Faculty Establishment
The history of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture, Diponegoro University began in 1962, when the Minister of Higher Education and Science, Prof. Dr. Ir. Thojib Hadiwidjaja suggested to the President of Diponegoro University at that time, Mr. Soedarto, to establish the Faculty of Animal Husbandry. The suggestion arose after seeing the fact that Central Java had great livestock potential and therefore needed to be developed. In order to develop livestock, skilled and trained experts are needed through education at universities, namely the Faculty of Animal Husbandry. On the other hand, at that time not a single university in Central Java had a Faculty of Animal Husbandry, and even if there was it was only one department, namely the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.
This good suggestion was responded by Mr. Soedarto as the President of Diponegoro University who then approached various parties. After some time, the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Diponegoro University was formed with the Decree of the Minister of PTIP Number 37 of 1963. The composition of the committee consisted of: Drh. Soejono Koesoemowardojo, Chief Inspector of the Central Java Province Veterinary Service as Chair; Drs. lts. Soetopo Andar, Kesdam Officers as Secretary, and as members of each Drh. Rustandi Danumihardja, Head of the Veterinary Service of the Residency of Semarang and R. Suprapto, Head of the Agriculture Service of Central Java Province.
Many problems faced by the committee, among others: problems of cost, teaching staff, lecture halls, laboratories and equipment. However, thanks to the tenacity and sincerity of the Committee and the support of various government and private institutions, step by step the existing problems can be overcome. So with the Decree of the Minister of Higher Education and Science Number 75/1964 dated July 17, 1964, the Faculty of Animal Husbandry of Diponegoro University was established since September 1, 1964.
Department Opening
In subsequent developments, taking into account the potential of the fisheries sector in this region and the large opportunities for development, in 1968 the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Diponegoro University was developed by opening the Department of Fisheries based on the Decree of the Chancellor of Diponegoro University Number: 44/1968 dated October 8, 1968. Thus , Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Diponegoro has 2 majors, namely the Department of Animal Husbandry and the Department of Fisheries.
Since August 17, 1974, the name of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, University of Diponegoro was officially changed to the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, which was later confirmed its status based on the Decree of the Chancellor of Diponegoro University Number 76/SK/UD/VI/78 dated June 3, 1978. However, after the issuance of a Government Regulation No. 5 of 1980 and Presidential Decree Number 51 of 1982 dated September 7, 1982 which was followed by the Chancellor’s Circular Number 14/PT09/1983 dated March 24, 1983, the name of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, University of Diponegoro was changed back to the Faculty of Animal Husbandry with 3 Departments (each managing one undergraduate study program, namely: (1) Department of Animal Nutrition and Food, (2) Department of Livestock Production and (3) Department of Fisheries (Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 0551/0/1983 dated December 8, 1983).
On July 25, 1994, the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 0181/0/1994 concerning the Opening of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences at Diponegoro University. As a follow-up to the implementation of the Decree, the Department of Fisheries separated and became a single unit of knowledge with the Marine Sciences Study Program and formed the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences. With the establishment of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences; then the Faculty of Animal Husbandry only has 2 Departments, namely: (1) Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed and (2) Department of Livestock Production.
In 2012 the Faculty of Animal Husbandry plans to open a Department of Agriculture with study programs, namely the Agroecotechnology S1 Study Program, the Agribusiness S1 Study Program and the Food Technology S1 Study Program. Therefore, the name of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry was changed to the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture based on the Rector’s Decree number 724/SK/UN7/2011 dated December 8, 2011.
Study Program Development
S1 Study Program Extension Program. On June 1, 1994, through the Decree of the Chancellor of Diponegoro University No. 108/SK/PT09/1994, established the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Extension S1 Program; and pending the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, through the Rector’s Decree No. Diponegoro University. 109/SK/PT09/1994, the Faculty of Animal Husbandry began to accept new students for the Extension S1 Program. Furthermore, the Extension Program was confirmed by the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education No. 39/DIKTI/Kep/1997 dated 10 February 1997 te
