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Airlangga University is one of Indonesia’s leading state universities located in Surabaya, thecountry's second largest city, as well as a major seaport and commercial center in the eastern region of Indonesia.

Airlangga University has been known as one of Indonesia's top five Universities with thirteen faculties, ranging from basic science, medicine, and social sciences, which are located in three campuses, 

Campus A accommodates the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Dentistry. The campus is comprised mainly of buildings built in the Dutch colonial era. The buildings remain upright, still conserved until today and noted as one of Surabaya’s heritage buildings.

Campus B hosts the Faculty of Pharmacy as well as the faculties concentrating in the social science fields which are the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economy and Business, Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities. In Campus B, there also reside many of the main institutional support units for the university, such as the Central Library, Post Graduate Programs, Center for Health Care, Center for Quality Assurance, Institute for Educational Studies and Development, as well as a religious facility.

While in newest established campus C reside the rest of the life science faculties which are The Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, and The Faculty of Nursing). The Rectorate building, the studentcenter, and the university’s convention center are also located in campus C.

To encourage educational and public service purposes, Airlangga University has alsodeveloped several educational and research facilities such as The Arlangga University Hospital and The Institute of Tropical Diseases, both located in Campus C. A Medical Education Center has also been built to encourage a better educational environment for the Faculty of Medicine in Campus A

The Institute of Tropical Disease is a research institute dedicated to developing researches, counseling and Laboratory services on tropical diseases including Malaria, Dengue Fever, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and many others. The Institute of Tropical Disease is equipped with up to twenty Biosafety level-3 laboratories.

Airlangga University started out as a medical school, built by the Dutch colonial government to educate young Javanese to become health experts. Itwas named NIAS (Nederlandsch Indische Artsen School). And since the year 1913, medical education has been conducted in Surabaya in Jl. Kedungdoro38, Surabaya. In 1923 the building was moved to what is now Campus A of Airlangga University. In 1928, a school of dentistry is founded, better known as STOVIT (School Tot Opleiding van Indische Tandarsten). In 1948, Airlangga University became a branch of The University of Indonesia with the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry. And in 1954, joined by the Faculty of Law which was previously a branch of Gadjah Mada University, Airlangga University was officially established by the government of Indonesia, coinciding the celebration of the 9^th Heroes’ day

By this year, it has been a century since medical education first started out in Surabaya.