Brawijaya University (, abbreviated as UB), is an autonomous state university in Indonesia established on 5 January 1963, in
Malang
Malang (; , ), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari, Singhasari K ...
,
East Java
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. The University of Brawijaya is recognized as one of the elite campuses in Indonesia and consistently ranked 5th in national level by the official release from
Kemenristekdikti along with
University of Indonesia (UI),
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB),
Gadjah Mada University (UGM), and
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB). In the International level, the University of Brawijaya is ranked 51st in
Asia
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and 400th Worldwide, thus making it one of the few Indonesian universities included in the
QS World University Rankings
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. Currently, UB is ranked 225th in Asia for 2023.
Brawijaya University has 47,469 students from 18 faculties and 221 departments, ranging from the vocational, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, and medical specialist programs.
There are four campuses that UB possesses, two of them are located in
Malang
Malang (; , ), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari, Singhasari K ...
at Veteran and Dieng, then the rest are in
Kediri and
Jakarta
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. The main campus is located in the western part of
Malang City
Malang (; , ), historically known as Tumapel, is an inland city in the Indonesian province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of the Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most populous city in the province, with a population ...
with the total area of 60 hectares. It's a very strategic location and it has a great infrastructure. The campus has pleasant climate with a good amount of trees and fresh air.
Overall, University of Brawijaya owns 9,813,664 m
2 or 981
hectare
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s and its
endowment fund
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reached 5.12
trillion
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*1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million 1,000,000, million, or (ten to the twelfth Exponentiation, power), as defined on the long and short scales, short scale. This is now the meaning in bot ...
Rupiah
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(
US$
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). University of Brawijaya considered as the second biggest and wealthiest university in the country, after
University of Indonesia (UI).
History
The name of Brawijaya was granted by the president of the Republic of Indonesia through a wire sent on 11 July 1961. This name is derived from the title of kings of
Majapahit
Majapahit (; (eastern and central dialect) or (western dialect)), also known as Wilwatikta (; ), was a Javanese people, Javanese Hinduism, Hindu-Buddhism, Buddhist thalassocracy, thalassocratic empire in Southeast Asia based on the island o ...
, a great kingdom in Indonesia from the twelfth to fifteenth century. The University of Brawijaya transformed into a state university on 5 January 1963, following a presidential decree issued earlier in the same year. This date was later promulgated as University of Brawijaya's anniversary (especially called Dies Natalies among Indonesian academic society members). Before its transformation into a state university in 1967, University of Brawijaya had started its operation in 1957 in Malang, as a branch of the University of Sawerigading
Makassar
Makassar ( ), formerly Ujung Pandang ( ), is the capital of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, ...
. In those days, this Malang branch had two faculties: Law and Economics. Then, on 1 July 1960, its name was changed to the Municipal University of Malang. Under the new name, two more faculties were established a few months later: Administration Sciences and Agriculture.
At the time of its transformation into a state university, University of Brawijaya had five faculties: Law, Economics, State Governance and Trade Management (an extension of the Faculty of Trade Administration now called the Faculty of Administrative Science), Agriculture, and Veterinary and Animal Husbandry. In 1973, the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry was then divided into the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and the Faculty of Veterinary, which were under
Airlangga University
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. The Faculty of Engineering was established in 1963 based on a decree form the Ministry of Universities and Education Science in the same year.
In 1982, due to a change in University of Brawijaya's organizational structure, the Faculty of Fishery became a separate faculty (since 1977, it had been under the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fishery, which was later called the Faculty of Animal Husbandry). Before this date, the Faculty of Fishery had operated since 1963, in
Probolinggo
Probolinggo (, , Javanese language, Javanese: ''Kuthå Pråbålinggå'') is a city on the north coast of East Java province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 56.676 sq. km, and had a population of 217,062 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Stati ...
, a town about three hours to the northeast from Malang, as a department under University of Brawijaya's Faculty of Veterinary and Agriculture of University of Brawijaya. The Faculty of Medicine has officially been under University of Brawijaya since 1974. Since its establishment, it had been under the Foundation of Higher Education of East Java. The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences was inaugurated following a decree from the Ministry of Education and Culture dated October 21, 1993. The University of Brawijaya added one more faculty: the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, which was upgraded from the Department of Agricultural Technology, which had been under the Faculty of Agriculture.
The hymn of University of Brawijaya was composed by a student of the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry called Yanardhana in 1963, while the march of University of Brawijaya was composed by Lilik Sugiarto in 1996. Both songs are still frequently sung.
Faculties and School

* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Economics and Business
* Faculty of Administrative Sciences
* Faculty of Agriculture
* Faculty of Animal Husbandry
* Faculty of Engineering
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Health Science
* Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences
* Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
* Faculty of Agricultural Technology
* Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
* Faculty of Cultural Studies
* Faculty of Dentistry
* Faculty of Computer Science
* Faculty of Veterinary
* School of Vocational Education
Student activities
These are executing units for extracurricular activities university-wide. These activity units are divided based on their characters/fields:
Students' Representative Council
* EM (Students' Executive/Eksekutif Mahasiswa)
* DPM (Students' Representative Council/Dewan Perwakilan Mahasiswa)
* BEM F (Faculty Students' Executive/Badan Eksekutif Mahasiswa Fakultas)
* DPM F (Faculty Students' Representative Council/Dewan Perwakilan Mahasiswa Fakultas)
* Himpunan Jurusan/Program Studi (Majoring Students Association)
Faith and reason interest
* FORMASI (Student Forum for English Conversation)
* FORDIMAPELAR (Student Forum for Reason Development)
* UAPKM (Activity Unit of Campus Press)
* IAAS (International Association of Students in Agricultural and Related Sciences)
* LPM Manifest Law Faculty (Law Press students Association)
* AIESEC
* FPCI
Sports interest
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Chess
* Football
* Karate
* Kempo
* Kendo
*
Pencak Silat
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* Shooting Sport
* Swimming
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Volleyball, etc.
Art interest
* Band
* Choir
* Dance and Traditional Music of Karawitan
* Marching Band
* Theater
* NOLDERAJAT (Student Forum and Training for Cinematography)
Special interest
* Drug Abuse and
HIV/AIDS
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Prevention Team
* Nature Lover Students
* Scout
Gerakan Pramuka
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Scouting was founded in the Dutch East Indies in 1912, and Indonesia became a member of the World ...
* Student Regiment
* Voluntary Corps
Student welfare interest
* KOPMA (Student Cooperative)
* UAKB (Activity Unit for Buddhism Spirituality)
* UAKI (Activity Unit for Islamic Spirituality)
* UAKK (Activity Unit for Christian Spirituality)
* UAKKat (Activity Unit for Catholic Spirituality)
* UNIKAHIDHA (Activity Unit for Hindu Spirituality)
Facilities and campus service
Buildings
* Widyaloka Building is usually used for regional, national, or international seminars; important meetings such as official ones; discussion; studium general.
* Samantha Krida is the biggest building in University of Brawijaya. In this building, many activities have taken place, graduation (diploma, bachelor, master and doctor) and contests, such as choir or English skill contests.
* Student Center Building is for student activities or scientific seminars, student admission, contest/competition, student congress, book fair, and other activities.
* Graha Medika Building is the newest in University of Brawijaya, located in the Faculty of Medicine. In this building special events, such as meetings and wedding receptions, take place regularly.
* PPI Building is a multifunction building where events such as international, national and regional seminars, workshops, etc., take place.
* Alumni Building for the activities of University of Brawijaya alumni association. This building functions as a meeting hall such as working meeting, congress, and so on.
Sport and arts facilities
Sports facilities:
* Universitas Brawijaya Sports Center (UBSC), behind Transmart MX Mall
* Volleyball Court, behind the old central building
* Badminton Court, Samantha Krida building
* Tennis Court, behind Samantha Krida
* Gelanggang Olah Raga (GOR) Pertamina, multi-purpose sport hall for Basketball and Futsal, behind Samantha Krida Building
Arts facilities:
* UB Homeband (activity unit for band lovers). Facilities for playing music organized by the activity unit of band lovers in University of Brawijaya.
* Traditional Javanese Music and Dance
Rest facilities:
* UB Hotel
Former facilities:
* Brawijaya Stadium, demolished; now the space is used for the new building for Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) building
Disability Services
Disability services is provided by
Center for Disability Studies and Services Brawijaya University. The center focuses mainly in ensuring inclusion for persons with disabilities in higher education.
Rankings
The QS Asia University Rangkings 2024 has ranks as number 49. Meanwhile, in the
QS World University Rankings
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2025, the Brawijaya University ranked in the range of 801–850 globally and ranked ninth in Indonesia.
In the
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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2024, Brawijaya University is ranked in the range of 1501+ globally.
Subject
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QS World University Rankings
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Award
A medical student was awarded the second prize in the Indonesian Science Institute (LIPI) experiment competition. Using lab rats, he found
salmonella
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bacteria can get rid of fatty residue in subject's arteries which may be used as a future remedy for people suffering from heart disease.
International cooperation
*
Kassel University,
Germany
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*
Universität Leipzig, Germany
*
Miyazaki University
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,
Japan
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*
Yamaguchi University
is a Japanese national university, national university in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi and Ube, Yamaguchi, Ube.
History
The root of the university was , a private school founde ...
, Japan
*
International Institute of Multicultural Studies Annaka, Japan
*
Kumamoto University
, abbreviated to ''Kumadai'' (熊大), is a Japanese national university located in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in the Kyushu region of Japan. It was established on May 31, 1949, at which time the following institutions were subsumed into it; ...
, Japan
*
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
*
Burapha University
Burapha University (BUU) (Thai alphabet, Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา) is one of Thailand's public universities. It is in the coastal town of Saen Suk, near the Bangsaen, beach of Bangsaen in Chonburi province. It was e ...
,
Thailand
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*
Kyungpook National University
Kyungpook National University (; abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae ()) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in Daegu, which used to be the capital city of the Gyeong ...
,
South Korea
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Chiayi University,
Taiwan
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*
Massey University
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,
New Zealand
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*
University of Wollongong
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,
Australia
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*
University of Canberra
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, Australia
Footnotes
References
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