Universitas Tarumanagara

About Universitas Tarumanagara

Universitas Tarumanagara is an operating, degree-granting private university in Jakarta. Indonesia’s government education database records it as a private university at the higher-education level under institutional code 031015. Government material for the 2026 ADik program also lists the institution with an Unggul institutional accreditation status. Its official admissions publication confirms that it is accepting students for the 2026/2027 academic year. Untar traces its institutional beginnings to 1959, when the Tarumanagara Foundation established an economics college at Candra Naya. Architecture education followed in 1962, and the medical faculty was established in 1965. The present academic structure comprises eight faculties—Economics and Business, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Psychology, Fine Arts and Design, Information Technology, and Communication—plus postgraduate provision. The university frames its education around integrity, professionalism, and entrepreneurship. For prospective students, the practical significance is its broad professional orientation: programs cover regulated fields such as medicine and law alongside business, engineering, computing, psychology, design, architecture, planning, and communication. Its Jakarta location also places students near employers, professional services, hospitals, and cultural and commercial activity. Applicants should nevertheless verify the teaching language and curriculum of their chosen program directly; the university’s general admissions flyer is in Indonesian and does not establish that all programs are available in English.

The official 2026/2027 undergraduate admissions flyer describes a report-card pathway. For non-medical programs, applicants need an average of at least 70 across Indonesian, English, and mathematics from school years X and XI, semesters one through four. Medical applicants need an average of at least 80 across biology, chemistry, physics, Indonesian, English, and mathematics over the same period. Medicine applicants must also take a university-designated psychological test. Applicants to medicine, architecture, interior design, and visual communication design must provide a certificate confirming that they are not color-blind. Registration is completed through the university’s admissions portals. The flyer states that applications to non-medical faculties carry no registration fee, while the medical application fee is IDR 700,000, including the psychological test. It says the final result form is sent within a maximum of three working days after registration information is completed. These requirements describe the published report-card route, not every possible admission channel. The cited flyer does not publish a universal final application deadline, an international-applicant document checklist, or program-wide English-language requirements. International applicants and holders of non-Indonesian school credentials should contact the admissions office for credential recognition, immigration, language, and deadline instructions before paying any fee.

Untar’s official program directory confirms education at bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral levels. Bachelor’s options span accounting, management, law, architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, medical education, psychology, informatics, information systems, interior design, visual communication design, and communication science. Graduate offerings include master’s programs in accounting, management, law, notarial studies, architecture, civil engineering, urban and regional planning, psychology, and communication. Doctoral study is available in management, law, and civil engineering. Separate professional education is listed for medicine, psychology, accountancy, and architecture; these credentials should not be assumed to be interchangeable with research degrees. This range allows students to remain within one institution while progressing from undergraduate to advanced study in several fields. It also creates opportunities for interdisciplinary work across closely connected areas—for example, architecture, planning, civil engineering, and real estate, or communication, design, and information technology. The university maintains an e-learning platform, digital-library access, program-specific laboratories and studios, group-study rooms, and media-production facilities. Applicants should compare the curriculum, accreditation, professional licensing pathway, delivery language, and campus location for the exact program they are considering. The central program directory confirms current offerings but does not provide one uniform statement about instruction language across every degree.

Key Highlights

• Private higher-education university recorded by the Indonesian government under code 031015
• Accepting new students for the 2026/2027 academic year
• Eight faculties plus postgraduate provision
• Institutional origins date to an economics college established in 1959

Student Life & Environment

Student life is based in a dense urban campus environment rather than an isolated university town. Untar’s facilities include a library, group-study rooms, a theatre, art and creative studios, green-screen and recording studios, an AM radio studio, a concert hall, a cinema room, a sports hall, a fitness center, and outdoor art space. These facilities support both academic production and extracurricular interests in media, performance, visual arts, and sport. The university’s Student and Alumni Affairs Office administers student-organization activities, scholarships, activity permissions, and Indonesia’s Student Creativity Program. Students can therefore pursue organized projects outside class, although prospective applicants should ask for the current roster of active clubs because the public pages do not provide a stable, comprehensive 2026 list. Housing is available through Untar Residence, opened in 2025 near Campus II. The university describes study and communal areas and 24-hour security, but it does not publish current room prices or guarantee availability on the cited page. Private boarding houses are also common in Grogol, Tomang, Tanjung Duren, and Tawakal. Students should compare contracts, security, commuting time, and total monthly costs before choosing accommodation.

Location & Surroundings

Untar is located on Jalan Letjen S. Parman in Grogol, West Jakarta. The university reports that the Grogol 2 TransJakarta stop is approximately 100 metres away and Grogol commuter-rail station approximately 700 metres away. Feeder buses and JakLingko services also operate in the area. These connections can be useful for commuting, though journey times in Jakarta vary substantially with congestion and transfers. The surrounding district is highly urban, with hospitals, apartments, shops, restaurants, banks, and several large malls nearby. Sumber Waras Hospital and Royal Taruma Hospital are among the medical facilities identified by the university, while Central Park, Taman Anggrek, Neo Soho, and Ciputra are prominent commercial destinations in the wider area. This location suits students who want access to the professional and cultural opportunities of Indonesia’s capital region. It also requires realistic budgeting for housing, food, and transport. Students choosing between Campus I, Campus II, Untar Residence, or private accommodation should confirm where their program’s classes and laboratories are held before signing a lease.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For 2026/2027 undergraduate entry, Untar uses several fee components. SPP is a one-time program-specific charge payable after an applicant passes selection. BPP is an education-delivery fee, while most non-medical programs also charge by semester credit. The published first-semester totals exclude SPP. For the listed non-medical programs, those first-semester totals range from IDR 15.1 million to IDR 21.5 million, based on 20 credits. Their published one-time SPP charges range from IDR 17 million to IDR 45 million. Medical education is substantially more expensive: the flyer lists IDR 400 million for SPP and IDR 41.5 million for semester one. The professional doctor-stage fee had not yet been determined in that publication. Later-semester costs for most programs equal BPP plus the per-credit charge, with the credit load influenced by academic performance. The flyer says SPP, BPP, and credit fees may be paid in full or by instalments. These figures do not include housing, food, transport, equipment, or personal expenses, and no current residence price is published in the cited housing announcement. Career support is provided through Untar Career under Student and Alumni Affairs. Its 2026 activities included campus hiring, job and internship fairs, employer sessions, career consultations, company visits, CV review, interview preparation, and recruitment simulations. These services create access to employers but do not guarantee placement, salary, or a particular career outcome.