Sanata Dharma University

Sanata Dharma University

Universitas Sanata Dharma is a Jesuit university in Yogyakarta in Indonesia. It is also known as USD or Sadhar. Sanata Dharma means “the true dedication” or “the real service”. The dedication and the service have been devoted to the nation and the church (Pro Patria et Eclessia). Universitas Sanata Dharma has 8 undergraduate schools with 25 departments, 3 graduate programs, 1 professional program, and 3 certified programs.
In 1955, Catholic priests of the Order of the Society of Jesus in Central Java and lay intellectuals decided to found a teacher training college. With the support of the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, Father Kester, the superior of the Jesuit missionaries, united the diploma courses in Education under de Britto Foundation in Yogyakarta and in English under the Loyola Foundation in Semarang into a higher learning institution and so was born PTPG Sanata Dharma on October 20, 1955. At that time, Sanata Dharma had four departments: Education, English, History, and Natural Sciences. The superior of the Jesuit mission appointed Father Nicolaus Driyarkara as the dean and Father H. Loeff as the vice dean.

In November 1958 Sanata Dharma.

Dharma was renamed FKIP Sanata -

In 1965 the Faculty was changed into IKIP Sanata Dharma. Since 1979 this institute has run a Bachelor and Diploma programs in Mathematics, Physics, Indonesian, English, Social Science.
To meet the demands and needs of the community and the progress of science and technology, on April 20, 1993, IKIP Sanata Dharma was developed into Sanata Dharma University.

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