The University was officially opened by Indonesian founding fathers, the former Vice President; Drs. Mohammad Hatta, and the Minister of Education and Culture, Sarino Mangoenpranoto on September 13th, 1956.
Located on a hilly highland of Limau Manis, Pauh region, approximately 15 Km from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra. The campus of Andalas University occupies an area of 500 hectare. The area is called Bukik Karamuntiang / Hill of “Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. It is about ± 255 m above sea level.
The building has a unique architecture: the blend of Minangkabau traditional buffalo-horn roof and modern style of structure. The campus is still in the process of completing its facilities to accommodate academic and extra-curricular activities.
Almost all faculties are located in Limau Manis, except the Faculty of Medicine, which is located in Jati (first campus), Padang, near its teaching hospital, the Central
Currently, the university offers the following academic programs:
Diploma (S-0)
Consisting of three programs, i.e.
- Economics
- Engineering
- Agriculture
Undergraduate program (S1/Sarjana)
Consisting of nine faculties, i.e.
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Animal Husbandry
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics
Graduate Program
Offering master degree for 12 study programs, i.e.
- Agronomy
- Regional and Rural Development
- Soil Science
- Animal Science
- Entomology and Phytophatology
- Development Planning
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Environmental Science
- Agricultural Industrial Engineering
- Law Science
- Management
Doctoral degree in:
- Agricultural Science and Technology.
- Biomedical Science
Vision
To be the prestigious and outstanding university
Mission
- Be a Center of Excellence in developing sciences, technology, and arts
- Produce highly qualified, tolerant, peaceful, and competitive graduates
- Enhance the Indonesian prestige by rendering scientific outputs, technology, and arts, which are useful for human kinds
Objectives
• Be a research university, the center of science, technology, culture, and art
• Prepare students to be faithful and devout societies with academic competence or proficiency to develop, apply, and enrich science, technology, and art
• Develop and disseminate sciences, technology, art, and culture, and strive for their application to improve people’s standard of living and enrich national culture
• Support the development of democratic and independent society
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