Category: EducationPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

universitas

/universitas/Roman

English meaning: University

Indonesian Definition

(Bahasa Indonesia)

Lembaga pendidikan tinggi yang memberikan gelar akademik. Indonesia memiliki lebih dari 4.500 perguruan tinggi. Universitas Indonesia, UGM, dan ITB adalah yang paling bergengsi.

English Definition

An institution of higher education awarding degrees. Indonesia has over 4,500 higher education institutions. The University of Indonesia (UI), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), and Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) are the most prestigious. Higher education access has expanded dramatically since independence but quality disparities persist.

Example

Universitas Gadjah Mada di Yogyakarta adalah salah satu universitas tertua dan paling bergengsi di Indonesia, didirikan pada tahun 1949.

In English: Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Indonesia, founded in 1949.

Synonyms

  • perguruan tinggi
  • akademi

Literary Heritage

Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.

A person may be as clever as the sky, but as long as he does not write, he will be lost to society and from history.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer · Novelist · 20th century

Bumi Manusia

Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind), Ch. 15, 1980

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