Lampung University

• Name — Lampung University • Native Name — Universitas Lampung • Established — September 22, 1965 • Type — Public • Rector — Lusmeilia Afriani • City — Bandar Lampung • State — Lampung • Country — Indonesia • Campus — Suburban • Colours — Green • Sports Nickname — UNILA • Affiliations — ASAIHL (Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning) • Website — www.unila.ac.id • Address — Prof. Dr. Sumantri Brojonegoro St., Rajabasa, Bandar Lampung, Lampung, Indonesia

The college was started because high school graduates in Lampung were going to Java or Palembang to continue their studies. The college was realised by two committees: • Committee Establishment and Expansion of Secondary School which turned into a Committee Establishment and Expansion of Secondary School and Faculty, chaired by Zainal Abidin Pagar Alam and secretary Tjan Djiit Soe. • Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of Higher Education Foundation Lampung initiated by Hilman Hadikusuma and Alhusniduki Hamim on 20 August 1959, chaired by Nadirsjah Zaini, M.A. and Hilman Hadikusuma as secretary. The two committees merged into the Foundation Trustees College of Lampung. The foundation was formed with faculties of Economics, Law, and Social.

The university has eight faculties in bachelor's degree: • Faculty of Agriculture • Faculty of Social and Political Sciences • Faculty of Economics • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Law • Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences • Faculty of Medicine • Faculty of Engineering

Since May 1973, Lampung University has been led by Chancellors, as follows: • No — Rector — Start — End — Notes • 1 — Sitanala Arsyad — 1973 — 1981 • 2 — R. Margono Slamet — 1981 — 1990 • 3 — Alhusniduki Hamim — 1990 — 1998 • 4 — Muhajir Utomo — 1998 — 2006 • 5 — Sugeng P Harianto — 2006 — 2015 • 6 — Hasriadi Mat Akin — 2015 — 2019 — Elected as Rector for the period of 2015-2019, through the Chancellor election held in September 2015. • 7 — Karomani — 2019 — 2022 — Arrested by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission for gratification, and sentenced 10 years in prison by Corruption Court of Tanjung Karang, Bandar Lampung. • 8 — Mohammad Sofwan Effendi — 2022 — 2022 — As interim officer appointed by 29th Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. Nadiem Makarim. • 9 — Lusmeilia Afriani — 2023 — 2027 — Elected as Rector for the period of 2023-2027, through the Chancellor closed election held in December 2022.

• Jihan Nurlela (born 1994), politician and physician