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The ("school for the training of native physicians") or STOVIA was a medicine school in
Batavia
Batavia may refer to:
Historical places
* Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands
* Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...
, now
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
's capital
Jakarta. The school was officially opened in March 1902 in a building that is now the
Museum of National Awakening
Museum Kebangkitan Nasional or "Museum of National Awakening" is a history museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. The museum is dedicated for the history of Indonesian National Awakening.
History The building
The building of the museum was constructed fr ...
in
Weltevreden, an affluent district of Batavia.
Reference
Notable alumni
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Djamaluddin Adinegoro
Djamaluddin Adinegoro (14 August 1904 – 8 January 1967) was an Indonesian press pioneer. He is known as a reporter, writer, and political analyst. Through his writing in various newspapers, Adinegoro has made a great contribution in developing j ...
, journalist
*
Djoehana Wiradikarta
Raden Moehamad Djoehana Wiradikarta (born 18 September 1896 in Bandung, Indonesia – died in 1986 in Bandung) was a professor in microbiology and serology at the Bandung Institute of Technology and the faculty of medicine at Padjadjaran Univer ...
, biologist
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Medical schools in Indonesia
Dutch East Indies
Educational institutions established in 1902
Schools in the Dutch East Indies
1902 establishments in the Dutch East Indies