Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung
One Of The Most Prestigious University In Indonesia
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) or Bandung Insitute of Technology or
Institute of technology Bandung, was founded on March 2, 1959. The present ITB
main campus is the site of earlier engineering schools in Indonesia. Although
these institutions of higher learning had their own individual characteristics and
missions, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of
ITB. In 1920, Technische Hogeschool (TH) was established in Bandung, which
for a short time, in the middle forties, became Kogyo Daigaku. Not long after
the birth of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, the campus housed the Technical
Faculty (including a Fine Arts Department) of Universitas Indonesia, with the
head office in Jakarta. In the early fifties, Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences, also part of Universitas Indonesia, was established on the
campus.
In 1959, the present lnstitut Teknologi Bandung was founded by the
Indonesian government as an institution of higher learning of science,
technology, and fine arts, with a mission of education, research, and service
to the community. ITB was considered the top choice among Indonesia’s high
school students in 2006 and has been credited as one of the most “prestigious”
universities in Indonesia, together with University of Indonesia and Gadjah
Mada University. Sukarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia,
earned his engineering degree in civil engineering from ITB. The university
cultivates professional and social activities by supporting its students’
unions, the student government councils that exist in every department. Each
students’ union has its own distinctly designed jacket that, among other
traditions, serves as part of its member identity. There are also a number of
student activity units/clubs supporting ITB student interests in rounding out
their educational experience. It is not uncommon that the students and alumni
are identified by the clubs to which they belong (or used to belong) at ITB, in
addition to their class year and major.
Bandung Institute of Technology complex area is included in the heritage
area in Bandung because there are West Hall and East Hall which is Dutch
architect works named Maclaind Pond. In addition there are many more buildings
in the campus, designed by famous architects include Ir. Soekarno. Although the
function is used as the lectures, but public can enter the campus area to just
take pictures of the building and its atmosphere as well as a walk around in
the campus area. In addition, there is a science and technology demonstration
center in the area of Sasana Budaya Ganesha (Sabuga).
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