Universitas Tanjungpura

About Universitas Tanjungpura

Universitas Tanjungpura is an operating public, degree-granting university in Pontianak. Its institutional history begins in 1959, when community and political figures in West Kalimantan established Universitas Daya Nasional with law and commerce faculties. The institution became the state-run Universitas Negeri Pontianak in 1963, was renamed Universitas Dwikora in 1965, and received the name Universitas Tanjungpura in 1967. Its continued 2026 admissions activity and inclusion in ministry material confirm that it remains operational. UNTAN’s role is closely connected to West Kalimantan. Its academic portfolio covers established professional areas such as law, management, teaching, engineering, agriculture, forestry, medicine, pharmacy, and nursing, alongside natural sciences and social sciences. This breadth can suit students who want a multidisciplinary public-university environment without leaving Pontianak. Prospective students should evaluate UNTAN at the program level. Program availability, accreditation status, selection route, tuition group, and additional charges can differ. The university publishes institutional and admissions information through separate central, admissions, faculty, and public-information websites, so applicants may need to consult several official pages. Most public-facing material reviewed for this profile is in Indonesian, and the database identifies the instructional language as local rather than English.

For 2026 undergraduate entry, UNTAN participates in Indonesia’s national SNPMB system through SNBP, the achievement-based route, and SNBT, the test-based route. It also publishes information for SMM PTN-Barat and UNTAN’s independent selection. An official 2026 capacity announcement confirms active bachelor’s recruitment, while the admissions schedule provides route-specific registration and result dates. Applicants should use the schedule for their chosen route because deadlines and required actions are not interchangeable. Selection requirements depend on the route and program. National-route applicants must follow the current SNPMB rules, while independent-route candidates should use UNTAN’s admissions portal and its applicable announcement. Admission does not complete enrollment: successful candidates must follow UNTAN’s instructions for document verification, economic-data submission, UKT determination, payment, and re-registration. Missing a post-admission step can jeopardize enrollment even after selection. Graduate, doctoral, professional, recognition-of-prior-learning, and international applicants should not apply undergraduate national-route rules to themselves. They need the relevant faculty or specialist admissions notice. No sufficiently comprehensive 2026 international-admissions page or institution-wide English-proficiency rule was found. International candidates should request confirmation about eligibility, immigration documentation, instructional language, credential recognition, and program-specific deadlines before committing funds.

UNTAN’s official academic directory lists undergraduate study in nine principal faculty groupings: law; economics and business; agriculture; social and political sciences; engineering; forestry; teacher training and education; mathematics and natural sciences; and medicine. Examples include law, accounting, management, agribusiness, international relations, communication, architecture, informatics engineering, environmental engineering, forestry, English education, biology, statistics, medicine, pharmacy, and nursing. Graduate provision extends across law, economics and business, agriculture, engineering, social and political sciences, education, forestry, chemistry, and environmental science. The directory also identifies doctoral study in management science and economics. Professional education is separately listed for medicine and nursing, while official accreditation records cover programs individually. Applicants should therefore confirm the exact credential, current authorization, curriculum, and accreditation period for their intended program rather than relying only on university-level status. The official listings use Indonesia’s S1, S2, and S3 structure for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral study. UNTAN also offers diploma and professional credentials, which should not be treated as interchangeable with those degree levels. Most program information is presented in Indonesian. No institution-wide guarantee of English-medium instruction was found, so students needing English-taught study should obtain written confirmation from the relevant faculty before applying.

Key Highlights

• Public university based in Pontianak, West Kalimantan
• Institutional history dates to 1959; the current name was adopted in 1967
• Official 2026 admissions and fee notices confirm ongoing operation
• Broad portfolio spanning nine principal academic faculty areas

Student Life & Environment

UNTAN operates university housing through its Rusunawa and Asrama service. The official housing site identifies separate male and female residence options, a PPG residence, and short-stay accommodation. It describes the residences as a living-and-learning setting with character-development, self-development, and entrepreneurship activities, particularly for first-year students. All active UNTAN students may apply to become residents, but the public page does not promise placement. Applicants should check current availability, eligibility, room conditions, fees, and application dates directly with the housing office. The university’s public-information portal also maintains a page for tuition and scholarship information, indicating that financial-aid opportunities are administered through official channels. Eligibility and application periods can vary by scheme, so students should not assume that an award is automatic or covers all expenses. Beyond housing, central academic pages link students to the university library, repository, journals, learning systems, and faculty websites. These services support study across a geographically concentrated university environment. Detailed, current inventories of clubs, sports facilities, dining, health services, and accessibility arrangements were not sufficiently consolidated in the reviewed sources; prospective students should ask the student-affairs office about the activities and support relevant to them.

Location & Surroundings

UNTAN’s principal address is Jalan Prof. Dr. H. Hadari Nawawi in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The university’s public-information profile says the campus is readily identifiable by the Digulis monument and the adjoining roundabout commonly associated with UNTAN. Central academic pages use the same Pontianak campus location, although the displayed postal code varies between official pages. Pontianak places students in the provincial capital rather than a rural campus. For applicants from elsewhere in Indonesia, the setting offers access to the administrative and commercial services of a regional city while keeping study within West Kalimantan. Students considering particular faculties, laboratories, clinical placements, or residences should verify their precise locations, because a central university address does not establish that every teaching or practical activity occurs in one building or precinct. The reviewed official sources do not provide a sufficiently current, consolidated account of commuting costs, campus shuttle services, neighborhood rents, or travel times. Students should compare university residence with private accommodation and budget for local transport after confirming where their classes are held.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UNTAN’s official 2026 fee notice uses Indonesia’s Uang Kuliah Tunggal system for new diploma and bachelor’s students. UKT is charged each semester and divided into groups based on the economic capacity of the student, parents, or other payer. The applicable amount also varies by program. The full rector’s tariff document should therefore be used for a personal estimate rather than a single university-wide tuition figure. For the 2026 intake, students admitted through SNBP or SNBT are not charged the institutional development contribution, or IPI. Students entering through SMM PTN-Barat or UNTAN’s independent route are charged IPI once during their studies, with payment allowed over four semesters. These rules apply to the stated 2026 diploma and bachelor’s intake; applicants to graduate, doctoral, professional, or other pathways must consult their own fee schedule. Housing, food, transport, books, equipment, and clinical or field expenses should be budgeted separately because no verified comprehensive cost-of-attendance figure was available. UNTAN links education with fields relevant to regional public services, schools, health care, natural resources, infrastructure, business, and government. However, no current institution-wide graduate employment rate, salary figure, or employer list was verified. Career decisions should therefore rely on program curricula, accreditation, required professional licensing, placement opportunities, and recent program-level tracer studies where available—not on unsupported institution-wide outcomes.