The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) is one of the faculties at Semarang State University (UNNES). The change in the name of this faculty is in line with the change in the name of UNNES which was formerly called IKIP Negeri Semarang which was established in 1965 in Semarang City. Chronologically, the development of FMIPA can be described as follo
Period 1960 – 1964:
Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Diponegoro University (UNDIP) Semarang Branch
On January 1, 1961 with the Decree of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, Teaching and Culture No. 108487 / S dated December 27, 1960, Course B-I and Course B-II were integrated into Diponegoro University to become a Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP). On October 15, 1961 with Government Regulation No. 7 of 1961, FKIP had a Department of Exact Sciences.
At that time, FKIP UNDIP had two branches, namely in Semarang and Surakarta. Based on the Decree of the Minister of PTIP No. 35 of 1964 dated May 4, 1964, FKIP UNDIP changed its name to IKIP Yogyakarta Semarang branch and FKIP UNDIP Surakarta branch to IKIP Yogyakarta Surakarta branch. This name change was a follow-up to the government’s policy on the issuance of the Joint Decree of the Minister of PTIP and the Minister of PD&K No. 32 of 1964, dated May 4, 1964 concerning the unification of FKIP and IPG in Jakarta, Bandung, Malang and Yogyakarta into the Teacher Training and Education Institute (IKIP).
Period 1964 – 1999:
The Faculty of Exact Science Teacher Training (FKIE) became the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education (FPMIPA) IKIP Semarang
On November 7, 1964, through the Decree of the Minister of PTIP No. 154 in 1964, IKIP Yogyakarta Semarang Branch established FKIE. IKIP Yogyakarta Semarang Branch has a total of four faculties, namely the Faculty of Education, Faculty of Literature and Arts Teaching, and Faculty of Social Sciences Teaching, and Faculty of Exact Sciences Teaching.
IKIP Yogyakarta Semarang Branch developed rapidly. In order for its development to be more focused in the future, the Minister of PTIP issued Decree of the Minister of PTIP No. 40 of 1965 dated March 8, 1965 which determined IKIP Yogyakarta Semarang Branch to become IKIP Semarang. During this period IKIP Semarang consisted of six faculties, namely the Faculty of Education (FIP), Faculty of Literature and Arts Teaching (FKSS), Faculty of Social Sciences Teaching (FKIS), Faculty of Exact Sciences Teaching (FKIE), and Faculty of Engineering Teaching (FKT). FKIE itself consists of the Department of Exact Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Life Sciences
Furthermore, the establishment of IKIP Semarang was strengthened by Presidential Decree No. 271 of 1965 dated September 14, 1965.
Based on Presidential Decree No. 52 of 1982, FKIE changed its name to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education which consists of Mathematics Education, Physics Education Department, Chemistry Education Department, and Biology Education Department.
Period 1999 – present:
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) Semarang State University (UNNES)
With the issuance of Presidential Decree Number 124 of 1999 concerning the change of IKIP Semarang, Bandung and Medan into universities, IKIP Semarang changed its name to Semarang State University which is abbreviated as UNNES.
Based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture No. 278/O/1999 concerning the organization and work procedures of UNNES and No. 255/O/2000 concerning the UNNES statutes, the name FPMIPA changed to FMIPA. Currently, FMIPA consists of 21 study programs as follows.