Samudra University
Samudra University is an Indonesian public university in the city of Langsa, Aceh. Initially an affiliate of the Syiah Kuala University, the university separated into its own organization in 1985 and was nationalized in 2013. The university possessed five faculties and 9,879 active students in 2014.
History
In East Aceh, the first higher education institutes were founded in 1963. In 1971, bureaucrats and politicians of Langsa formed a body to prepare the opening of a new institute. By 1976, two such institutes were opened, although permits were not registered until 1981.It was nationalized into a public university in 2013 by Minister of Education Muhammad Nuh, and its statute was formalized the following year. Following this, the university capitalized on its status by forming partnerships with more established Indonesian universities such as ITB and the University of Indonesia. It was given an official public status in 2016, alongside 35 other universities. The Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education placed it 1,032nd of 3,244 higher education institutes in Indonesia in 2016, rising to the 801-900 block in 2017.