Tanjungpura University or UNTAN is a public university

Public university

A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...

 located in the city of Pontianak

Pontianak, Indonesia

Pontianak is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. It is a medium-size industrial city on the island of Borneo. Pontianak occupies an area of 107.82 km² in the delta of the Kapuas River...

 in West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city Pontianak is located right on the Equator....

, Indonesia

Indonesia

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Hamzah Haz

Hamzah Haz

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, former Indonesian Vice President once taught at the University.

History

It was established as the private, government-accredited University of National Power (Universitas Daya Nasional) on 20th May 1959, with Law and Business Administration faculties, and became a public university 16 May 1963. On 20th May 1963, the name was changed to State University of Pontianak (Universitas Negeri Pontianak). On 14 September 1965 the name changed again, to Dwikora University (Universitas Dwikora) (Dwikora, short for Dwi Komando Rakyat, was a reference to the Indonesian 'konfrontasi' with Malaysia). At this time, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences was opened. On August 15 1967 the final name change was effected, to the current Tanjungpura University, a reference to the Tanjungpura Kingdom that had once ruled the area.

Faculties

• Law
• Economics and Management
• Agriculture
• Social and Political Sciences
• Teacher Training
• Forestry
• Medicine
• Natural Sciences
• Engineering