Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (Indonesian: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, abbreviated as Unika Atma Jaya), also known as Atma Jaya University or Atma Jaya, is an institute of higher learning in Jakarta, Indonesia, which was founded by the Atma Jaya Foundation on 1 June 1960. Atma Jaya has three campuses in Jakarta metropolitan area, in which the main campus is located in Semanggi, South Jakarta. The second campus, the center for health development, is located in Pluit, North Jakarta, next to its teaching hospital, Atma Jaya Hospital. The new campus is located in Tangerang, Banten (also called BSD Campus), and is planned to be the main campus for undergraduate students.

According to a survey by GlobeAsia Magazine in 2008 Atma Jaya was ranked third among all private universities in Indonesia. The survey of Tempo magazine from 2005 to 2007 put Atma Jaya in the top ten best universities in Indonesia. The General Directorate of Higher Education categorizes Atma Jaya in 50 Promising Indonesian Universities out of 2864 higher education institutions in Indonesia.

Since 2008, Atma Jaya has been increasing the number of undergraduate and graduate programs, and is constructing a new campus in Bumi Serpong Damai, Tangerang.

The university has been visited once by a reigning pope. Pope John Paul II visited on 12 October 1989. One of its main buildings was named after Pope John Paul II's original name, Karol Wojtyła.

History

In June 1952, the bishops at an all-Java Bishops Meeting first dreamed of founding a Catholic institution of higher learning. The inspiration took form on 1 June 1960 with the establishment of the Atma Jaya Foundation. This institution later founded Atma Jaya Catholic University. Among the first founders were Ir. J.P. Cho, Ir. Lo Siang Hien-Ginting, Drs. Goei Tjong Tik, I.J. Kasimo, J.B. Legiman S.H, Drs. F.X. Frans Seda, Pang Lay Kim, Tan Bian Seng, Anton M. Moeliono, St. Munadjat Danusaputro, J.E. Tan, Ben Mang Reng Say, and Dr. Tjiook Tiauw Hie.

During its early years, the Ursuline Sisters helped Atma Jaya by providing classrooms at their school complexes in Lapangan Banteng Utara and at Santa Theresia, Menteng. Since 1967, Atma Jaya gradually moved to the campus at Jalan Jendral Sudirman, now known as the Semanggi Campus, and then to the Pluit Campus in North Jakarta which houses the Faculty of Medicine, Atma Jaya Hospital and the Atma Jaya Mortuary.

The faculties of Economics and Business Administration were founded in 1960, the faculties of Education and Engineering in 1961, the Faculty of Law in 1965, the Faculty of Medicine in 1967, the Faculty of Psychology in 1992, the master's degree program for professional psychologists in 2005, and the Faculty of Biotechnology in 2002.

Today, Atma Jaya Catholic University has eight faculties with 17 programs for the undergraduate/bachelor's degree. The postgraduate programs consist of three programs for master's degrees: a Master of Management, Master of Applied English Linguistics in 1992, and a master's degree program for professional psychologists in 2005. There is one program for a doctoral degree in applied English linguistics that started in 2002.

Name

Atma Jaya means the reign of the Spirit. The reign of the Spirit motivates the school to always increase education quality.

Faculties

Economics & Business

The Faculty of Economics was founded on July 11, 1960, is the oldest faculty at Unika Atma Jaya. Initially, this faculty had one department, the Management Department, with Corporate Economics as the study program; in 1974, the Accounting Department was opened; and in 1992, the Economics and Development Study (IESP) opened.

The Faculty of Economics changed its name to the Faculty of Economics & Business in 2013.

Administration Studies

The Faculty of Administration Science (FIA) was a division of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty established on July 11, 1960. This faculty opened the General and Personnel Management Department.

The Bachelor of Arts level of this department obtained the "acknowledged" status based on a Decree of the Minister of University and Science of the Republic of Indonesia in 1964. The status was elevated to "equalized" in 1966. The full graduate level of the General and Personnel Management of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty in 1965.{?}

In 1970, the name of the Social and Political Sciences Faculty became the Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty whose full graduate level obtained "equalized" status based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia in 1980.

The Faculty of Administration Science with the Commercial Administration Study Program is the new name used since 1985 based on the Decree dated 1985. Along with the legalization of the name, the curriculum of the faculty was developed based on the core curriculum set forth by the Department of Education and Culture. The Administration Science Faculty – FIA Study Program – Commercial Administration Study Program are accredited as "A" based on the Decree of BAN-PT of the Department of Education and Culture in 1998. The accreditation rank has been retained with the obtainment of an "A" rank certificate (very good) based on the Decree of BAN-PT of the Department of Education and Culture in 2003.

In 2009, The Faculty of Administration Science opens a new study program. Programs of Study Communication Science, according to SK DITJEN DIKTI DEPDIKNAS No.887/D/T/2009 dated on June 11, 2009, has been legally administering its students admission. A year after the programs of Study Communication Science opened, The Faculty of Administration Science opened a programs of Hospitality. According to SK DITJEN DIKTI DEPDIKNAS No.78/D/O/2010 dated on June 9, 2010, programs of Hospitality is able to start admission process of admission for the next term.

The Faculty of Administration Science changed its name to the Faculty of Business Administration and Communication. FIABIKOM has three programs of study: Commercial Administration, Communication Science, and Hospitality. According to DIKTI's new regulations on academic degrees, programs of study Commercial Administration when completed will be granted Bachelor of Commercial Administration (Sarjana Administrasi Bisnis, S.AB.), Communication Science will be granted Bachelor of Communications (Sarjana Ilmu Komunikasi, S.I.Kom.), Hospitality will be granted Bachelor of Hospitality (Sarjana Pariwisata, S.Par.).

Cooperation with foreign universities, institutes, and associations

Atma Jaya cooperates with foreign universities for student exchange programs, lecturer exchanges, scholarships, joint research, and other activities:

• University of Illinois (USA)
• Loyola University Chicago (USA)
• Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)
• Kanda University of International Studies (Japan)
• Southern Taiwan University of Technology (Taiwan)
• Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan)
• Woosong University Solbridge International (South Korea)
• Kyungsung University (South Korea)
• Catholic University of Korea (South Korea)
• Sogang University (South Korea)
• Daegu Mirae College (South Korea)
• University of Santo Tomas (the Philippines)
• The University of New South Wales (Australia)
• Flinders University (Australia)
• University of Queensland (Australia)
• Maastricht University (the Netherlands)
• Radboud University (the Netherlands)
• Universitat Regensburg (Germany)
• Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences-Bolcholt Campus (Germany)
• University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany)
• The Webropol University (Germany)

With institutes and associations abroad, among others:

• National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)|National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Thailand)
• National Science and Technology Development Agency (Thailand)
• BIOTECH (Thailand)
• The Australian Consortium for In Country Indonesian Studies (Australia)
• Coca-Cola Foundation (USA)
• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Germany)
• German Caritas Association (Germany)
• The Katholiescher Akademischer Auslander Dienst (KAAD)

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