History

The Undergraduate Program in Meteorology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) is located within the ITB Campus complex on Jalan Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132. The Undergraduate Program in Meteorology was established in 1998, currently one of the undergraduate programs at the ITB Faculty of Science and Technology. Initially the Undergraduate Program in Meteorology was one of the programs in the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology (GM), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. The GM Department was established in 1961. In 1998, the Department of Geophysics and Meteorology moved to the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Mineral Technology ITB. In 2007, the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Mineral Technology was divided into two faculties, the Faculty of mining and petroleum engineering (FTTM) and the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology (FITB). Since then, the Undergraduate Program in Meteorology has been at the Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology (FITB). The latest operational permit is based on the Rector’s Decree no. 145 / SK / K01 / OT / 2008.

Since its establishment until now the Undergraduate Program in Meteorology at ITB is the only education in Indonesia that accommodates the basics of weather and climate dynamics in the tropics. The Undergraduate Program in Meteorology which is a Bachelor’s Program with a four-year study period will provide a complete understanding of the earth’s climate and climate system from the atmosphere above the surface of the earth and the sea to the upper atmosphere. In addition, the Undergraduate Program in Meteorology teaches the conception of weather and climate in full and the impacts of climate change. Students in the Undergraduate Program in Meteorology also develop physical and dynamic modeling of the atmosphere, making it easier to study these natural phenomena for various purposes, both for research purposes and for the benefit of society and national development.