Institut Teknologi Bandung History

Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) is a state university based in the city of Bandung ITB was established on March 2, 1959 The current status of the ITB is BHMN (State Owned Legal Entity).
ITB main campus is currently the location of the first technical high school in Indonesia. Although each institution of higher education that started the ITB has the characteristics and mission of each, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of ITB.

Student dormitories, faculty housing, and administrative headquarters are not located on the main campus but still within easy reach to be taken. Facilities available at the campus bookstore among them, post office, cafeteria, banks, and clinics.
In addition to lecture rooms, laboratories, workshops and studios, ITB has an art gallery Soemardja, sports facilities, and a Campus Center. There is also a campus near Salman mosque for worship and religious activities of Muslims in the ITB. To support the implementation of academic and research activities, there are academic support facilities, dintaranya Central Library (with approximately 150,000 books and 1,000 journal titles), Sports Turf Sasana Budaya Ganesha, Language Center, Center computer services (ComLabs) and Bosscha (one of the perks of the Research Groups Astronomy Sciences), located 11 kilometers north of Bandung.

ITB is one of the leading universities in Indonesia. According to the ranking of universities by the popularity of an educational institution in the virtual world, with a total sample of more than 9200 institutions in 2010 by the 4icu.org, ITB was ranked 30 world, far above other Indonesian universities such as the University of Gadjah Mada (686) or the University Indonesia (685), passing the leading universities such as Tokyo University (91), with MIT as 1 world ranking. Meanwhile, according to the rating agency assessment of British universities in 2009, the THE-QS, ITB's was ranked 80 in the field of Engineering and IT, the only university in Indonesia that is able to penetrate the top 100 ranking.
In 2010, ITB ranking slipped back to No. 93 in the field of Engineering and IT according to THE-QS.
Meanwhile, according to the level of stringency of entry, ITB is the college with the highest difficulty level in the field of science through the SNMPTN (National Selection State University) in 2009 from 422 159 examinees.
Faculties / Dapartemen:
1 Chemistry Study Program
2 Department of Geological Engineering
3 Study Program Geodesy and Geomatics
4. Dapartemen Metematika
5. Dapartemen Astronomy
6. Dapartemen Electrical Engineering
7 Dapartemen Engineering Physics
8. Dapartemen Industrial Engineering
9. Dapartemen Technical Information
10 Dapartemen Engineering Flight
11. Dapartemen Chemical Engineering
12. School of Business and management
13. Faculty of Fine Arts
14. Metallurgical Engineering Program
15. School of Life Sciences and Technology

ITB also be the best State University in Indonesia after the UI and UGM, which means third place in Indonesia. Many ITP Students-Students who excel in Indonesia even samapai to the international community, especially in the field of Technology Informatikanya