Католический университет АТМА Джая Индонезии

Indonesian university

Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia (also known as "Atma Jaya University" or "Atma Jaya"; or abbreviated as Unika 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.

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.

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

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.

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.). In late 2014, though not yet published and confirmed publicly, the Faculty of Business Administration and Communication would be merged with the Faculty of Economy. Merging these faculties would give birth to The Faculty of Economics and Business. The planned Faculty of Economics and Business was intended to have finished integrating for the new study term of 2015.

The Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogical Sciences (FKIP) was founded in 1961 as the continuation of the B1 Bonaventura course with three departments: the Pedagogical Science Department, English Language Department, and History Department. Four years later, on August 12, 1965, the name of this faculty changed to the Faculty of Pedagogical Science Faculty with two departments: the English Language Department and General Science Department. Since 1980, this faculty has been known as the Faculty of Teacher Training and Pedagogical Sciences. The General Science Department changed into the Pedagogical Science Department with Pedagogical and Counseling Psychology study program while the English Language Department changed into the Language and Art Education Department of the English Language study program in 1985. For academic year 1985/1986, a new study program opened, Catechetic Education, which on November 18, 1996, changed to the Theological Pedagogical Science Study Program. This study program continued from the Catechetic Academy "Karya Wacana". At the time of establishment, FKIP had 280 registered students. In 1999, 1,350 students were registered in this program.

The Faculty of Law was founded on July 3, 1965, admitting 141 students. The class started early in September 1965 using the St. Theresa Junior High School building in Central Jakarta. One month later, the G 30 S incident broke out, followed by mass demonstrations by students. It was not until February 1, 1967, that the class resumed. The class at Semanggi Campus began earlier in March 1971. For the first 10 years, there was no change to the number of the students, with only one study program. Until 1986, by average, each year, no more than 100 students were admitted. However, as of 1987, every year more and more students applied. Over 2003–2004, 325 to 350 prospective students of an average 1,000 applicants have been admitted. Now the Faculty of Law has four concentration programs: Civil Law, Criminal Law, State Administration/International Law, and Economic and Business Law. When it first opened there were only 141 students but by the second semester of 2004/2005 there were 1,525 registered students. A survey by Tempo magazine in October 2003 and 2004 ranked the Faculty of Law number three among the favorite places to study Law. The survey was conducted in seven major cities (Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Semarang, Yogyakarta, Malang, and Medan) to 1,100 respondents: parents of senior high school students and the students themselves

In 1964, Dr. K. S. Gani, DPH, Dr. J. Soegondho Roewidodarmo, and Dr. A. H. Tjahjadi moved to realize the idea of founding a medicine faculty in a Catholic educational institution. On December 27, 1967, the Decree of Atma Jaya Foundation regarding the establishment of a Medical Faculty was issued. The class began in March 1968 at St. Carolus Hospital's Complex and laboratory practice was held at the laboratory of the Medical Faculty of Universitas Indonesia. On September 12, 1969, the faculty was granted a "registered" status from the Department of Education and Culture. The year 1969 witnessed the construction of the first decently permanent building at Semanggi Campus with the help from DITH (Directoraat International Technische Hulp), an agency of the Dutch government. Atma Jaya Hospital, the place where doctors experience their clinical education, was used for the first time in 1976. Before Atma Jaya Hospital was completed, most clinical educations were done at St. Carolus Hospital, Gatot Subroto Hospital, Community Health Center Melani, and many others. Since 1991 all the learning process has been held at Pluit Campus, about 12 km away from the main campus of Atma Jaya, in the same location with Atma Jaya Hospital. Since its establishment until 1996, the Medical Faculty of Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University had used the Indonesia Doctor Education Core Curriculum I (KIPDI I) and KIPDI II until 2005. As of 2006, FKUAJ uses KIPDI III, a Competence Based National Curriculum for Doctors' Education for primary health service doctors with family doctor approaches.

To develop biotechnology in Indonesia, the Biotechnology Faculty at the university was established in 2002. The faculty includes programmes of study in Environmental and Industrial Biology, Medical Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bio ethics. With the opening of this faculty, Atma Jaya became the first university in Indonesia to have a faculty of Biotechnology.

On 16 October 1992, Atma Jaya University began offering a master's degree in Linguistics, with a focus on the English language. On 4 October 1993, this was followed by the introduction of a master's degree in Management.