Tanjungpura University

Tanjungpura University (Indonesian: Universitas Tanjungpura) or UNTAN is a public university in the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Hamzah Haz, former Indonesian vice president, once taught at the university.

[1] It was established as the private, government-accredited University of National Power (Universitas Daya Nasional) on 20 May 1959, with Law and Business Administration faculties, and became a public university 16 May 1963.

[2] At this time, the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences was opened.

On August 15, 1967, the final name change was effected,[3] to Tanjungpura University, a reference to the Tanjungpura Kingdom that once ruled the area.