Graduate School of IPB at a Glance
Graduate education in IPB began structurally in 1975 with the Departments of Agricultural Economics, Soil Sciences, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Development Extension, Rural Sociology, and Applied Statistics. These educational programs were given an emphasis on the education for Master degrees in sciences and centrally organized by the Graduate School. In the following years, new departments were established along with the human resources available, particularly with the increasing number of teaching staff who had succeeded in completing their Graduate studies in the home countries and overseas. In 1983, the number of departments reached 21 and the term ‘department’ was changed into ‘study program’ until the mid of 2007. At the end of 2007 the term ‘study program’ was replaced by ‘Major Program’. At present, the Graduate School of IPB offers Graduate studies in 65 Major Programs for Master degrees and 43 Major Programs for Doctoral degrees.
Along with such development, a number of study programs were considered to have the capacity to conduct doctoral programs structurally, and thus in 1978 the doctoral degree programs were officially opened. Meanwhile there were some changes and adjustments particularly resulting from the introduction of the Government Regulation No. 5/1980 and No. 27/1981, Ministerial Degree of Education and Culture No. 0211/U/1982 and Directorate General of High Education’s Decree No. 048/Dj/Kep/1982. Based on those regulations, the name SPs (Graduate School) of IPB was changed to Fakultas Pascasarjana abbreviated as FPS (Faculty of Graduate Studies), which managed master programs in science and doctoral programs. However, with the introduction of the Government Regulation No. 30/1990, the name FPS is changed again to Program Pascasarjana (PPs) or Graduate Programs. Now, based on the decree of MWA (Board of Trustee) of IPB No. 17/MWA-IPB/2003 on the Statutes of IPB, PPs is changed again to Sekolah Pascasarjana (SPs) or Graduate School
Since in 1982, SPs (Graduate School) have cooperated with a number of universities to conduct Graduate education in the form of Credit Collection Activity (CCA). The universities which have been in the status of CCA with SPs in introducing master degree programs are now in the independent status in managing Graduate educational programs. Those universities are UNHAS (1982-1986), UNAND (1984-1993), USU (1985-1993), UKSW (1986-1993) and UNSRAT (1985-1995).
Since its foundation, the Graduate School have made changes in its names and director as sequenced below: Year 1974-1980, Graduate School with Prof. Dr. Andi Hakim Nasution as the Director; Year 1980-1991, Faculty of Graduate Studies with Prof. Dr. Edi Guhardja as the Dean; Year 1991-1998, Graduate Programs with Prof. Dr. Edi Guhardja as the Director; Year1998-2003, Graduate Programs with Prof. Dr. Sjafrida Manuwoto as the Director; Year 2003-2006, Graduate School with Prof. Dr. Sjafrida Manuwoto as the Dean; Year 2006 - now, Graduate Programs with Prof. Dr. Ir. Khairil Anwar Notodiputro, MS.as the Dean.
