The State University of Surabaya or Surabaya State University (; ; abbreviated as , ) is a public university located in Surabaya, a metropolitan city in northeastern coastal region of Java Island. It is one of the top universities in Indonesia and has been accredited internationally based on the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). It is the top 3 public universities in the capital of East Java, along with the Airlangga University and Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology. History The history of Surabaya State University can not be separated from the integral journey of national education of the Republic Indonesia in general. Producing more than 80,000 graduates, dares to position itself as one of the higher educations in Indonesia to provide quality education, prepare graduates with high competitiveness (both nationally and internationally) and entrepreneurial spirit, as well as managing all activities in a healthy organizational mechanism. is an independent (autonomy) as a (, ) as mandated by the (, ). 1950s to 1960 It was started as the (, ) which began around 1950. Starting from the B–I (non-degree/vocational) and B–II (degree) courses in Chemistry and Exact Sciences which utilized facilities and infrastructure in the form of classrooms and laboratories from Dutch education, the (, ). These courses are held in Surabaya to meet the needs of teachers at the junior and senior high school levels. These courses include: B–I and B-II Chemistry, B–I and B–II Exact Sciences, B–I English, B–I German, B–I Engineering, B–I Education Physical, B–I Economics, B–I Commerce, and B–I Aircraft. In 1957, B–I courses were grouped into two, namely (1) General B–I Courses, which covered English and German, and (2) Vocational B–I Courses, which covered Chemistry, Exact Science, Economics, Commerce, Engineering, Education Body, and Aircraft Science. The courses lasted until 1960. 1960s To eliminate the dualism of B–I and B-II courses which emphasizing more on the degrees of (, ), with MPRS Decree No. 11/MPRS/1960 the two courses were integrated into the which produced secondary school teachers. Subsequently, this institution, based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture number 6/1961 dated February 7, 1961, was integrated into one of the faculties of Airlangga University (which was then based in Malang) and was named as the Airlangga University of Surabaya (Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences). In 1962, with the establishment of the (, ), which