Institut Teknologi Bandung

Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) (English: Institute of Technology, Bandung) was established in 1920 as Technische Hogeschool te Bandung (THB). It was also the place where Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, got his engineering degree in architecture.

Later it became part of the Technical Faculty of University of Indonesia (UI) in Jakarta after Indonesia's independence. Today, with the annual supply of Indonesia's brightest students, the university boasts itself as the country's centre of excellence in science, technology, and art.

The university also supports the students professional and social activities by supporting the students' unions which exists in every department. Each Student Union have their own jackets for their identity. There are also several Students Activity Units which support students' interests including sports, arts, and entrepreneurship.

The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.

Faculties

The Faculty of Civil and Planning Engineering (website) consists of 6 departements:

• Departement of Civil Engineering (website)
• Departement of Geodetics Engineering (website)
• Departement of Architecture (website)
• Departement of Environmental Engineering (website)
• Departement of Urban Planning and Design (website), and
• Departement of Marine Engineering (website)

The Faculty of Earth Sciences and Mineral Technology (website) consists of 4 departements:

• Departement of Meteorology, Geophysics, and Oceanography (website)
• Departement of Geology (website)
• Departement of Petroleum Engineering (website)
• Departement of Geophysical Engineering (website)

The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design (website) consists of 3 departements:

• Departement of Visual Arts (website)
• Departement of Design (website), and
• Departement of Sociotechnology (website).

The Faculty of Industrial Technology (website) consists of 8 departements:

• Departement of Chemical Engineering (website)
• Departement of Mechanical Engineering (website)
• Departement of Electrical Engineering (website)
• Departement of Engineering Physics (website)
• Departement of Industrial Engineering (website)
• Departement of Informatics Engineering (website)
• Departement of Aeronautical Engineering (website)
• Departement of Material Engineering (website).

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (website) consists of 6 departements:

• Departement of Mathematics (website)
• Departement of Physics (website)
• Departement of Astronomy (website)
• Departement of Chemistry (website)
• Departement of Biology (website)
• Departement of Pharmacy (website)

The School of Business & Management ITB (website) Consists of 2 programs:

• Undergraduate Program (website)
• MBA Program (website)

Reputation

The university is considered as "The Indonesian MIT" and was ranked first in Asia in terms of student's selectivity (Asiaweek 2000), topping the more renown Asian universities such as Nanyang Technological University or even the prestigious Tokyo Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Technology.

External link

• ITB (official web site)
• Asia's Best Universities (Asiaweek magazine 2000)