History
Before Universitas Airlangga was established on October 11, 1847, the proposal to educate young Javanese to become health experts was submitted to the Dutch colonial government. On January 2, 1849 — through the National Law (Keputusan Pemerintah) No. 22 — NIAS (Nederlandsch Indische Artsen School) was founded as a medical learning center in Surabaya. Since 1913, medical education in Surabaya was held on Jl. Kedungdoro 38, Surabaya. In 1923, NIAS was moved to the Faculty of Medicine of Universitas Airlangga now on Jl. Major General Prof. Dr. Moestopo Surabaya.
Dr. Lonkhuizen, the incumbent director of the Department of Health, proposed the establishment of School of Dentistry in Surabaya, which had been pioneered from July 1928 until 1945. He received the approval from Dr. R.J.F. Van Zaben, the following director of NIAS. Later on, the school was better known as STOVIT (School Tot Opleiding van Indische Tandarsten) with 21 students. STOVIT was renamed as Ika Shika Daigaku under the supervision of Dr. Takeda as its first director (1942–1945).
Two years later, the Dutch Colonial Government took over Ika Shika Daigaku and then changed its name to Tandheekunding Institute. In 1948, the school changed its status to Universitier Tandheelkunding Institute (UTI). Under the Republik Indinesia Serikat (RIS), UTI was renamed as LKIG (Institute of Dentistry) for four years, under the leadership of Prof. M. Knap and Prof. M. Soetojo. In 1948, Universitas Airlangga became a branch of the Universits Indonesia (UI) with the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry.
Universitas Airlangga was officially established in 1954 by Government Regulation (Peraturan Pemerintah) No. 57/1954 and was inaugurated by the president of the Republic of Indonesia on November 10, 1954, coinciding with the celebration of the ninth national Heroes' Day. In the same year, the Faculty of Law of Univertas Airlangga (formerly a branch of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Politics of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta) was officially established.
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