Gadjah Mada University

Gadjah Mada University
Universitas Gadjah Mada
University emblem[1]
MottoMengakar Kuat, Menjulang Tinggi
Motto in English
Locally Rooted, Globally Respected
TypePublic university
Established1949
RectorOva Emilia[2]
Academic staff
2,707 (as of 2020)[3]
Students56,110 (as of 2020)[3]
Undergraduates33,133 (as of 2016)
Postgraduates15,637 (as of 2016)
2,693 (as of 2018)[3]
Location
Sleman Regency
,
Special Region of Yogyakarta
,
Indonesia

7°46′10″S 110°22′44″E / 7.76944°S 110.37889°E / -7.76944; 110.37889
CampusUrban, 357 ha
ColorsLight khaki  
AffiliationsAACSB Accredited, CHEA, WFME, RSC, ABET, IChemE,ASIIN, KAAB, AUN, IABEE, ASAIHL, FUIW,[4] ASEA-UNINET,[5] Universitas 21
Websitewww.ugm.ac.id/en

Gadjah Mada University (Javanese: ꦈꦕꦮꦶꦪꦠꦒꦗꦃꦩꦢ, romanized: Ucawiyata Gajah Mada; Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a public research university located in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country,[6][7] and has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, UGM is ranked 2nd in Indonesia and 263rd in the world.[8][9]

During the period when native education was often restricted,[10] the institution was the first to open its medicine to native Indonesians[11][12] when it was founded in the 1940s under Dutch rule.

Comprising 18 faculties and 27 research centers, UGM offers 68 undergraduate, 23 diplomas, 104 master's and specialist, 43 doctorates, and 4 clusters of post-doctoral study programs. The university has enrolled approximately 55,000 students, 1,187 foreign students, and has 2,500 faculty members.[13][14] UGM maintains a campus of 360 acres (150 ha),[6] with facilities that include a stadium and a fitness center.[15]

The university is named after Gajah Mada, the leader of the Majapahit Empire of Java in the 14th century, who is also considered to be the nation's first unifier by some historians;[16][17] The spelling of the university's name still reflects the old Dutch-era spelling.[17]

  1. ^ "Meaning of the Symbol". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Prof Ova Emilia Dilantik Sebagai Rektor UGM 2022-2027". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Profil Perguruan Tinggi – Universitas Gadjah Mada" [College Profile – Gadjah Mada University]. Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (in Indonesian). 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World". www.fuiw.org. Archived from the original on 27 February 2005.
  5. ^ "Members - ASEA-UNINET". ASEA-UNINET Universities. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Introducing UGM". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Top Universities in Indonesia". Top Universities. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  8. ^ Richter, Max (2012). Musical Worlds in Yogyakarta. Leiden, Netherlands: KITLV Press (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies). p. 160. ISBN 978-90-6718-390-1. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference QSRankings was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Suratno, Tatang (12 June 2014). "The education system in Indonesia at a time of significant changes". Revue internationale d'éducation de Sèvres. doi:10.4000/ries.3814. S2CID 142805391. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. ^ Lock, Stephen; Last, John M.; Dunea, George (2001). The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine. Oxford University Press. p. 765. ISBN 0-19-262950-6.
  12. ^ Forest, James J. F.; Altbach, Philip G. (2006). Volume 18 of Springer International Handbooks of Education: International Handbook of Higher Education, Volume 1. Springer. p. 772. ISBN 1-4020-4011-3.
  13. ^ "Faculty". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Research and Community Service". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Campus Map". Universitas Gadjah Mada. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  16. ^ Syahreza, Andre (2012). "The topicality of pre-colonial Indonesian heroes". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 168 (1): 12. doi:10.1163/22134379-90003573. hdl:20.500.11755/2f3453d4-90c1-47bb-83d7-ac1342119fa7. JSTOR 41494544.
  17. ^ a b Frederick, William H.; Worden, Robert L. (1992). Indonesia: A Country Study. Washington, DC: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Some Indonesian historians have considered Gajah Mada as the country's first real nation-builder. It is significant that Gadjah Mada University (using the Dutch-era spelling of Gajah Mada's name), established by the revolutionary Republic of Indonesia at Yogyakarta in 1946, was--and remains--named after him.