Verified university entry
Universitas Cenderawasih (UNCEN)
Universitas Cenderawasih (UNCEN) is a recognised university in Indonesia. Below is what AlmiStudy
records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed
is deliberately left out rather than guessed.
CityJayapura
RegionAsia
TypePublic
SubjectsEngineering & Technology; Natural Sciences; Business & Management; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; Law; Computer Science & IT; Anthropology; Agriculture & Environmental Studies
AccreditationBadan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi (BAN-PT, National Accreditation Board for Higher Education) — established 1994 by Government Regulation; sole national accreditor for non-vocational HEIs in Indonesia, granting institutional accreditation grades (Unggul/Excellent, Baik Sekali/Very Good, Baik/Good) and programme-level accreditation. Operates under Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi (Kemendikbudristek — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology). Plus parallel oversight: Kemenag (Ministry of Religious Affairs) regulates State Islamic Universities (UIN — Universitas Islam Negeri), State Islamic Institutes (IAIN), and State Islamic Colleges (STAIN); LAM-PTKes (independent accrediting agency for health professions). Indonesian HE classifications: Universitas (university — multi-disciplinary), Institut (institute — discipline-clustered), Sekolah Tinggi (high school — single discipline), Akademi (academy — professional certificate), Politeknik (polytechnic — vocational). Total ~4,500+ HEIs across these categories.
Founded 1962 (chartered same year Papua was transferred to Indonesia from Netherlands; FIRST AND ONLY major public university in Papua region; named after Cenderawasih — Bird of Paradise endemic to Papua). PAPUA'S FLAGSHIP AND HISTORICALLY FIRST university. Founded 10 November 1962, same year Papua region was transferred from Netherlands to Indonesia (1962 UN-mediated handover; controversial 1969 'Act of Free Choice'). Named after CENDERAWASIH — Bird of Paradise (Paradisaeidae) endemic to Papua, Indonesia's national symbol of Papua. ~12,000+ students. 8 faculties. CRITICAL CONTEXT: Papua region has ongoing political-conflict context (West Papua independence movement, periodic OPM insurgency, restrictions on foreign journalists). AlmiStudy preserves this as honest student-decision context.
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