The ("school for the training of native physicians") or STOVIA was a medicine school in Batavia, now

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's capital

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

. The school was officially opened in March 1902 in a building that is now the Museum of National Awakening in Weltevreden, an affluent district of Batavia.

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Notable alumni

* Djamaluddin Adinegoro, journalist * Djoehana Wiradikarta, biologist {{Coord, 6, 10, 43, S, 106, 50, 17, E, region:ID-JK_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Medical schools in Indonesia Universities and colleges established in 1902 Schools in the Dutch East Indies 1902 establishments in the Dutch East Indies