# University of Bunda Mulia

The University of Bunda Mulia (also known in Indonesian: Universitas Bunda Mulia or simply as "UBM") is one of the major Indonesian private universities, located in North Jakarta, Indonesia.
Based on the selection made by the Directorate General of Higher Education from March to June 2006 to more than 2,000 universities in Indonesia, by the method of information filtering using the inputs from EPSBED, BAN PT (Indonesian: Badan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi, which is the National Accreditation Board for Higher-Education), layoffs A1, A2, A3 and B, TPSDP, DUE, QUE and INHERE, as well as from such public TEMPO & Webometrics Weekly Magazine, the result was the election of 156 universities that were considered eligible for the selection to a more advanced stage. In connection with this advanced selection, UBM was selected as one of the universities included in the Promising Indonesian Universities. At that time, in Region III (Indonesian's education region system for the main area coverage of Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi), UBM was ranked one of seven universities were selected (the total number of the participants in the Region III Jakarta is 308).

## History

The embryo of the University of Bunda Mulia was from the merger of two higher-education institutions, Bunda Mulia's School of Informatics and Information Management (also known as Indonesian: Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Informatika dan Komputer Bunda Mulia, or simply "Indonesian: STMIK Bunda Mulia", or Bunda Mulia School of Informatics and Computing) and Bunda Mulia's School of Economics (also known as Indonesian: Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Bunda Mulia, or simply "Indonesian: STIE Bunda Mulia", or Bunda Mulia School of Business).
It was started from the establishment of the Bunda Mulia Information Management and Computer Academy (Indonesian: AMIK Bunda Mulia) by decrees of December 11, 1986 and March 30, 1987. Then, in 1995 by decree of the Directorate General of Higher Education dated October 10, 1995, the AMIK Bunda Mulia transformed into the Indonesian: STMIK Bunda Mulia.
The Indonesian: STMIK Bunda Mulia was granted permission by the Indonesian government (through the Minister of National Education's decree) to change its status into the "University of Bunda Mulia", in which was included the granting of the incorporation of Indonesian: STMIK Bunda Mulia and Indonesian: STIE Bunda Mulia and the addition of new study programs to form its new university status.
Along with the improvement of the Bunda Mulia's higher-education status in 2003, Yayasan Pendidikan Bunda Mulia developed a second campus situated in Jl. Lodan Kingdom No. 2, North Jakarta, with a land area of 45,000 m2. Compared to the first campus which is located on Jl. AM Sangaji No. 20, Central Jakarta, the new campus is more sophisticated, and equipped with the latest information technology facilities and infrastructures, as well as the high-speed Internet connection.

## UBM logo
### Meaning of typography

The typography of UBM's logo, which is an acronym of the University of Bunda Mulia, is in lowercase and representing UBM's spirit of humility in its journey to always provide significant contributions to the development of information technology.
Circle ellipse (oval round) with a point-point graded curriculum symbolizes the University of Bunda Mulia's search to improve the quality of human resources engaged in globalization and the flow of information.

### Meaning of colors

* Blue is the color of engineering/technology.
* Creamy yellow symbolizes the advanced nature of thinking, innovative, sharp and brilliant in thought.
* Gray represents the progress of thought, modernity, and intelligence.