History
The name "Mulawarman" is taken from the legendary king Mulavarman Nala Dewa of the Kutai Martadipura Kingdom who ruled in the 4th-5th century CE, historically one of the earliest Hindu kingdoms in Indonesia, located in current Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan.
Beginnings
On June 6, 1962 the Governor of East Kalimantan Province, Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto, founded Perguruan Tinggi Mulawarman (Mulawarman College), located in Samarinda. [4] Then the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture approved the establishment as Universitas Mulawarman on September 28, 1962 [5] and officially confirmed by the President on April 23, 1963. [6] The date of September 27, 1962 was set as the date of the founding of the Universitas Mulawarman. [2]
At first the Universitas Mulawarman had four faculties: Faculty of State and Trade Administration, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Mining in Balikpapan. Only the Faculty of State and Trade Administration could be started at the opening in 1962, the Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1964. In 1966, the Faculty of State and Trade Administration was split into the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and Faculty of Economics. [2]
1970s-1980s
Due to difficulty to find teaching staff, the Faculty of Mining, in Balikpapan, was closed in 1970. In 1978, the Samarinda Teaching and Education Sciences Institute was integrated into Universitas Mulawarman as the Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences on March 20. [7] Thus since September 7, 1982, there were five faculties in Universitas Mulawarman: [8] Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences, and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. [2]
On December 3, 1985 Universitas Mulawarman Polytechnic was established. [9]
1990s-2000s
Since the 1990s, Universitas Mulawarman established new faculties: [2] Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences in 1996, [10] [11] Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2001, [12] Faculty of Medicine in 2001, [13] Faculty of Law in 2005, [14] Faculty of Public Health in 2005, [15] Faculty of Engineering in 2007, [16] Faculty of Pharmacy in 2008, [17] [18] and Faculty of Cultural Studies in 2009. [19]
On April 28, 1997, Universitas Mulawarman Polytechnic was formed into Samarinda State Polytechnic, separated from Universitas Mulawarman. [20]
2010s onwards
In 2010, the university established the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. [21]
Universitas Mulawarman rector is Prof. Dr. H. Zamruddin Hasid, S.E. since 2010. [22]
Facilities and services
Most facilities and services available to support the student are located in the main campus of Gunung Kelua, such as auditorium, banks and ATMs (Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Muamalat, Bank Tabungan Negara, Bank Kaltim and Bank Mandiri), clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, guest house, Language Center (in Flores campus), library, mosque of Al-Fatihah, radio Metro Mulawarman, security, sport facilities: Kurusetra football field, September 27 Sport Hall, including badminton, basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts, and also wall climbs and jogging track, student accommodation, Student Activity Center and Student Co-op. [2]
Technical Operational Units
Several services are managed under technical operational units: [2] [3] Academics Development Center (for teaching capacity improvement), Bukit Soeharto Research and Education Forest in Kutai Kartanegara and Penajam North Paser, Business Management Development, Center for Social Forestry, [24] Computer Center, Distance Learning Unit, Fundamental Science Laboratory, Language Center (in Flores campus, providing courses of foreign language, especially English), Library of Universitas Mulawarman (with more than 90,000 titles), Personality Development Unit, Quality Assurance, and Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Botanical Garden in North Samarinda.
Student activities
The highest organizational body for students is the Students Executive Board. The organization is led by an elected president, who runs the office with help from a vice president, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and several Ministries. The Board is responsible to the Students Representative Council, the highest student legislative organization in the university. There are several students activity unit, such as: (Music) Band, Football, IMAPA (environmental preservation, adventuring, forest mountaineering, rock climbing, and rafting), Journalism, KBMK (Christian religious activities) KSR (volunteering, in cooperation with the Indonesian Red Cross), PUSDIMA (Islamic dakwah center), PSM (university student choir), Pramuka (scouting), Softball, Taekwondo and Yupa Theater. Many student activities are maintained in the Student Activity Center. [2]
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