History
Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU), started out with the name Indonesian Christian Teaching Educational Tertiary Institution (PTPG-KI). It was officiated on November 30, 1956, with five departments, consisting of Education, History, English, Law, and Economics. PTPG-KI of Satya Wacana changed to become FKIP-KI on July 17, 1959. Then on December 5, 1959, it officially became Satya Wacana Christian University with the existence of the Economics Faculty and Law Faculty, which were then followed by the opening of several other new faculties and study programs.
As a private upper educational institution that is over 50 years old, Satya Wacana, which means “Faith in God’s Decrees”, continues to develop and is trusted by the society and government.
At this time, SWCU has 56 study programs which consist of 4 3-year Associate Degree study programs, 39 Undergraduate Degree study programs, 10 Master’s Degree study programs, and 3 Doctorate Degree study programs.
As a private upper educational institution that is over 50 years old, Satya Wacana, which means “Faith in God’s Decrees”, continues to develop and is trusted by the society and government.
At this time, SWCU has 56 study programs which consist of 4 3-year Associate Degree study programs, 39 Undergraduate Degree study programs, 10 Master’s Degree study programs, and 3 Doctorate Degree study programs.
Vision and Mission
Vision of the University is:
- To Become a Scientiarum University to form an alliance of upper-level knowledge that is related to real teaching (althea) based on Biblical realism.
- To Become a Magistrorum et Scholarium University to form a creative minority to build and regenerate the citizens and country of Indonesia.
- To Become a Leadership Cultivator to allocate roles within a society (including church) that is developing.
- To Become a Radar in a situation of spiritual, moral, political, and cultural change that signals, records, and follows those changes using them to become an object or target of study and research.
- To Become an Educational Service Foundation and Provider (Diakonia) for the duration of its existence, entailing constructive criticism along with information to churches and society regarding the societal presence of poverty, injustice, dishonesty, and unrest.
