Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya

Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University is a private university in Surabaya which was founded on June 19, 1981. The university has programs for undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma levels. Its faculties consist of the faculties of Engineering, Agriculture, Law, Economics, Social Sciences and Political Science, Language and Science, and Medicine. The campus occupies a place on Jalan Dukuh Kupang XXV / 54, Surabaya, the Faculty of Medicine occupies buildings A and B, the faculty of agriculture and Animal Medicine study program occupy the post graduate area complex, and other faculties occupy buildings C to H which are located on the central campus of UWKS. Starting in 2008, a new building for the Faculty of Medicine has been built, consisting of a 7-story building, which will be used as a lecture hall for students of the Faculty of Medicine, which is planned to be inaugurated in April 2010. The university is owned by a foundation called Yayasan Wijayakusuma which was founded in 1980 which is the main parent of Wijaya Kusuma University in Surabaya. The establishment of the University has obtained an Operational License by Kopertis Region VII with letter number: 122 / I / 1981 with the opening of the University on September 21, 1981, as well as an inaugural lecture with 6 faculties namely: Engineering, Agriculture, Law, Economics, Social Sciences & Sciences Politics and Teacher Training and Education were later changed to become the Faculty of Language and Science. Then based on Kopertis Region VII operational permit number: 582 / Kop.VII / Q / 1986, the Faculty of Medicine was established in 1986, which was the first Faculty of Medicine in the Private University in Eastern Indonesia. The symbol of Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University consists of a upgrading temple with a golden yellow background in a pentagon frame, symbolizing the majesty of the Majapahit kingdom framed by the Pancasila philosophy with the motto "ANGGUNG WIMBUH LINUWIH".