Telkom University was
established on August 14, 2013 by the Decree of Director General of Higher
Education (Kemendikbud) number 309/E/0/2013. Telkom University is a private
university established by Telkom Education Foundation. It was formed out of a merger
of four private higher educations, namely Telkom Institute of Technology
(founded as STT Telkom, 1990), Telkom Institute of Management (founded as STMB
Telkom, 1990), Telkom Polytechnic (Politel, 2007), and Telkom College of Art
and Design Indonesia (STISI Telkom, 2011).
STT Telkom and STMB
Telkom were established in 1990 on the initiative of Ir. Cacuk Sudarjanto, the
Chief Director PT. Telkom, Indonesia's largest state-owned company in
telecommunication. Both colleges were the first higher educations in Indonesia
specializing in the field of telecommunications and information technology.
Telkom University's
campus in Bandung Technoplex is originally the integrated campus site developed
for STT Telkom, which was officially opened by the President of Republic
Indonesia, Suharto, on March 24, 1994. In the past, the area is the location of
the second oldest radio stations in Indonesia owned by the Dutch colonial
government. These radio stations then brought the historical news of the
Indonesian Declaration of Independence on August 17, 1945 to the world.
Telkom University was
formed out of a merger of four institutions of higher education. The four
institutions were Telkom Institute of Technology, Telkom Institute of
Management, Telkom Polytechnics and Telkom Arts School. Each of the four
schools formed a faculty inside the university.
The plan to merge the
four institutions were in existence from as early as 2011.It was initially
planned that the four institutions would be merged into one university in 2012.
But due to several problems the merge was delayed to 2013. Finally, in August
31, 2013, the Grand Launching of Telkom University was established by Professor
M. Nuh, the Minister of Education and Culture, Republic Indonesia.
