STOVIA

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STOVIA students (1920-1933)
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Group portrait at STOVIA (1920-1933)

The School tot Opleiding van Inlandsche Artsen ("school for the training of native physicians") or STOVIA was a medicine school in Batavia, now Indonesia's capital Jakarta. The school was officially opened in March 1902 in a building that is now the Museum of National Awakening in Weltevreden, an affluent district of Batavia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Sejarah FKUI" (in Indonesian). University of Indonesia . Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  2. Messakh, Matheos Viktor (2008-05-30). "History of Stovia: Home to national change" . The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2022-06-03.

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