State University of Jakarta (

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: ''Universitas Negeri Jakarta'', commonly abbreviated as UNJ) is a public university in

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. Founded in 1964 as the Jakarta Institute of Teaching and Education (IKIP Jakarta), it was later converted into a state university by the Indonesian government in 1999. The university has four campuses in

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and

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, with the main campus being located in

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. Divided into 8 faculties, the university had a graduating class of 3,906 in 2016. Early 2021, UNJ obtained Excellent Accreditation. Based on the Decree of BAN-PT No. 45/SK/BAN-PT/Akred/PT/II/2021, it is stated that the State University of Jakarta meets the requirements for an Excellent Accreditation rating with a score of 366. The Accreditation status is valid from February 2, 2021, until February 2, 2026.

History

Prior to the independence of Indonesia, the

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had established

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, initially a medical school and later expanding into multiple fields upon independence and its renaming to ''

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''. The university had multiple branches in

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and

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, most of which eventually split into their own universities. One of these branches was the Faculty of Teaching and Education. Around 1963, there was also another institute - the Teachers' Education Institute (''Institusi Pendidikan Guru''), which resulted in dualism in the young country's education of teachers. Due to this,

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ordered a merge between the faculty and the institute to form the Institute of Teaching and Education (''Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan'', IKIP) through a

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. Later on, the merged body split into its own university, effective on 16 May 1964. Latief Hendraningrat, former head of the Indonesian Army's Commanders and Staff School and later a

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, was appointed as the first rector and served for just a year. In 1968, the institute established the Labschool High School (SMA Labschool) to act as a school laboratorium where teachers in training could practice their teaching and educational research could be conducted. The institute was converted into a university on 4 August 1999, and it had since expanded into teaching non-education subjects. In 2017 the university was put under investigation for high levels of

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, resulting in the removal of its previous rector by the

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(''Kemenristekdikti''). In the same year, it was ranked 26th out from 3,244 higher educational institutes in Indonesia by Kemenristekdikti.

Rectorate

University of Indonesia Era

# Prof. Dr. R. Soegarda Poerbakawatja, Dean of FKIP University of Indonesia (1961 - 1963) # Prof. Dr. R. Slamet Iman Santoso, Dean of FKIP University of Indonesia (1963 - 1964)

IKIP Jakarta Era

# Brigjen A. Latief Hendraningrat, Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1964 - 1965) # Prof. Dr. Maftuchah Yusuf, Head of Presidium of IKIP Jakarta (1966 - 1967) # Prof. Dr. Deliar Noer, M.A., Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1967 - 1971; 1971 - 1975) # Dr. Siswojo Hardjodipuro, Pjs. Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1975) # Prof. Dr. Winarno Surachmad, M.Sc., Ed., Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1975-1980) # Prof. Dr. Sudjiran Resosudarmo, M.A., Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1980 - 1984) # Prof. Dr. Conny R. Semiawan, Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1984 - 1988; 1988 - 1992) # Prof. Dr. A. Suhaenah Suparno, Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1992 - 1996) # Prof. Dr. Sutjipto, Rector of IKIP Jakarta (1997 - 1999)

State University of Jakarta Era

# Prof. Dr. Sutjipto, Rector of State University of Jakarta (1999 - 2001; 2001 - 2005) # Prof. Dr. Bedjo Sujanto, M.Pd., Rector of State University of Jakarta (2005 - 2009; 2009 - 2014) # Prof. Dr. H. Djaali, Rector of State University of Jakarta (2014 - 2017) # Prof. Intan Ahmad, Ph.D., Acting (Plt) Rector of State University of Jakarta (2017 - 2019) # Prof. Dr. Komarudin, M.Si., Rector of State University of Jakarta (2019 - 2023)

Students and Faculties

UNJ claimed to have 26,000 students as of March 2017. 3,906 students from 6 of the 8 faculties graduated from the university in September 2016, adding to an almamater of over 105,000 since the university's inception. The university has the following faculties, in addition to a postgraduate program: # Faculty of Education Sciences # Faculty of Languages and the Arts # Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences # Faculty of Social Sciences # Faculty of Engineering # Faculty of Sports Sciences # Faculty of Economics # Faculty of Psychological Education

References

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