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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDONESIAN STUDIES
SPRING 2016
The second English Department established by private initiatives was initiated by
modern Islamic organization, Persyarikatan Muhammadijah, which founded Universitas
Muhammadiyah Prof Dr Hamka (UHAMKA) on 25 Rabiul Awal 1377 H/18 November 1957 in
Jakarta. UHAMKA was forme rly known as IKIP Muhammadiyah Jakarta with initial name
PTPG (Perguruan Tinggi Pendidikan Guru). The founders were Arso Sastroatmodjo and HS
Projokusumo. Similar to the Christian and Catholic universities which were based on the
teaching of the Bible as well as Pancasila and UUD 1945, UHAMKA as a modern Islamic
university, was based on Islamic teaching (Al Quran and As-Sunnah) as well as Pancasila and
UUD 1945 (the founding law of Indonesia). A year after, the English Department was
established in 1958 in the Education Faculty.
Table 1: English Departments established by State-Owned Universities (1942-1965)60

Year of Establishment

State-Owned Universities

1952

Universitas Sumatera Utara

1954

IKIP Malang, now Universitas Negeri Malang, East Java61
Politeknik Negeri Manado

1961

Universitas Syiah Kuala Banda Aceh

1964

IKIP Yogyakarta, now Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta62
Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang

1965

Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Central Java

Total

7 English Departments in State-Owned Universities

Table 2: English Departments established by Private-Initiatives Universities (1942-1965)63
60

Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, 2005, Rekapitulasi Perguruan Tinggi dan Program Studi, Jakarta:
Dirjen Dikti; and Majelis Pendidikan Tinggi Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pinpinan PU.Sat Muhammadiyah,
2006, Direktori Perguruan Tinggi Muhammadiyah (PTM): Profil Universitas, Sekolah Tinggi, Politeknik, dan
Akademi Muhammadiyah se-Indonesia, Yogyakarta: Diktilitbang Muhammadiyah, Pp.: 1-56.
61
KeputU.San Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 93 Tahun 1999 tentang Perubahan Institut Keguruan dan
Ilmu Pendidikan (IKIP) menjadi Universitas (Edict of President RI No 93, 1999 about the change of IKIP [Institute
for Teacher Training and Education] into University), Pp: 1-2.
62
Ibid.
63
Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Tinggi, 2005, Op. Cit. and Majelis Pendidikan Tinggi Penelitian dan
Pengembangan Pinpinan PU.Sat Muhammadiyah, 2006, Op. Cit., Pp.: 1-56.

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