page_title: West Java
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: West Java / Education
caption_attribution_description: Bandung Institute of Technology. Photo taken by Merbabu. 1997
context_page_description: West Java is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, the Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. The province is the homeland of the Sundanese people, the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia after the Javanese.
  West Java was one of the early eight provinces of Indonesia formed following the country's independence proclamation and was later legally re-established on 14 July 1950. In 1966, the city of Jakarta was split off from West Java as a 'special capital region', with a status equivalent to that of a province, while in 2000 the western parts of the province were in turn split away to form a separate Banten province.
  Even following these split-offs, West Java is the most populous province of Indonesia with a population of 49,935,858 as of mid 2020. The province's largest cities, Bekasi and Bandung, are the third and fourth most populous cities proper in Indonesia, respectively.
context_section_description: West Java is one of the most popular destinations for higher education in Indonesia. It has many well-known universities joined by many students from the entire country. Some of which are:
  Bandung Institute of Technology
  Bogor Agricultural University
  Indonesia University of Education
  Padjadjaran University
  Parahyangan Catholic University
  University of Indonesia
caption: West hall of Bandung Institute of Technology
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