History

Politeknik Negeri Ketapang was first initiated on 12 February 2006 through a joint agreement between the Pangeran Iranata Foundation of Ketapang and the Ketapang Regency Government (Nos. 03/YPI-KTP/B/02/06 and 425.1/Ekbangsos-C), signed by the Regent of Ketapang (H. Morkes Effendi, S.Pd.) and the Chair of the Foundation (Abdulbad H. A. Rani, S.Pd.). Its founding was formalised by Ketapang Regency Regulation No. 17 of 2009 and by Decree No. 66/D/O/2008 of the Minister of National Education, dated 8 April 2008, which permitted the study programs and the establishment of Politeknik Ketapang in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, under the Foundation. It began operating in the 2008/2009 academic year on a temporary campus in the Regency Job Training Center (BLK) complex at Jl. HOS Cokroaminoto No. 32, with three initial programs:

1. D3 Machine Maintenance and Repair
2. D3 Mining Engineering
3. D3 Plantation Product Processing Technology (TPHP)

Politeknik Pangeran Iranata became Politeknik Negeri Ketapang under the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education through Minister of Education and Culture Regulation No. 15 of 2014 on the establishment, organisation and working procedures of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Politap). In 2015 the academic offering grew to 8 study programs with 5 new additions:

1. Information Technology
2. Mining Technology
3. Electrical Technology
4. Road and Bridge Construction Technology
5. Agroindustry
6. Plantation Crop Production Technology

Politap is the only state university in Ketapang Regency, with 3.183 alumni, 76 lecturers with master's degrees, 2 with doctorates, and adequate facilities and infrastructure.