State University of Surabaya
The State University of Surabaya or Surabaya State University (Indonesian: "Universitas Negeri Surabaya"; abbreviated as UNESA) is a public university in Indonesia. It is one of the top universities in Indonesia. It is ranked 19 in University Rankings 2020 by the Minister of Education and Culture, which indicates the State University of Surabaya or Surabaya State University as the top 3 public universities in Surabaya, East Java along with Airlangga University and Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology. The State University of Surabaya or Surabaya State University has international partnerships worldwide, including with Tun Hussein Onn University  of Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Khon Kaen University, Central China Normal University, United States Agency for International Development, etc. History. UNESA was formerly known as The Institute of Teaching and Education Sciences of Surabaya (Indonesian: "Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Surabaya"; abbreviated as IKIP Surabaya). It started for graduating teachers, qualified for preschool, elementary, junior high, and senior high school. Now UNESA has seven faculties and one graduate school, 47 undergraduate programs, 12 diploma programs, and 15 postgraduate and doctorate programs. It has approximately 24,986 students and 834 lecturers (244 undergraduates, 470 postgraduates, 76 doctoral, and 27 professors). In 1950 , UNESA was founded from B-I and B-II courses majoring in Chemical Sciences and Exact Sciences to ensure the availability of junior and senior high school teachers.. It used classrooms and laboratories belonging to the Dutch Hogere burgerschool (HBS). In 1957, these B-I courses were grouped into General B-I Courses and Special B-I Courses. The General B-I Courses included English and German languages, while the Special B-I Courses included Chemical Sciences, Exact Sciences, Economics, Technical, Sports, and Aeronautical Sciences. In 1960, the B-I and B-II courses were integrated into Faculty of Education  and Teacher Training (Indonesian: "Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan" or FKIP) to graduate advanced school teachers. In 1961, this was absorbed into FKIP Universitas Airlangga Cabang Malang and named FKIP Universitas Airlangga Cabang Surabaya. January 3, 1963, FKIP and the Institute of Teacher Training (founded in 1962) was merged with IKIP Malang Cabang Surabaya. December 19, 1964, IKIP Surabaya was officially established with five faculties: Education, Social Teaching, Language Art Teaching, Exact Science Teaching, and Engineering Sciences Teaching. In 1977, the Faculty of Sports Science Teaching became the sixth. That year, five of the six faculties changed their names to  the Faculty of Languages and Art, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Sport Sciences. Through a Presidential Regulation dated August 4, 1999, IKIP Surabaya changed its name to Universitas Negeri Surabaya. In 2006, UNESA opened a new Faculty of Economics as a separate entity from its parent faculty, Social Sciences. In 2014, UNESA opened two departments, Communication Sciences under the Faculty of Social Sciences, and Islamic Economics under the Faculty of Economics. UNESA has two main campuses in Ketintang and Lidah Wetan, a supporting campus for Department of Extraordinary Education  in Gedangan, Sidoarjo, two language centers in Ketintang Campus and Dr. Moestopo, and laboratory schools for education-based programs, including a kindergarten, an elementary school and two middle schools. UNESA is known as an inclusive campus, which means disabled students can study along with the able-bodied students. It has a study and service center for disabled people, and provides assistance for disabled people in Surabaya, especially in the campus. Faculties. UNESA has seven faculties offering 62 study programs ranging from undergraduate level to doctorate. Achievements. UNESA's achievements include: