Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi Universitas Airlangga

The history of Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) is begun with the development of Institute of Basic Science and Mathematics (Basic Natural Science / BNS) in Faculty of Medicine. The Institute is one of the institutions that developed according to a master plan development of Universitas Airlangga in 1970-1979. Furthermore, from the development of this institution, supported by the availability of human resources (HR) and adequate equipment, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MIPA) was established. FMIPA was officially established under the decree of Rector of Universitas Airlangga No. 6400/PT.03.9/T/1982 dated July 1, 1982, which was then followed by Presidential Decree No. 56/1982 dated September 7, 1982 about the Organizational Structure of Universitas Airlangga. The establishment of courses in the Science Faculty was inaugurated by the Ministry of Education through Decree No. 0556/D/1982, namely Undergraduate program of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.