History and Development

Respati Yogyakarta University (UNRIYO) is organized by the Respati Education Foundation (Yapen) which was founded by Prof. Drs. H. Widodo Suparno , in 1978 in Jakarta. At first Yapen Respati only held Elementary and Secondary Education in Jakarta, and only in 1986 established higher education, namely Universitas Respati Indonesia (URINDO) in Jakarta.

Seeing the rapid development of URINDO and the support from various Foundation businesses, including property, agro-industry, fisheries and animal husbandry, Yapen Respati began to develop several universities outside Jakarta. The Respati Tasikmalaya College of Health Sciences (STIKes) located in Sindangparna Tasikmalaya, West Java, was established in 2002. A year later in 2003 the Respati College of Information Technology (STTI) and the Respati Yogyakarta School of Health Sciences (STIKes) were established. Then in 2007 the Respati Midwifery Academy (AkBid) was also established in Sumedang, West Java.

Since its establishment in 2003, STTI Respati Yogyakarta has organized 4 Study Programs (Prodi), namely S-1 Informatics Engineering, S-1 Information Systems, D-3 Information Management and D-3 Computerized Accounting. Furthermore, the D-3 Computerized Accounting Study Program was closed in 2014 because there was very little interest from students. Meanwhile, STIKes Respati Yogyakarta held 5 study programs, namely S-1 Public Health, S-1 Nutrition Sciences, S-1 Nursing Sciences, D-4 Educator Midwives and D-3 Midwifery. STTI and STIKes Respati Yogyakarta later merged to become Universitas Respati Yogyakarta (UNRIYO), based on the Decree of the Minister of National Education Number 233/D/O/2008 dated December 22, 2008 with the addition of 4 (four) new study programs in the field of non-exact sciences: namely: Study Program S-1 Science Communication, S-1 Accounting, S-1 English Literature and S-1 International Relations and 1 (one) study program in the exact field, namely S-1 Electrical Engineering. Furthermore, UNRIYO received a permit to organize the Nursing Professional Education Program so that when it was established, UNRIYO held 14 Study Programs and 1 Professional Education Program; which consists of 5 (five) Respati STIKes Study Programs, 4 (four) Respati STTI Study Programs plus 5 new study programs which are now managed by 3 (three) different Faculties, namely the Faculty of Health Sciences (FIKES), the Faculty of Information Technology (FST) and the Faculty of Health Sciences. Social Sciences and Economics (FISE).

All study programs that used to be members of STIKES Respati Yogyakarta and the Nursing Professional Education Program are now managed by the Faculty of Health Sciences (FIKES). Meanwhile, all study programs that were previously managed by STTI Respati are now managed by the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) plus 1 (one) new study program for the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. The remaining 4 (four) new study programs are managed by the Faculty of Social and Economics (FISE), namely S-1 Communication Studies, S-1 Accounting, S-1 English Literature and S-1 International Relations. UNRIYO also received a license to hold the D-3 Physiotherapy Study Program in 2015. Furthermore, in 2017, UNRIYO was accredited B by BAN-PT

Then the D-4 Educator Midwife Study Program has changed its name to the Applied Bachelor (D-4) Midwifery based on the Decree of the Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education No. 189/KPT/I/2018. However, UNRIYO did not continue the implementation of the Undergraduate Applied Midwifery Study Program because it had received a permit for the Midwifery Professional Education Program (Professional) Furthermore, the Midwifery Professional Education Program Study Program was changed to the Midwifery Program Undergraduate Program and the Midwife Professional Education Program which began accepting new students starting in the 2019/2020 academic year. ago.

CEO Respati

Prof. H. Widodo Suparno