Cenderawasih University (Indonesian: Universitas Cenderawasih) is a university in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia. The university is the leading educational institution in the province.
Universitas Cenderawasih | |
Other name | Uncen |
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Type | Public |
Established | 10 November 1962[1][2] |
Rector | Dr. Ir. Apolo Safanpo, ST., MT. |
Academic staff | 60 |
Students | 2,240 |
Location | , , Indonesia |
Campus | Urban: Abepura (old campus) Rural: Waena (new campus) |
Colors | Yellow |
Website | www |
The university has faculties in economics, law, teacher training and education, medical, engineering, and social and political science. Until 2002 the university had a faculty of agricultural sciences at Manokwari, which was then separated to form the Universitas Negeri Papua. The university is divided into two areas: mainly the "Kampus lama" (old campus) which is in the Jayapura suburb of Abepura and the "Kampus baru" (new campus) which is in the hillside of Waena valley.[citation needed]
In 2021 it appointed the first woman, Marlina Flassy, to a deanship in its history. Flassy, an anthropologist, was appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and is also the first indigenous Papuan to hold the position.[3][4]
Among the well-known alumni of the university is John Rumbiak, who founded the human rights organisation the Institute of Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (ELS-HAM) in Jayapura. The governor of Papua Province, Barnabas Suebu, and the Indonesian footballer, Boaz Solossa started his higher education at the university.[citation needed]
This is a list of academicians who served as rectors in the Cenderawasih University[5]
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