The Universitas Mulawarman is a public university located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was established on September 27, 1962, making it the oldest tertiary education institution in East Kalimantan. With more than 35,000 students, Universitas Mulawarman is the university with the most students in Kalimantan. Its main campus is in Gunung Kelua, while other campuses are in Pahlawan Road, Banggeris Street and Flores Street of Samarinda.
History The name "Mulawarman" is taken from the legendary king Mulavarman Nala Dewa of the Kutai Martadipura Kingdom who ruled in the 4th-5th century CE, historically one of the earliest Hindu kingdoms in Indonesia, located in current Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan.
Beginnings On June 6, 1962, the Governor of East Kalimantan Province, Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto, founded Perguruan Tinggi Mulawarman (Mulawarman College), located in Samarinda.Governor of East Kalimantan Decree Number 15/PPK/KDH/1962 Then the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture approved the establishment as Universitas Mulawarman on September 28, 1962Ministry of Education and Culture Decree Number 130/1962 and officially confirmed by the President on April 23, 1963.Presidential Decree Number 65/1963 The date of September 27, 1962 was set as the date of the founding of the Universitas Mulawarman.
At first the Universitas Mulawarman had four faculties: Faculty of State and Trade Administration, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Mining in Balikpapan. Only the Faculty of State and Trade Administration could be started at the opening in 1962, the Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1964. In 1966, the Faculty of State and Trade Administration was split into the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and Faculty of Economics.
1970s-1980s Due to difficulty to find teaching staff, the Faculty of Mining, in Balikpapan, was closed in 1970. In 1978, the Samarinda Teaching and Education Sciences Institute was integrated into Universitas Mulawarman as the Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences on March 20.Ministry of Education and Culture, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 181/D/E/1978 Thus since September 7, 1982, there were five faculties in Universitas Mulawarman:Presidential Decree Number 66/1982 Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences, and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.
On December 3, 1985, Universitas Mulawarman Polytechnic was established.Ministry of Education and Culture, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 80/Dikti/Kep/1985
1990s-2000s Since the 1990s, Universitas Mulawarman established new faculties: Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences in 1996,Ministry of Education and Culture, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 229/Dikti/Kep/1996Ministry of National Education Decree Number 237/0/2000 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2001,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 2811/D/T/2001 and 109/DT/2006 Faculty of Medicine in 2001,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 2083/D/T/2001 and 231/DT/2008 Faculty of Law in 2005,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 2296/D/T/2005 and 194/DT/2005 Faculty of Public Health in 2005,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 2005/D/T/2005 and 230/DT/2008 Faculty of Engineering in 2007,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 1192/D/T/2003 and 397/DT/2007 Faculty of Pharmacy in 2008,Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 4692/D/T/2008Universitas Mulawarman Rector Decree Number 03/DT/2009 and Faculty of Cultural Studies in 2009.Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 1521/D/T/2009
On April 28, 1997, Universitas Mulawarman Polytechnic was formed into Samarinda State Polytechnic, separated from Universitas Mulawarman.Ministry of Education and Culture, Directorate General of Higher Education Decree Number 86/O/1997
2010s onwards In 2010, the university established the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. Ministry of National Education Decree Number 28/D/O/2010
Universitas Mulawarman rector is Prof. Dr. H. Zamruddin Hasid, S.E. since 2010. Zulkifli D., 2010. Unmul Miliki Rektor Baru, Kementerian Pendidikan Nasional Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, accessed Jan 17, 2012
Schools The university has several courses in 15 faculties and program: First Vice Rector of Universitas Mulawaman, 2010. Status Akreditasi and Program Studi , Universitas Mulawarman Faculty of Agriculture Agribusiness (Bachelor's degree) Agricultural technology (Bachelor's degree) Agrotechnology (Bachelor's degree) Animal husbandry (Bachelor's degree) Plant cultivation (Diploma) Faculty of Cultural Studies English literature (Bachelor's degree) Indonesian literature (Bachelor's degree) Ethnomusicology (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Economics Accounting (Diploma, Bachelor's degree, and professional degree) Economics (Bachelor's degree) Management (Bachelor's degree and master's degree) Islamic Economics (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Engineering Chemical engineering (Bachelor's degree) Civil engineering (Bachelor's degree) Environmental engineering (Bachelor's degree) Mining engineering (Diploma and bachelor's degree) Industrial engineering (Bachelor's degree) Electronic engineering (Bachelor's degree) Mechanical engineering (Bachelor's degree) Architecture (Bachelor's degree) Geological engineering (Bachelor's degree) Petro and Oleo Chemistry (Diploma) Survey and Mapping (Diploma) Faculty of Fishery and Marine Sciences Aquaculture (Bachelor's degree) Water resource management (Bachelor's degree) Fishery agribusiness (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Forestry Forestry (Bachelor's degree, Master's degree and Doctoral degree) Faculty of Technology Information and Computer Sciences Computer engineering (Bachelor's degree) Computer Sciences (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Law Law (Bachelor's degree and master's degree) Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Biology (Bachelor's degree) Chemistry (Bachelor's degree and master's degree) Physics (Bachelor's degree) Geophysics (Bachelor's degree) Statistics (Bachelor's degree) Mathematics (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Medicine Medicine (Bachelor and professional degree) Dentistry (Bachelor's degree and Professional degree) Nursing (Diploma Faculty of Pharmacy Pharmacy (Diploma, Bachelor's degree and Professional degree) Faculty of Public Health Public Health (Bachelor's degree) Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Communication (Bachelor's degree) Political and Governmental Science (Bachelor's degree) International Relations (Bachelor's degree) Office administration (Diploma) Psychology (Bachelor's degree) Secretary (Diploma) Sociatry (Bachelor's degree) Public Administration (Bachelor's degree) Tourism (Diploma) Business Administration (Diploma and bachelor's degree) Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences Biology education (Bachelor's degree) Chemistry education (Bachelor's degree) Civics education (Bachelor's degree) Computer education (Bachelor's degree) Education counselling (Bachelor's degree) Early childhood education (Bachelor's degree) Economics education (Bachelor's degree) Elementary education (Bachelor's degree) English Education (Bachelor's degree) Indonesian and regional language-literature (Bachelor's degree) Mathematics education (Bachelor's degree) Outschooling education (Bachelor's degree) Physical and health education (Bachelor's degree) Physics education (Bachelor's degree) Teaching (Professional degree) Postgraduate Program Environmental sciences (Master's degree)
Campuses
There are four campuses of Universitas Mulawarman: Gunung Kelua campus is the main campus, located in Gunung Kelua area, Samarinda, where most of the faculties, administrative office and student services can be found. Its main entrance is on Muhammad Yamin road. Public transport is the Angkutan Kota route C. Pahlawan campus is on Harmonika street (crossing the Pahlawan road), Samarinda. It is the location for Education for Language Sciences Studies of the Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences. Public transport is Angkutan Kota route A, B and C. Banggeris campus is on Banggeris street, Samarinda, near the Islamic Center. The Education for Social Sciences Studies of the Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences is here. Public transport is Angkutan Kota route A. Flores campus is on Flores street, Samarinda, near the city center. It is the location of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, the Economics Studies postgraduate programs and the Language Center. It was the first main campus of Universitas Mulawarman. Public transport is Angkutan Kota route B. Some faculties also has other teaching locations: The program of Integrated Governmental Sciences of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences in Kalian street. Abdul Wahab Sjahranie General Hospital as the teaching hospital for the Faculty of Medicine. Laboratories of the Faculty of Forestry in Samboja, Bukit Soeharto and Tanahmerah. Laboratories of the Faculty of Agriculture in Telukdalam and Berambah.
Facilities and services Most facilities and services available to support the student are located in the main campus of Gunung Kelua, such as auditorium, banks and ATMs (Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Muamalat, Bank Tabungan Negara, Bank Kaltim and Bank Mandiri), clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, guest house, Language Center (in Flores campus), library, mosque of Al-Fatihah, radio Metro Mulawarman, security, sport facilities: Kurusetra football field, September 27 Sport Hall, including badminton, basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts, and also wall climbs and jogging track, student accommodation, Student Activity Center and Student Co-op.
Technical Operational Units Several services are managed under technical operational units: Academics Development Center (for teaching capacity improvement), Bukit Soeharto Research and Education Forest in Kutai Kartanegara and Penajam North Paser, Business Management Development, Center for Social Forestry,Center for Social Forestry, 2010. Organizational Profile, accessed Jan 30, 2012 Computer Center, Distance Learning Unit, Fundamental Science Laboratory, Language Center (in Flores campus, providing courses of foreign language, especially English), Library of Universitas Mulawarman (with more than 90,000 titles), Personality Development Unit, Quality Assurance, and Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Botanical Garden in North Samarinda.
Student activities The highest organizational body for students is the Students Executive Board. The organization is led by an elected president, who runs the office with help from a vice president, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and several Ministries. The Board is responsible to the Students Representative Council, the highest student legislative organization in the university. There are several students activity unit, such as: (Music) Band, Football, IMAPA (environmental preservation, adventuring, forest mountaineering, rock climbing, and rafting), Journalism, KBMK (Christian religious activities) KSR (volunteering, in cooperation with the Indonesian Red Cross), PUSDIMA (Islamic dakwah center), PSM (university student choir), Pramuka (scouting), Softball, Taekwondo and Yupa Theater. Many student activities are maintained in the Student Activity Center.
Institutes
Research Institute