill contests.

Student Center Building

Widyaloka building is a place where various student activities or scientific seminars, student admission, contest/competition, student congress, book fair, and other activities.

Graha Medika Building

Graha Medika building is the newest building in UB, located in the Faculty of Medicine. In this building special events, such as meeting and wedding reception, take place regularly.

PPI Building

PPI building is a multifunction building where events such as international, national and regional seminars, workshop, etc., take place.

Alumni Building

Alumni building is a place for the activities of UB alumni association. This building functions as a meeting hall such as working meeting, congress, and so on.