It started with the idea of Indonesian students in Rotterdam, Netherlands, including Fadjar Notonagoro, Sumitro and friends who wanted to establish an economics college upon their return to Indonesia. At that time there was not a single economics university in Indonesia, so to study economics you had to go abroad. Around 1952/1953, an economics college was established in Surabaya with the name Krisnadwipayana Economics College, which was founded by Dr. Ong Eng Djie (he is the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia).
One and a half years later, for several reasons the college had to disband. With such great aspirations to study, former PTE student Krisnadwipayana approached the governor of Samadikoen asking for help in continuing the progress of their Alma Mater. At that time there were only 100 economic experts, 15 of whom were in East Java out of the 84 million population in Indonesia. It is clearly very little linked to preparation for economic development.
Against the background of the above conditions, at the suggestion of Governor Samadikoen, and the encouragement of former students of the Nederlandsche Economische Hogeschool Rotterdam (NEH Rotterdam), on January 1 1954 the Surabaya Economic College Foundation was established. The foundation was established on the basis of a notarial deed, Mr.Drs. Liem Hie Hian dated 22 July 1954. The names of the founders of the PTES Foundation as stated in the deed of establishment:
• Mas Goenadi Widjoasmoro, Head of Financial Inspection Surabaya.
• Liem Djing Lioe, Agent Oei Tiong Ham Concern.
• Raden Mas Soeparto, Resident of Surabaya.
• Machmudin Gaffar, Chairman of Bond Importeur Indonesia.
• Soewarimbo, Head of Bank Rakyat Indonesia.
• Sheh Kuo Shen, Chairman of Chung Hua Chung Hui.
• Dietvors, Chairman of Middenstandsvereniging.
The Foundation's Management Board was first chaired by Mr. RM Soeparto, Resident of Surabaya at that time and founder of the foundation and was continued by the next Resident, namely R. Ngabehi Soebekti. In the deed of establishment of YPTES, the objectives (article 2) are stated as follows:
1. Establish economic colleges.
2. Providing education to become economic experts with high quality and international quality.
On September 15 1954, the Surabaya Economic College (PTES) opening ceremony was held in the hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga . The event was attended by the Foundation's Management Board, the Board of Curators which was for the first time chaired by Commodore (Marine) Mohamad Nazir who later became Minister of Shipping of the Republic of Indonesia. The Republic of Indonesia Navy (ALRI) was deliberately involved, among other things, because Surabaya is a very dominant naval city. Komt tijd komt verbetering, organizing first and organizing later, that's the slogan at the beginning of the PTES steps. This is because we are aware of the reality where facilities are very minimal, but enthusiasm is always what inspires us.
Lectures were held in the afternoon by borrowing the Bahari Building (now Tunjungan Plaza), the Agraria/BPN building on Jalan Tunjungan and one of the rooms in the Universitas Airlangga Faculty of Medicine building. Lectures can be held at the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga because of the assistance of Prof. Toha (gynecology specialist) who at that time was on the Board of Trustees of the PTES Foundation. The PTES office at that time was on Jalan Arjuno and Jalan Progo.
At the time of its founding, PTES only opened one major, namely corporate economics. This was adjusted to the expertise of the lecturers available at that time. Meanwhile, the strata is only at baccalaureate level. Even though there is only one major, there is strict specialization in lectures, because general economics courses support each other with corporate economics courses.
On November 17 1957, a collaboration was held with the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia in Jakarta regarding educational programs and adjustments, because previously PTES was still imitating the NEH Rotterdam curriculum system. Since then, the Department of General Economics has also been pioneered. Furthermore, PTES also collaborates with UGM.
Apart from collaborating with state universities in the country, PTES has been able to establish international relations with NEH Rotterdam and a University in the Philippines. PTES was also asked for assistance by the Regional Head of Kalimantan to establish an Indonesian Business Academy in Jakarta. Since then, some of the PTES lecturers have been seconded to the Academy, which later became known as Lambung Mangkurat University.
In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the PTES Foundation, the administrators submitted a request to the President of the Republic of Indonesia to immediately include PTES within Universitas Airlangga . However, due to various reasons, this process was delayed, including because there was no Higher Education Act so that the procedures that had to be followed were not clear.
The subsequent struggle was spearheaded by R. Samadikoen, Soewondo, and Wilono (former governor of Kalimantan who later became Regional Head of East Java), President Director of Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Commander of the Navy.
Thanks to very persistent struggle, finally the Decree of the Minister of Higher Education and Science No. 31/1961 on 8 August 1961 which determined that from 1 September 1961 PTES changed to the Faculty of Economics Universitas Airlangga .
Education programs
At the start of becoming the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Airlangga (FE UA), the available majors continued with PTES, namely General Economics and Corporate Economics. The new Accounting Department was opened in 1963. In opening the Accounting Department, FE UA received assistance from lecturers from the University of Indonesia.
In order to assist the government program for high-level skilled workforce education, FE UA established a non-degree program for the first time in the form of Company Administration Expert Education (PAAP) based on Minister of Education and Culture Decree No. 042/U/1975 dated March 18 1975. When the program was first opened, it only provided accounting majors and starting in the 1984/1985 academic year, the Taxation major and Marketing Management major were added starting in the 1985/1986 academic year. PAAP management, which was originally separate, since 1985/1986 has become one as a D3 program from the Faculty of Economics Universitas Airlangga .
Meanwhile, to meet the community's need for graduate staff majoring in Accounting and Management majoring which cannot be met through regular programs, with the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture no. 278/DIKTI/Kep/1993 dated 10 May 1993, opened an extension program with majors in Accounting and Management.
The Parallel D3 Program was opened in 1995/1996. The study programs carried out in the Parallel D3 program consist of Accounting, Taxation, Marketing Management, Banking Management, Hospitality Management and Office Management.
In 1996, in accordance with Government regulations, accreditation was carried out for both state universities and private universities by the National Accreditation Board (BAN). At the start of accreditation, the Department of Development Studies, Management and Accounting received accreditation B. This spurred the enthusiasm of education administrators at FE UA to improve their performance, so that in 2000, the department of accounting and development studies could have its accreditation upgraded to A.
Implementation of Education
As at PTES, education at FE UA was initially organized using a package system, consisting of 6 levels. There are preparatory levels I and II, baccalaureate I and II, doctoral level I (S1) and doctoral level II (S II). To advance from one level to another, a student must pass all the courses held. With this pattern of educational provision, it is quite difficult for students to immediately complete their studies. At that time the Drop Out policy only applied to students before the baccalaureate, so at that time most students after the baccalaureate were already looking for work so their studies were neglected.
In 1979 there was a change in the academic year, which originally started in January was changed to July, so that at that time the reference to the academic year was changed to 1979/1980. That year was also a year of transition, switching from the Package System to the Semester Credit System. An education program is divided into semesters and a student who does not pass a course only needs to repeat the course in the next semester. Students no longer need to repeat courses they have passed except to improve their grades. These changes accelerated the completion of students' studies, so that in 1985, a student from the class of 1981/1982, Ms. Lindawati Gani, successfully completed her studies in less than 4 years.
Based on the decision of the Consortium of Economic Sciences of the Ministry of Education and Culture at its meeting in October 1979, FE UA changed the name of the department:
The Department of General Economics became the Department of Development Studies.
The Department of Corporate Economics became the Department of Management.
At the start of SKS, new students are not immediately enrolled. After 4 semesters, you will enter the Department of Management, Accounting or Development Studies. In 1984, a concentration of courses began to be held for the Department of Management and Development Studies.
Since 1988, new students through the State University Entrance Examination (UMPTN) selection have been directly majored, there are no more pre-major admissions. To provide opportunities for students who want to accelerate their studies, since 1988 a Short Semester has been held.
Facilities and infrastructure
As when he was still at PTES, the beginning of the FE UA lectures were held in several locations, namely the Bahari Building, BPN (Agrarian) Building and at the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga (Propadeus Room). Starting in 1962, FE UA was able to use the Universitas Airlangga Student Meeting Hall on Jalan Tegalsari which was faithfully guarded by Mr. Djoened. Apart from the four places mentioned, the lecture was also held at the Rajasa Building, Jalan Gentengkali.
Lectures in several locations continued until 1967. Starting in 1967, apart from the Student Meeting Hall on Jalan Tegalsari, lectures began to be held in the FE UA Building on Jalan Airlangga 4, which at that time was still used together with the Faculty of Law. This building is Universitas Airlangga first building on the South campus. At that time there were only seven rooms available for FE UA. In 1982, the rectorate provided a building for the Faculty of Law, while the building for the Faculty of Economics was under construction. After the Faculty of Law moved to the new building (as it currently is), the Faculty of Economics used all the available rooms in that building so that FE UA had 13 rooms. Even though FE UA had been provided with a new building, to maintain the historical value of the old building, the leadership at that time decided to stay in the old building, with the consequence that it had to make several repairs because the building had suffered a lot of damage.
Since 1982 the Tegalsari building has been no longer used, all FE UA activities, including lectures, administrative activities and student activities are carried out on Jalan Airlangga 4.
Improvements continue to be made so that the face of the FE UA building is as it is today. Funds for repairing/beautifying the FE UA building, apart from being obtained from the Level I Regional Government, alumni, were also obtained from the Student Parents Association (IKOMA) of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Airlangga .
Due to the large public interest in the FE UA extension program, the existing room capacity is no longer sufficient. For this reason, in 1996, with funds from IKOMA, the FE UA extension building was built. This building is completely for UA FE extension activities, both for lectures and administration activities.
In May 2000, based on the wishes of the FE UA leadership at that time to implement an educational program that 'link & match' with the business world, the Business Education Center building (academic Business Center) was built. The building was built next to the FE UA building, has 8 floors and was inaugurated on April 15 2001.
To support academic activities among students, supporting facilities are needed. For this reason, a Computing Laboratory with a capacity of 24 units has been provided. The computing laboratory is to provide computer skills for students. Apart from the computing laboratory, in 1998 10 units of internet facilities and CD-roms were provided. As is known, the rapid development of technology must also be followed by UA FE students so that these facilities are provided. With the establishment of the Universitas Airlangga Central Library on Jalan Dharmawangsa Dalam, all FE UA library activities also moved there. To continue providing the books and scientific papers needed by FE UA students, a reading room is provided. This room provides a place to read books and written works.
The number and use of rooms at FE UA has currently undergone various changes. Lecture rooms remain in their previous location, totaling 13 rooms. One of the lecture rooms on the north 2nd floor has been renovated into the KRT Fadjar Notonagoro Room. The Gondowardoyo Seminar Room has been transformed into the KRMT Tirtodiningrat Room which is often used for training and workshops. The leadership room has not undergone changes, and now a leadership meeting room has been built above the leadership room between the 1st and 2nd floors. The administration room remains as before, in the north part of the building.
The Department and Study Program rooms remain in their original position, in the middle of the FE UA building and now there are two rooms for exams. The lecturer's room which was previously in the middle of the building (in the 1980s) is now in the south (former Computing Lab room). Considering the increasing number of lecturers, the lecturer space has also been expanded. With the increasing number of professors, separate rooms are also provided. Previously the professor's room when the late Prof. Miendrowo, which is located in the middle of the building, is now in the south, next to the lecturer's room. The Doctoral Room continues to occupy its previous location, with nine rooms.
The increasing number of institutions at FE UA also creates a need for space. The P3M room has not changed (in the middle). In fact, the PMP and Taxation Building has been built, but because the Master of Management program only has its own building, that building is now used by the MM program. The Accounting Development Center has its own building which was built with World Bank assistance.
The supporting facilities needed by students are provided in the middle of the building, namely internet & CD-Rom facilities, computing laboratories and reading rooms. The reading room provides a comfortable place to read. The book exchange remains in its original location, while the Dharma Wanita Canteen is provided with space in the southern part of the FE UA building.
On the 1.5th floor in the middle of the building, a room is provided for the Student Press Institute. Meanwhile, the location for student organizations, namely the Student Executive Body, Student Legislative Body and Departmental Student Association, is provided by the Krida Student Building which was built on two floors.
The extension building intended for parallel S1 and D III parallel students was built on Jalan Sri Ikana. One of the rooms in the building is used for the Bank Muamalat Cash Office. There are 12 lecture rooms and halls, there is also a Banking Laboratory, Hospitality Laboratory, Language Laboratory. Apart from that, there is also a business center, leadership room, department room, lecturer room, comprehensive exam room, and administration room and canteen.
