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University of Bengkulu

public university in Indonesia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ7481592 ↗
Source-derived summary

University of Bengkulu (Indonesian: Universitas Bengkulu) is a public university in Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia. It was established on 24 April 1982. Its current rector is Prof. Dr. Indra Cahyadinata, S.P., M.Si.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “University of Bengkulu” is public university in Indonesia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through University, Bengkulu and public, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982. For this dossier, University, Bengkulu and public is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “public university in Indonesia” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7481592. VIAF identifies the subject as 150272816. The Library of Congress control number is n97904155. Authority coordinates are -3.759, 102.273. 4 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982.

Critical limits

Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Compare institutional narratives with records created by participants and affected communities. Dates and formal titles are useful anchors, but not substitutes for context.

Best used for
  • Event chronology
  • Institutional context
  • Locating named record creators
Verify next

Contemporary correspondence, government or organizational records, oral histories and cited historical scholarship.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “University of Bengkulu”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow University of Bengkulu primary sources, University of Bengkulu archive and University research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “University of Bengkulu”?
  2. What chronology connects this entry to wider political or social change?
  3. Who created the surviving record, and for what administrative purpose?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “University of Bengkulu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.