| Brawijaya University | |
| Native Name: | Indonesian: Universitas Brawijaya |
| Former Names: | Dutch; Flemish: Gemeentelijke Universiteit |
| Established: | [1] |
| Type: | Public university |
| Rector: | Prof. Widodo, S.Si., M.Si., Ph.D.Med.Sc., IPU., ASEAN Eng. |
| Students: | 55,469 |
| Undergrad: | 43,213 |
| Postgrad: | 10,475 |
| Motto: | Building Up Noble Future [2] |
| Mascot: | BRONE (Brawijaya Number One) |
| City: | Malang |
| Province: | East Java |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Campus: | Urban (981 Hectares) |
| Affiliations: | ASAIHL,[3] UA&P,[4] AUN, SEAMEO SEARCA, APRU, FUIW, ASEA UNINET |
| Website: | ub.ac.id |
| Endowment: | Rp5.12 trillion (FY 2018)[5] |
| Academic Staff: | 2,185 |
Brawijaya University (Indonesian: Universitas Brawijaya, abbreviated as UB), is an autonomous state university in Indonesia established on 5 January 1963, in Malang, East Java. The University of Brawijaya is recognized as one of the elite campuses in Indonesia and consistently ranked 5th in national level by the official release from Kemenristekdikti along with University of Indonesia (UI), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).[6] In the International level, the University of Brawijaya is ranked 51st in Asia and 400th Worldwide, thus making it one of the few Indonesian universities included in the QS World University Rankings.[7] Currently, UB is ranked 225th in Asia for 2023.[8]
Brawijaya University has 55,469 students from 18 faculties and 221 departments, ranging from the vocational, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and medical specialist programs.
There are four campuses that UB possesses, two of them are located in Malang at Veteran and Dieng, then the rest are in Kediri and Jakarta. The main campus is located in the western part of Malang City with the total area of 60 hectares. It's a very strategic location and it has a great infrastructure. The campus has pleasant climate with a good amount of trees and fresh air.[9]
Overall, University of Brawijaya owns 9,813,664 m2 or 981 hectares and its endowment fund reached 5.12 trillion Rupiah (US$). University of Brawijaya considered as the second biggest and wealthiest university in the country, after University of Indonesia (UI).[10]
The name of Brawijaya was granted by the president of the Republic of Indonesia through a wire sent on 11 July 1961. This name is derived from the title of kings of Majapahit, a great kingdom in Indonesia from the twelfth to fifteenth century. The University of Brawijaya transformed into a state university on 5 January 1963, following a presidential decree issued earlier in the same year. This date was later promulgated as University of Brawijaya's anniversary (especially called Dies Natalies among Indonesian academic society members). Before its transformation into a state university in 1967, University of Brawijaya had started its operation in 1957 in Malang, as a branch of the University of Sawerigading Makassar. In those days, this Malang branch had two faculties: Law and Economics. Then, on 1 July 1960, its name was changed to the Municipal University of Malang. Under the new name, two more faculties were established a few months later: Administration Sciences and Agriculture.[11]
At the time of its transformation into a state university, University of Brawijaya had five faculties: Law, Economics, State Governance and Trade Management (an extension of the Faculty of Trade Administration now called the Faculty of Administrative Science), Agriculture, and Veterinary and Animal Husbandry. In 1973, the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry was then divided into the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and the Faculty of Veterinary, which were under Airlangga University. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1963 based on a decree form the Ministry of Universities and Education Science in the same year.
In 1982, due to a change in University of Brawijaya's organizational structure, the Faculty of Fishery became a separate faculty (since 1977, it had been under the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fishery, which was later called the Faculty of Animal Husbandry). Before this date, the Faculty of Fishery had operated since 1963, in Probolinggo, a town about three hours to the northeast from Malang, as a department under University of Brawijaya's Faculty of Veterinary and Agriculture of University of Brawijaya. The Faculty of Medicine has officially been under University of Brawijaya since 1974. Since its establishment, it had been under the Foundation of Higher Education of East Java. The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was inaugurated following a decree from the Ministry of Education and Culture dated October 21, 1993. The University of Brawijaya added one more faculty: the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, which was upgraded from the Department of Agricultural Technology, which had been under the Faculty of Agriculture.
The hymn of University of Brawijaya was composed by a student of the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry called Yanardhana in 1963, while the march of University of Brawijaya was composed by Lilik Sugiarto in 1996. Both songs are still frequently sung.[12]
These are executing units for extracurricular activities university-wide. These activity units are divided based on their characters/fields:
Sports facilities:
Arts facilities:
Rest facilities:
Former facilities:
Disability services is provided by Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University. The center focuses mainly in ensuring inclusion for persons with disabilities in higher education.
A medical student was awarded the second prize in the Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI) experiment competition. Using lab rats, he found salmonella bacteria can get rid of fatty residue in subject's arteries which may be used as a future remedy for people suffering from heart disease.[18]
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