Bandung Institute of Technology


The Bandung Institute of Technology is a state, coeducational research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Established in 1920, ITB is the oldest and first technology-oriented university in Indonesia.
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 Gadjah Mada University and University of Indonesia. Sukarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia, earned his engineering degree in civil engineering from ITB. Furthermore, B. J. Habibie, the third president of Indonesia, also spent a year in the mechanical engineering department of ITB and is officially recognized as a graduate.
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 at ITB, in addition to their class year and major.
As of 2020, ITB had thirteen undergraduate study programs been internationally accredited from an independent U.S.-based accrediting institution, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. The thirteen study programs are Electrical Engineering, Informatics, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Ocean Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, and Telecommunication Engineering.
ITB's march "Mars ITB" and hymn "Hymne ITB" were arranged by a former professor, Prof. Dr. Sudjoko Danoesoebrata.

Historical Background

ITB traces its origin to de Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng which was founded by the patronage of Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, a Bandung plantation owner, industrialist and philanthropist, and the support from the Dutch colonial administration, to meet the needs of technical resources in Dutch East Indies. The school building was designed in 1918 by a Dutch architect named Henri Maclaine Pont, who was inspired by Indonesian vernacular architecture and blending it with modern elements. When the school opened its door for the first time on 3 July 1920, it only had one department namely 'de Faculteit van Technische Wetenschap' and one academic major of 'de afdeeling der Weg en Waterbouw'.
During the Japanese occupation in 1942-1945, the institute was renamed Kōgyō Daigaku. When Indonesia declared its independence the campus was renamed "Sekolah Tinggi Teknik" in 1945. However a year later the Netherlands returned to Indonesia and took directorship of the campus, it was used as "Nood-Universiteit van Nederlandsch Indië". Later in 1947 the campus housed the Faculteit van Technische Wetenschap and Faculteit van Exacte Wetenschap which is under Universiteit van Indonesië. In 1950 after the Netherlands left Indonesia, the university became faculty of engineering and faculty of natural sciences, under University of Indonesia.
On 2 March 1959, the 2 faculty of University of Indonesia in Bandung was declared a separate academic entity. On Government Regulation No. 155/2000, ITB was declared a Legal Enterprise. Bandung Institute of Technology was founded for higher learning in natural sciences, technologies, and fine arts.

Campus

The ITB main campus, to the north of the downtown Bandung, and its other campuses, cover a total area of about 770,000 square metres.
Students and faculty housing, and administrative headquarters are not on the main campus, but are located within proximity. Facilities on the campus include book shops, a post office, student cafeteria and medical clinic.
In addition to lecture rooms, laboratories, workshops and studios, ITB has an art gallery, sports facilities and a student activities' centre. For implementation of academic and research activities there are seven academic support facilities, namely, the Central Library on campus, Sports Centre, Language Centre and the Bosscha Observatory in Lembang, 11 kilometres to the north of Bandung.

Academics

Quality and Reputation

ITB is ranked 313th at 2021 QS Global Ranking. ITB is considered to have the highest selectivity in the field of science and engineering in the SNMPTN in 2009 from 422,159 examinees competing for its limited 2,000 seats.
The passing grades required to enter its top four favorite faculties i.e., Faculty of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics and Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering are the highest in the nationwide state university entrance test. Its business school, School of Business and Management is considered as the most prestigious and elite business school in Indonesia and regarded as the best business school in Indonesia by eduniversal ranking, and SWA Magazine, the most popular business magazine in Indonesia.

Research

According to the rector of ITB, ITB had built an eight-storey mining research centre for both national and international research such as research on oil reservoirs, production optimisation, geological exploitation and coal exploitation development worth Rp110 billion.

Faculties and Programs

Consisting of 12 faculties and schools, ITB is not only focused on the fields of STEM but also arts and business management which have been recognized at national and international levels.

Natural Sciences Cluster

Pharmacy Cluster

Engineering Cluster

Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Cluster

Notable people and alumni

ITB has produced more than 120,000 alumni who play a significant role in nation-building. Among others are: