Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) or Bandung Institute of Technology or Institute of technology Bandung, was founded on March 2, 1959. The present ITB main campus is the site of earlier engineering schools in Indonesia. Although these institutions of higher learning had their own individual characteristics and missions, they left influence on developments leading to the establishment of ITB.
ITB has the vision of being an excellent university, dignified, independent, and is recognized worldwide as well as guide the changes that can improve the welfare of the Indonesian nation and the world. The mission of ITB is creating, sharing and applying science, technology, arts and humanities as well as producing superior human resources and to make Indonesia a better world.
ITB is located in Bandung, with a population of approximately one and a half million, lies in the mountainous area of West Java, at an altitude of 770 meters. The ITB main campus, to the north of the town centre, and its other campuses, cover a total area of 770,000 square meters.
Now, ITB manages its own business in an effective and efficient way, and to be fully responsible for the planning and implementation of all program and activity, and the quality control for the attainment of its institutional objective. The institution has also freedom in deciding their measures and taking calculated risks in facing tight competition and intense pressures.
