Brawijaya University

Brawijaya University
Universitas Brawijaya
	File:University of Brawijaya logo.png
Type	State university
Established	5 January 1963
Rector	Prof. Mohammad Bisri. MS
Academic staff	1,475
Students	30,278
Undergraduates	27,966
Postgraduates	2,312
Other students	1,978 (one-year (D-I) program)
Location	Malang, East Java, Indonesia
Campus	Urban 1,813,664 m²
Colors	Blue
Nickname	UB
Affiliations	ASAIHL, AUAP
Mascot	Join UB, Be The Best
Website	www.ub.ac.id

University of Brawijaya (UB) ^[3] (Template:Lang-id), established in 1963 and located in Malang, is a state university in Indonesia. UB is a leading university in Indonesia with more than 30,000 students in degrees ranging from the diploma programs (one- and two-year), Bachelor’s degree program, Master’s degree program, Doctoral degree program, and Medical Specialist program in 16 faculties.

UB campus is in the city of Malang, East Java, in a strategic location easily reached by public transportation. The campus has a pleasant climate with many trees and the cool air of Malang at 475 meters elevation.

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 the 12th to 15th centuries. University of Brawijaya 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). Before 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: Law and 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: Trade Administration and Agriculture.

At the time of its transformation into a state university, UB had five faculties: Law, Economics, State Governance and Trade Management (an extension of the Faculty of Trade Administration now called the Faculty of Administrative Science), Agriculture, and Veterinary and Animal Husbandry. In 1973, the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry was then divided into 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 (since 1977, it had been under the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fishery, which was later called the Faculty of Animal Husbandry). Before this date, the Faculty of Fishery had operated since 1963, in Probolinggo, a town about three hours 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 University of Brawijaya since 1974. 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 a decree from the Ministry of Education and Culture dated October 21, 1993. University of Brawijaya added one more faculty: 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.

Faculties

Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Animal Husbandry
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Agricultural Technology
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Faculty of Cultural Studies
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Computer Science
Faculty of Veterinary

Student activities

These are executing units for extracurricular activities university-wide. These activity units are divided based on their characters/fields:

Students' Representative Council

EM
DPM

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)
LPM Manifest Law Faculty (Law Press students Association)
HMI (Islamic Students Association; it has a representative in each faculty)
AIESEC

Sports interest

Basketball
Volleyball
Tennis
Badminton
Football
Taekwondo
Kempo
Kendo
Karate
Chess
Shooting Sport
Swimming
Pencak Silat, etc.

Art interest

Choir
Dance and Traditional Music of Karawitan
Theater
Band
Marching Band

Special interest

Student welfare interest

UAKI (Activity Unit for Islamic Spirituality)
UAKK (Activity Unit for Christian Spirituality)
UAKKat (Activity Unit for Catholic Spirituality)
UNIKAHIDHA (Activity Unit for Hindu Spirituality)
UAKB (Activity Unit for Buddhism Spirituality)
KOPMA (Student Cooperative)

Facilities and campus service

Buildings

Widyaloka Building is usually used for regional, national, or international seminars; important meetings such as official ones; discussion; studium general.
Samantha Krida 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 is for student activities or scientific seminars, student admission, contest/competition, student congress, book fair, and other activities.
Graha Medika Building is the newest in UB, located in the Faculty of Medicine. In this building special events, such as meetings and wedding receptions, take place regularly.
PPI Building is a multifunction building where events such as international, national and regional seminars, workshops, etc., take place.
Alumni Building for the activities of UB alumni association. This building functions as a meeting hall such as working meeting, congress, and so on.

Sport and arts facilities

Sports facilities:

Brawijaya University Sports Center (UBSC), beside MX Mall Malang
Volleyball Court, behind the old central building
Basketball Court, behind Samantha Krida building
Badminton Court, Samantha Krida building
Tennis Court, behind Samantha Krida

Arts facilities:

UB Homeband (activity unit for band lovers). Facilities for playing music organized by the activity unit of band lovers in UB.
Traditional Javanese Music and Dance

Rest facilities:

UB Hotel

Former facilities:

Brawijaya Stadium, demolished; now the space is used for the new Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) building

Award

A medical student was awarded the second prize in the Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI) experiment competition. Using lab rats, he found salmonella bacteria can get rid of fatty residue in subject's arteries which may be used as a future remedy for people suffering from heart disease.^[4]