SEA: Indonesia : Parahyangan Catholic University

Parahyangan Catholic University

Brief History of UNPAR

Founded on January 17th 1955 as and Academy of Commerce by the Bishop of Bandung Diocese and the Bishop of Bogor Diocese (Mgr. Arntz OSC and Mgr. Geise OFM), Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (UNPAR) is one of the oldest private catholic university in Indonesia

It has three campuses in Bandung City, one in Jalan Ciumbuleuit 94 wich is the main campus, one in Jalan Merdeka 30 which serves for graduate programs and on in Jalan Nias 2 where you can find the Faculty of Philosophy.

The various faculties and courses available in Parahyangan University

The Faculty of Economics with:

• Economics Development,
• Management,
• Accountancy,
• Business (vocational program),
• Accountancy Professional Program

The Faculty of Law with:

• Law

The Faculty of Social and Political Sciences with:

• Public Administration,
• Business Administration,
• International Relations

The Faculty of Engineering with:

• Civil Engineering,
• Architecture

The Faculty of Philosophy with:

• Theology,
• Philosophy of Culture

The Faculty of Industrial Technology with:

• Industrial Engineering,
• Chemical Engineering

The Faculty of Information Technology and Sciences with:

• Mathematics,
• Physics,
• Informatics Engineering

The Graduate Programs with:

• Management,
• Law,
• Social Science,
• Civil Engineering,
• Architecture,
• Theology,
• Chemical Engineering,
• Industrial Engineering (January 2010)

The Post Graduate Programs with:

• Economics,
• Law,
• Civil Engineering,
• Architecture

The Additional programs with:

• many short courses such as entrepreneurship, taxation, philosophy of culture, english, etc.
• and annually ‘summer course’ of International Relations Programs

The Main strengths and competitive advantages of the University:

The university can boast having an outstanding reputation for many years thanks to:

• High quality professors, doctors, lecturers, students, and staffs
• A very good academic atmosphere with harmony and peace between multicultures and religions
• Facilities such as: fully furnished library (hardcopy as well as electronics), Free internet and sport facilities for students
• Fully supported Lecturers to study doctor degree inside as well as outside Indonesia, fully supported to disseminate their research results in journals, seminars etc. inside and outside Indonesia, supported to do post doctoral research at overseas universities for a maximum of two semesters

UNPAR lecturers rewards:

• four winners of ‘Best Lecturer of West Jawa Province’ (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• two winners of 25 Years APTIK Anniversary (1st and 3rd)
• two finalist of ‘Best Australian Alumnae’ (2007, 2008)

The univesity has 35 student activity units to offer, also called UKM (‘unit kegiatan mahasiswa’) for extra curricular activites, some of them prominent for their many years international achievements suchas:

• Parahyangan Student Choir
• Mahitala UNPAR
• Moot-court Teams
• HMNUN Teams
• Parahyangan English Debate Club
• LISTRA (traditional Indonesian art club)

The international Relations and Cooperations of Parahyangan

UNPAR is member of :

• INU (International Network of Universities) with 11 universities from 9 countries
• ACUCA (The Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia) 56 institutions from 7 countries
• ASEACCU (The Association of South East and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities 45 institutions

UNPAR has several international cooperations with :

• Flinders University, Australia
• Giessen University, Germany
• Hiroshima University, Japan
• Toyo University, Japan
• Asia University, Taiwan
• Ateneo de Manila University
• Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages,
• Taiwan
• De La Salle Lipa, Philippines
• Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok

The current projects and main developments:

UNPAR is internationalizing certain undergraduate programs, starting with International Relations Program. Currently there are two prominent professors teaching in International Relations Program:

• Prof Colin Brown PhD (Curtin University, Australia)
• Prof Bradley Simpson PhD (from USA, AMINEF aid)

UNPAR has accreditations from international institutions for certain undergraduate programs.
It has double-degree programs for some of UNPAR programs (undergraduate, graduate and post graduate programs).
It is opening english classes in certain under graduate programs.
Currently UNPAR is designing to build up a center for humanities trainings for students, lecturers and staffs, located outside main campus.
In keeping with UNPAR 2020 Vision, currently it is planning a long term target to build a second campus fulfilling international standards, and it is opening new faculties and more international programs

Some figures about the Alumni