Universitas Mulawarman | UNMUL

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On June 6, 1962 the Governor of East Kalimantan Province, Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto, founded Perguruan Tinggi Mulawarman (Mulawarman College), located in Samarinda.[3] Then the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture approved the establishment as Universitas Mulawarman on September 28, 1962[4] and officially confirmed by the President on April 23, 1963.[5] The date of September 27, 1962 was set as the date of the founding of the Universitas Mulawarman.[1] At first the Universitas Mulawarman had four faculties: Faculty of State and Trade Administration, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Mining in Balikpapan. Only the Faculty of State and Trade Administration could be started at the opening in 1962, the Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1964. In 1966, the Faculty of State and Trade Administration was split into the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and Faculty of Economics.