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At UPH, we provide international standard sports and arts center to facilitate the students for their interests and activities, and also to support them develop their talents through sports and arts.
The Sports Philosophy
Holistic education is a concept of education that continuously developed by the University of Pelita Harapan. Consistently, UPH creates an atmosphere and environment that supports the creation of this educational concept, in which science is not the only one to be pursued, but something far more important is to make someone, a whole person with a deep understanding of faith in God and good character.
One of the UPH efforts in developing a holistic education is by presenting a special department for sport, named UPH Sports Department. The department has a very noble philosophy, referred to as athletic perfection, namely that the goal is eternal, sports are just as the vehicle that helps students grow as human beings both physically and emotionally.
UPH Sports Department Various Kind of Sports
There are two kinds of sports groups in UPH Sports Department, which are Intercolligate and Student Activities Unit (Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa – UKM). Intercolligate is a team that established and trained specifically to represent UPH in all national sporting events. While UKM is a club that was formed with the aim to deepen and sharpen the student interest.
UPH has four sports that are included in Intercolligate, namely basketball, volleyball, soccer, and badminton. The four branches regularly take part at the national level competition and often gain the victory.
Basketball Intercolligate coach is Stephen Metcalfe (Director of UPH Sports Department) himself assisted by 12 staffs from UPH alumni. As for volleyball, soccer, and badminton, UPH hired high quality coaches from external.
In UKM Sports, UPH has Mapala (Mahasiswa Pecinta Alam - student lover of nature), swimming, table tennis, journalism, card games, and cheerleadance. Each branch has their own training schedule and coordinated by a chairman who is still active as an UPH student.
(UPH Intercollegiate and UKM Sports Practice Schedule)
Strict Regulations for Intercolligate Team
By being Intercolligate teams, they are accused with high commitment. When joined, the players are asked to sign a player code of conducts.
Sanggraha Krida Award
This is one of UPH Sports Department pride, Sanggraha Krida award. Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Sports was awarded to UPH Sports Department for UPH commitment to always develop sports fields at the university. This award is the highest of the Indonesian ministry for sports field.
  (left) Adhyaksa Dault (Sports Ministry) rewarded the Sanggraha Krida Award to UPH Sports Team through Sudomo (Vice President for Student Services and Spiritual Growth). (right) UPH Sports Team
Future Plan
Getting Sanggraha Krida award does not mean that the struggle of Mr. Met and UPH Sports Department ended, it became a reference for them to continue to develop sports in UPH. A number of plans have been prepared and they expect to be realized one by one.
Among are adding rugby sports in UPH and be the pioneer in Indonesia. In addition, UPH also want to develop football because the field is available, and make UPH football team as future football player in Indonesia. Those two sports will be the focus of the next UPH Sports Department, but the Intercolligate sports still in attention. |
Volleyball Team
Football Team
Rugby International Program
