Trisakti University

Universitas Trisakti (Usakti, Trisakti) is a private university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Founded on 29 November 1965, the university has more than 20,000 active students and has produced more than 100,000 alumni. Universitas Trisakti currently employs 742 tenured faculty members (82%) and 160 part-time lecturers (18%).

In 1958, Res Publica University was established as Baperki University by Baperki, an organization of Indonesians of Chinese descent.

The name "University Res Publica" was taken from a presidential address delivered by President Sukarno,^{[citation needed]} and means "for the public interest". The school was destroyed after the attempted coup in Indonesia, Baperki banned, and Universitas Trisakti established to replace the destroyed university. Many former students were banned over allegations of ties to the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

There were originally five faculties at Universitas Trisakti:

Since 1980, several additional faculties were established to cope with fast technological development in Indonesia. The university currently has nine faculties.

The Trisakti shootings occurred at Universitas Trisakti on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation, soldiers opened fire on unarmed protestors. Four students were killed and dozens more were injured. The shootings contributed to widespread student unrest and rioting during the Indonesian Revolution of 1998, which led to the resignation of President Suharto.

The Trisakti Museum was established in commemoration of the incident.

Trisakti has several campuses around Jabodetabek.