Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia
According to a survey by GlobeAsia Magazine in 2008 Atma Jaya was ranked 3rd among all private universities in Indonesia. While the survey of Tempo magazine from 2005 to 2007 put Atma Jaya in the top ten best universities in Indonesia. The General Directorate of Higher Education categorizes Atma Jaya in 50 Promising Indonesian Universities out of 2864 higher education institutions in Indonesia.Since 2008 Atma Jaya has been increasing the number of undergraduate and graduate programs, and is constructing a new campus in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang.
In June 1952, the Bishops at an all-Java Bishops Meeting 1st dreamed of founding a Catholic institution of higher learning. The inspiration took form on 1 June 1960 with the establishment of the Atma Jaya Foundation. This institution later founded Atma Jaya Catholic University. Among the 1st founders were Ir. J.P. Cho, Ir. Lo Siang Hien-Ginting, Drs. Goei Tjong Tik, I.J. Kasimo, J.B. Legiman S.H, Drs. F.X. Frans Seda, Pang Lay Kim, Tan Bian Seng, Anton M. Moeliono, St. Munadjat Danusaputro, J.E. Tan, Ben Mang Reng Say.
During its early years, the Ursuline Sisters helped Atma Jaya by providing classrooms at their school complexes in Lapangan Banteng Utara and at Santa Theresia, Menteng. Since 1967, Atma Jaya gradually moved to the campus at Jalan Jendral Sudirman, now known as the Semanggi Campus, and then to the Pluit Campus in North Jakarta which houses the Faculty of Medicine, Atma Jaya Hospital and the Atma Jaya Mortuary.
The faculties of Economics and Business Administration were founded on 1960, the faculties of Education and Engineering in 1961, the Faculty of Law in 1965, the Faculty of Medicine in 1967, the Faculty of Psychology in 1992 and Master’s degree program for Professional Psychologists in 2005, and the Faculty of Biotechnology in 2002.
Today, Atma Jaya Catholic University has eight faculties with 17 programs for the undergraduate/bachelor degree. The postgraduate programs consist of three programs for master degrees, namely Master of Management, Master of Applied English Linguistic in 1992, Master Degree Program for Professional Psychologists in 2005. There is one program for a Doctoral degree in Applied English Linguistic that started in 2002.
Atma Jaya means the reign of the Spirit. The reign of the Spirit motivates the school to always increase education quality.
The Atma Jaya Foundation was founded by a group of Catholic scholars on June 1, 1960 and it was this foundation that established Universitas Katolik Atma Jaya, Jakarta.
The Faculty of Economics\ was founded on July 11, 1960, the oldest faculty at Unika Atma Jaya, which started in October 1960. Initially, this faculty had one department, the Management Department, with Corporate Economics as the study program; in 1974, the Accounting Department was opened; and in 1992, the Economics and Development Study opened.
The Faculty of Administration Science was a division of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty established on July 11, 1960. This faculty opened the General and Personnel Management Department.
The Bachelor of Arts level of this department obtained the “acknowledged†status based on a Decree of the Minister of University and Science of the Republic of Indonesia in 1964. The status was elevated to “equalized†in 1966. The full graduate level of the General and Personnel Management of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty in 1965.
In 1970, the name of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty became the Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty whose full graduate level obtained “equalized†status based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia in 1980.
The Faculty of Administration Science with the Commercial Administration Study Program is the new name used since 1985 based on the Decree dated 1985. Along with the legalization of the name, the curriculum of the faculty was developed based on the core curriculum set forth by the Department of Education and Culture. The Administration Science Faculty â€" FIA Study Program â€" Commercial Administration Study Program are accredited as “A†based on the Decree of BAN-PT of the Department of Education and Culture in 1998. The accreditation rank has been retained with the obtainment of an “A†rank certificate based on the Decree of BAN-PT of the Department of Education and Culture in 2003.
The Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogical Sciences was founded in 1961 as the continuation of the B1 Bonaventura course with three departments: the Pedagogical Science Department, English Language Department, and History Department. Four years later, on August 12, 1965, the name of this faculty changed to the Faculty of Pedagogical Science Faculty with two departments: the English Language Department and General Science Department. Since 1980, this faculty has been known as the Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogical Sciences.
The General Science Department changed into the Pedagogical Science Department with Pedagogical and Counseling Psychology Study Program while the English Language Department changed into the Language and Art Education Department of the English Language Study Program in 1985. In addition, in academic year 1985/1986, a new study program opened, the Catechetic Education Program which on November 18, 1996 changed to the Theological Pedagogical Science Study Program. This study program continued from the Catechetic Academy “Karya Wacanaâ€. At the time of establishment, FKIP had 280 registered students. In 1999, 1,350 students were registered in this program.
When 1st founded the university had only the social faculty. The Government regulated that a university must have both the social and science faculties. To meet the requirements of a university, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia opened a Faculty of Technology with the Mechanical Engineering department.
To speak about the faculty of Technology is to speak about Ir. J. P. Cho and Ir. Bian Tamin, the two founders of the faculty. Cho got his title from the Technische Hogeschool Delft in Netherlands in 1955. He was a mechanical engineer. Realizing that Indonesia lacked technical experts, he turned his attention to education.
After three months in Indonesia, he began teaching at the National Technical Academy until 1960. During his time at the National Technical Academy, he was approached by Frans Seda to move to Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia.
A year after the establishment of Unika Atma Jaya, he and Ir. Bian Tamin founded the Faculty of Technology of Unika Atma Jaya. At the opening of the Faculty of Technology, except being a member of the foundation, he sat as the Secretary of the faculty and a lecturer. Over 1968-1969, he was posted as the Dean. During his office as the Dean, with very limited financial resource and facility, he continued the struggle to raise the Faculty of Technology. Cho left the faculty membership with the foundation. Since 1977 he has been a full time Executive Secretary to the Atma Jaya Foundation. For his contributions to the world of education and Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia in particular, on November 23, 1989, Pope John Paul II granted the Sancto Silvester medal to Ir. J. P. Cho.
The other founder of the Faculty of Technology is Ir. Bian Tamin. He was born in Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatra. He finished his elementary and high school educations in West Sumatra. In chase of higher education, he moved to Bandung to attend to the Technische Hogeschool â€" Scheikundige Afdeling. He then left for the Netherlands and entered the Technische Hogeschool Delft Afdeling: Scheikundige Technologie. During his stay in the Netherlands, he co-founded IMKI. For his active contributions, he was promoted the president of IMKI. He was also a top member of PPI Management.
On returning home to Indonesia he co-pioneered the establishment of Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia with Drs. Frans Seda and Ir. J. P. Cho. A year from the birth of the university, with Cho, he founded the Faculty of Technology. He became Dean of the Faculty of Technology, along with his position as the Vice President III of Atma Jaya Foundation.
The Faculty of Technology was officially founded on July 1, 1961. In the early days, the Faculty of Technology only had the Mechanical Engineering Department. Lectures were given from one place to another such as the Daya Murni Meeting Hall in Lapangan Banteng Utara Street, St Theresa Parochial, St Theresa High School in Theresa Street, Cathedral Parochial, St Ursula High School, Van Lith Junior High School in Gunung Sahari Street, Saint Joseph Parochial in Matraman Raya Street, and Kanisius High School in Menteng Raya Street.
A problem was the lack of staff. In the beginning, there were no full time staff. The staff were all part-timers and mostly members of the Marine Corps. They were there thanks to the close personal relationship with Ir. J. P. Cho. Among those giving lectures at the Faculty of Technology of Unika Atma Jaya are Officer Dr. A.J. Suryadi, Dr. Parapat, Ir. Legiyono, Ir. Sugiyono Kadarisma, Ir. Ghandawinata, Ir. H.J. Kusumadiantho, Drs. Koeswono, and Dra. Saodhah.
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