At that time, the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies established a school to train medical assistants.

Those graduates were awarded the title Javanese Doctor (Dokter Jawa) and were only authorised to practice within the Dutch East Indies, especially Java.

[12] In 1924, the colonial government decided to open a new tertiary-level educational facility, the RHS (Rechts Hogeschool), to train civilian officers and servants.

[13] After Indonesia gained independence, the Indonesian Institute for Higher Education (BPTRI) was established on 19 August 1945 in Jakarta.

When the Dutch colonial army occupied Jakarta in late 1945, the BPTRI moved to Klaten, Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Malang.

In 21 June 1946, the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA) established the Nood Universiteit or Emergency University at Jakarta.

[15] Universiteit Indonesia officially started its activities on 2 February 1950 with its first president (now renamed to rector) Ir.

The office of the President of Universiteit Indonesia was initially based in Jakarta, precisely in the Faculty of Medicine building on Jl.

[18] This report has been supported by a leading Indonesian magazine Tempo, which carried out a survey and analysis to rank universities and education in Indonesia.

In August 2008, the university won the Indonesia ICT award for the smart campus with best content and application.

In terms of accessibility and connectivity, Universitas Indonesia has won an award because 90% of the university's area is covered by IT infrastructure and services with its 305 Mbit/s.

Sumartono), a student from the 1951 Art Department class, Faculty of Engineering, at the time known as the Fakulteit Teknik Universiteit Indonesia, in Bandung.

The two powers are combined and stylized into a symbol that represents the function of Universitas Indonesia as a source of knowledge.

[17] The Depok campus is alongside the Jakarta-Bogor commuter railway, offering students easy access to transport by rail.

Students also benefit from the frequent commuter bus services connecting many parts of Jakarta to Depok.

UI has a main library with a building area of 30,000 m2 and consists of eight floors with the slogan "Crystal of Knowledge".

[28] Since July 2008, Universitas Indonesia has offered a bike rental facility to students through the Yellow Bicycle Programme.

The polyclinic provides free health services for all UI students, including dentistry and orthodontics.

The Wismarini dormitory is only for students who take lectures at the Medicine or Dental faculties and any program held at Salemba campus.

Primarily dedicated for students for regular and vocation program, the maximum duration for rent in the Depok dormitory (Asrama UI) is 1 year.

Construction of this mosque, located in the Salemba campus, was started in 1966 based on a UI rector's decree.

The university consists of 14 faculties, 2 schools, and 1 program providing courses at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels.

[40] However, in the Times Higher Education Rankings 2019, UI dramatically rose this year, climbing 200 spots from 801-1000th to the range of 601-800th in the world.

[20] Based on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Asian Top Universities, published in May 2011, Universitas Indonesia rank was 50th place in Asia.

Universitas Indonesia offers students a wide range of organizational activities, those are:[52] The following research organizations also belong to UI:[53]

Many distinguished figures, both Indonesians and foreigners, were granted the "Doctor Honoris Causa" (Dr. HC) from Universitas Indonesia.

Distinguished figures, including: Sri Mulyani Indrawati (Managing Director and COO of World Bank), Jusuf Wanandi (Co-chair of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)), Prof. Mr. Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, Taufik Ismail, Erwin Gutawa, Drs.

Mohammad Hatta, the first vice president of Indonesia, received Doctor Honoris Causa in law.

Abdullah Gül, president of the Republic of Turkey, received his Doctor Honoris Causa title on April 6, 2011.

[56] Rita Puspa Zakaria, a civil servant who served as Vice Director of the Bengkalis Regional General Hospital and advocate of a program to reduce a mortality rate also graduated from Universitas Indonesia in 1999.