Prior to the independence of Indonesia, the Dutch East Indies had established STOVIA, initially a medical school and later expanding into multiple fields upon independence and its renaming to Universitas Indonesia. The university had multiple branches in Jakarta, Bogor, Surabaya, Makassar and Bandung, most of which eventually split into their own universities. One of these branches was the Faculty of Teaching and Education. Around 1963, there was also another institute - the Teachers' Education Institute, which resulted in dualism in the young country's education of teachers. Due to this, Sukarno ordered a merge between the faculty and the institute to form the Institute of Teaching and Education through a Presidential Decree. Later on, the merged body split into its own university, effective on 16 May 1964. :id:Latief Hendraningrat|Latief Hendraningrat, former head of the Indonesian Army's Commanders and Staff School and later a brigadier general, was appointed as the first rector and served for just a year. In 1968, the institute established the Labschool High School to act as a school laboratorium where teachers in training could practice their teaching and educational research could be conducted. The institute was converted into a university on 4 August 1999, and it had since expanded into teaching non-education subjects. In 2017 the university was put under investigation for high levels of plagiarism, resulting in the removal of its previous rector by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education. In the same year, it was ranked 26th out from 3,244 higher educational institutes in Indonesia by Kemenristekdikti.
Prof. R. Sugarda Poerbakawatja, Dean of FKIP University of Indonesia
Prof. Dr. Slamet Imam Santoso, Dean of FKIP University of Indonesia
IKIP Jakarta Era
Brigjen A. Latif Hendraningrat, Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Dra. Maftuchah Yusuf, Head of Presidium of IKIP Jakarta
Dr. Deliar Noer, Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Dr. Siswojo Hardjodipuro, Pjs. Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Prof. Dr. Winarno Surachmad, M.Sc.,M.Ed., Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Prof. Dr. R. Soedjiran Reksosoe-darmo, M.A., Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Prof. Dr. Conny R. Semiawan, Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Prof. Dr. A. Suhaenah Suparno, Rector of IKIP Jakarta
Prof. Dr. Sutjipto, Rector of IKIP Jakarta
State University of Jakarta Era
Prof. Dr. Sutjipto, Rector of State University of Jakarta
Prof. Dr. Bedjo Sujanto, M.Pd., Rector of State University of Jakarta
Prof. Dr. H. Djaali, Rector of State University of Jakarta
Prof. Intan Ahmad, Ph.D., Acting Rector of State University of Jakarta
Dr. Komarudin, M.Si., Rector of State University of Jakarta
Students and Faculties
UNJ claimed to have 26,000 students as of March 2017. 3,906 students from 6 of the 8 faculties graduated from the university on September 2016, adding to an almamater of over 105,000 since the university's inception. The university has the following faculties, in addition to a postgraduate program: