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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDONESIAN STUDIES
SPRING 2016
Universitas Muhammadiyah Dr Hamka (formerly IKIP Muhammadiyah Jakarta) Jakarta in
1958. More focus on the English Departments in Muhammadiyah Universities will be
explored in the next section.
English Departments were established mainly by the government (Table 1) and
private initiatives in which Christian, Catholic and Muhammadiyah religious institutions
(Table 2) played central roles in the propagation. There were four Christian Universities that
established their forerunner English Departments. The first Christian university was
Universitas Kristen Satyawacana (UKSW) that was located in the Highland of Salatiga Central
Java and established on November 30, 1957 by 10 Church Synods from Java, Sumatera,
Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, Irian Jaya (now Papua), Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat and Nusa
Tenggara Timur. Satya Wacana was drawn from Sanskrit, means “faithful to the Word of
God”. The English Department was established four years after the university was founded
on May 17th, 1962. Secondly, Universitas Kristen Petra (UKP) Surabaya East Java was
established by PPPK Petra (Petra Christian Education and Teaching Association) which is a
Christian union established on April 12th, 1951 with the purpose to provide education from
the level of kindergarten to senior high schools. On September 21st, 1960, the committee of
University Establishment Plannin g Preparation was formed with the duty to establish
universities which were consisted of mainly Christian-converted Chinese Indonesians; drg
Tan Tjiaw Yong, Gouw Loe Liong, drg Tan Gie Djien, Tjoa Siok Tjoen, Lie Ping Lioe and Kwee
Djien Kian. The first department founded was the Faculty of Letters and the English
Department was initiated on May 21st, 1963. The third was Universitas Kristen Tomohon.
Tomohon was one of the towns in Minahasa, North Sulawesi. Tomohon was renowned as a
Christian town since the Dutch reign. Many Dutch missionaries lived there and opened
schools and clinics. The earlier clinic, now called Rumah Sakit Umum Gunung Maria which is
now the biggest hospital in North Sulawesi, was established on February 11th, 1930, by
Marianheuvel Ziekenhuis. One of the most famous universities established was Universitas
Kristen Indonesia Tomohon (UNKIT) by GMIM (Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa). The English
Department was established at 19th of October 1964. The fourth Christian university was
Universitas Kristen Klabat (UNKLAB). It was established on October 7th, 1965, by Gereja
Masehi Advent Hari Ketujuh Uni Kawasan Timur Indonesia through Yayasan Universitas
Klabat. The English Department was established at 7th October 1965, exactly the same year
of the establishment of the university which offered two years program of Theology and
English Education.
The second initiatives were taken by Catholics missionaries who built two prominent
Catholics universities, i.e. Atmajaya and Sanata Dharma. The first was Universitas Katolik
Indonesia Atmajaya in Jakarta which was established on June 1st, 1960, by Yayasan Atma
Jaya in which Cardinals in Java and young Catholics intellectuals met to establish the
foundation in June 1950. Most of them were Catholic-converted Chinese Indonesians; Ir JP
Cho, Ir Lo Siang Hien-Ginting, Drs Goei Tjong Tik, IJ Kasimo, JB Legiman SH, Drs FX Seda, Pang
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