stovia stovia the school tot opleiding van inlandsche artsen ("school for the training of native physicians") or stovia was a medicine school in batavia, now indonesia's capital jakarta. the school was officially opened in march 1902 in a building that is now the museum of national awakening in weltevreden, an affluent district of batavia. stovia students (1920-1933) group portrait at stovia (1920-1933)