The University of Timor (

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

: ''Universitas Timor'', abbreviated ''Unimor'') is an Indonesian public university in the island of

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

, in the town of

Kefamenanu Kefamenanu is a town and capital of the administrative district (''kecamatan'') of Kota Kefamenanu and of the North Central Timor Regency in West Timor, Indonesia. A road connects it to Halilulik and Kota Atambua to the northeast. It had a popula ...

which is part of the

North Central Timor Regency North Central Timor Regency ( id, Kabupaten Timor Tengah Utara) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,669.70 km2, and had a population of 229,803 at the 2010 Census and 259,829 at the 2020 Census; the off ...

. As a public university, Unimor accepts students partially through the SNMPTN system administered nationwide. It is one of the two public universities on the Indonesian part of the island, the other being the University of Nusa Cendana. Following the independence of

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

and exodus of Indonesian nationals (many to Kefamenanu), the teaching staff formerly from Universitas Timor Timur established the university in 2000 on a 40-hectare plot of land donated by the local council and a Rp 2 billion funding from the central government. Initially a private university, it attempted to be nationalized starting around 2010 and after several rejections, was officially made a public university in 2014. Located 7 hours away from the provincial capital of

Kupang Kupang ( id, Kota Kupang, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the 2020 C ensus, it had a population of 442,758; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 455,850. It is the largest ci ...

, the university is close to the border with East Timor and hence receive some students from across the border. In 2017, it claimed that 6,000 East Timorese students had studied at Unimor. As comparison, there were 5,000 active students in the same year with an intake of 1,500. The institute has been categorized as part of the fourth cluster - the lowest tier - among other higher education institutions in Indonesia, as of 2017.

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