Bogor Agricultural University

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) - public higher education institution in Indonesia.

Bogor Agricultural University - Description

IPB's Graduate Programs are well known as: 1. Southeast Asia?s Most Comprehensive Agricultural Study Program: IPB offers 69 major in plant, animal, forestry, fisheries, agricultural sciences, social and basic sciences. 2. Largest and Finest Quality Research Institution: IPB's graduate school is supported by a number of laboratory facilities and competitive research grants, local (Center Grant, the Graduate Team Research Grant, Competitive Integrated Research, the Competitive Grant) and various research grants from foreign universities and institutions. I3. Foremost Academic Lecturers: 966 lecturers support the graduate program of the total number nine hundred and twenty one (95.3%) are full-time IPB lecturers while the rest are visiting lecturers. Six hundred and seventy nine (70.3%) full-time lecturers hold Doctorate degrees from leading institutions in the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, while the remaining 287 lecturers have Master degrees. 4. Extensive Cooperation with International Universities and Institution: In advancing the graduate school, IPB has from the very start been keen to develop and maintain cooperation with foreign universities and institutions. These include the University of Wisconsin, University of Tokyo, University of Adelaide, University of Gottingen, SEARCA Agricultural University Consortium, JICA, JSPS, USAID, OECF, World Bank, IUC and URGE. This cooperation involves scholarships for advanced studies,... The Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) or Bogor Agricultural University, which was established in 1963, is the only state university focusing on tropical agriculture and life sciences in a broad sense. IPB is located about 60 kilometers from the capital city of Jakarta. Internationally IPB is well recognized. It has been in a long standing cooperation with foreign universities and related institutions. International partnerships involve student/ academic staff exchange, research collaboration, joint publication, and dual degree programs. Given excellent facilities and qualified human resources, IPB is capable of offering various innovative programs in education and research suited to the national as well as international development. The educational programs include vocational (Diploma), undergraduate (Strata 1), and postgraduate (Master and Doctoral) programs. Further, in an attempt in improving itself for excellence and realizing its motto "searching and serving the best" as well as vision and mission, IPB is now preparing to switch from a teaching-based to a research-based university. Since December 2000, our university has become an autonomous university, and this autonomy is fully implemented at the end of this year, 2005. The status enables us to manage all the university's assets for academic excellence (including the three principal responsibilities of higher education:...