Cenderawasih University

Cenderawasih University (Indonesian: Universitas Cenderawasih) is a university in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia. The university is the leading educational institution in the province.

Cenderawasih University

Universitas Cenderawasih
Other name	Uncen
Type	Public
Established	10 November 1962[1][2]
Rector	Dr. Ir. Apolo Safanpo, ST., MT.
Academic staff	60
Students	2,240
Location	Jayapura , Papua , Indonesia
Campus	Urban: Abepura (old campus) Rural: Waena (new campus)
Colors	Yellow
Website	www.uncen.ac.id

The university has faculties in economics, law, teacher training and education, medical, engineering, and social and political science. Until 2002 the university had a faculty of agricultural sciences at Manokwari, which was then separated to form the Universitas Negeri Papua. The university is divided into two areas: mainly the "Kampus lama" (old campus) which is in the Jayapura suburb of Abepura and the "Kampus baru" (new campus) which is in the hillside of Waena valley.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021 it appointed the first woman, Marlina Flassy, to a deanship in its history. Flassy, an anthropologist, was appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, and is also the first indigenous Papuan to hold the position.^[3][4]

Kampus Lama (old campus) Abepura

Entrance to the old campus

• Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Public Health
• Faculty of Law (Library & Extension)
• Faculty of Social and Political Science (Extension)
• Faculty of Nursing

Kampus Baru (new campus) Waena

• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (Main Building)
• Faculty of Law (Main Faculty)
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• Faculty of Engineering

Alumni

Among the well-known alumni of the university is John Rumbiak, who founded the human rights organisation the Institute of Human Rights Studies and Advocacy (ELS-HAM) in Jayapura. The governor of Papua Province, Barnabas Suebu, and the Indonesian footballer, Boaz Solossa started his higher education at the university.^{[citation needed]}

Rectors

This is a list of academicians who served as rectors in the Cenderawasih University^[5]

• Soegarda Poerbakawatja (1962–1967)
• R. Bintoro (1967–1968)
• Adi Andojo Soetjipto (1968–1969)
• August Marpaung (1969–1970)
• Soekisno Hadikoemoro (1970–1975)
• Rubini Atmawidjaja (1975–1978)
• Rudy Tarumingkeng (1979–1983)
• August Kafiar (1988–1996)
• Frans A. Wospakrik (1996–2005)
• Balthasar Kambuaya [id] (2005–2011)
• Festus Simbiak (2011–2013)
• Karel Sesa (2013–2015)
• Onesimus Sahuleka (2015–2017)
• Apolo Safanpo (2017–2022)
• Oscar Wambrauw (2022–now)