Institut Teknologi Telkom (now :

Telkom University Telkom University ( Indonesian: ''Universitas Telkom'', abbreviated as Tel-U) is a private university located in Bandung. Tel-U has several times ranked as the top private university in Indonesia and has been ranked to be one of The Best Univer ...

) (IT Telkom, formerly known as Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Telkom or STT Telkom) (1990-2013) was a

vocational university A vocational university or university of applied sciences (UAS), less commonly called a polytechnic university is an institution of higher education and increasingly research that provides applied professional education and grants academic de ...

specializing in

telecommunication Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

. It was established on September 28, 1990 by the Telkom Education Foundation, which is owned by

PT Telkom PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk () officially shortened into PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, also simply known as Telkom, is an Indonesian multinational telecommunications conglomerate with its corporate headquarters in Bandung ...

, the semi-privatized government-owned telecommunication company of Indonesia. The school with 480.000 m² area was in Dayeuhkolot, 3 km south of

Bandung Bandung is the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, the city is the List of Indonesian cities by population, fourth-most populous city and fourth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabay ...

. In August 2013, the institution was merged with Telkom Education Foundation's 3 other institutions, Telkom Institute of Management, Telkom Politechnics, and Telkom Creative Arts Schools to form

IT Telkom focused on a program to support the development of telecommunication technologies and industries by providing skilled professionals. In its early years of 1991 and 1992, PT Telkom provided scholarship to all students with job contracts at the company after graduation. In 2005, IT Telkom tied with

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

's largest telecommunication manufacturer and wireless provider,

ZTE ZTE Corporation is a Chinese partially state-owned technology company that specializes in telecommunication. Founded in 1985, ZTE is listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE's core business is wireless, exchange, opti ...

, to establish a telecommunication center at the school's campus. LC-IT-TELKOM-7

Faculties

# Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communications # Faculty of Informatics Engineering # Faculty of Industrial Engineering # Faculty of Science # Faculty of Postgraduate

External links

Official SiteStudents Community of IT Telkom

References

{{Authority control Universities in West Java 1990 establishments in Indonesia 2013 disestablishments in Indonesia Universities and colleges established in 1990