The Universitas Indonesia (Indonesian: Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a state university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the oldest tertiary-level educational institution in Indonesia (known as the Dutch East Indies when UI was established), and is generally considered as the most prestigious university in Indonesia, along with the Bandung Institute of Technology and Gadjah Mada University.[8][9][10] In the 2018 QS World Universities Ranking, UI is ranked 1st in Indonesia, 58th in Asia and 277th in the world.[11][12]