Gadjah Mada University
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| Motto | – |
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| Established | 1949 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Sofian Effendi (2002-2007) |
| Faculty | 18 |
| Location | Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia |
| Campus | Bulaksumur |
| Students | 55,000 |
| Website | www.ugm.ac.id |
The Gadjah Mada University (Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada or UGM) is the largest university in Indonesia in terms of student population.[citation needed] It is also the oldest university in country, founded on December 9, 1949; although the first lecture was given on 13 March 1946. The name was taken from the name of Majapahit's Prime Minister, Gajah Mada.
UGM is located in Yogyakarta, Central Java. It has 18 faculties, 73 undergraduate study programs, 28 diploma study programs, and a graduate program of 62 study programs ranging from Social Sciences to Engineering. It has approximately 55,000 students, 605 foreign students, 2,301 employees, and 2,266 lecturers. [citation needed]
UGM is regarded as one of the most reputable universities in Indonesia.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
When founded, UGM had 6 faculties: the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, the Faculty of Law, Social and Political Scieces, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Letters, Pedagogy, and Philosophy, the Faculty of Agriculture, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
From 1952 until 1972 the Faculty of Medicine was split into two separate faculties, the Surabaya branch of the Faculty of Law, Social, and Political Sciences was established, and the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training was integrated into IKIP Yogyakarta.
During its initial years, the University used the buildings and other facilities belonging to the Kraton of Yogyakarta (sultan Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX's palace). The university gradually established a campus of its own in Bulaksumur. The university is now has an area of 3 square kilometres.
[edit] Faculties
- Biology
- Department of Biology
- Economics
- Department of Economics and Development Studies
- Department of Management
- Department of Accounting
- Pharmacy
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy
- Department of Natural Product Pharmacy
- Philosophy
- Department of Philosophy
- Geography
- Department of Geography
- Department of Physical Geography and Environment
- Department of Human Geography
- Department of Cartography and Remote Sensing
- Department of Regional Development
- Law
- Department of Legal Studies
- Cultural Science
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Archeology
- Department of History
- Department of Indonesian Language and Literature
- Department of Nusantara Languages and Literature
- Department of English Language and Literature
- Department of Arabic Language and Literature
- Department of French Language and Literature
- Department of Japanese Language and Literature
- Political and Social Science
- Department of Public Administration
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Communications
- Department of Government
- Department of Social Development
- Department of Sociology
- School of Medicine
- Department of General Practitioners
- Department of Nursing
- Department of Nutrition
- Dentistry
- Department of Dentistry
- Veterinary
- Department of Veterinary Science
- Forestry
- Department of Forest Management
- Department of Silviculture
- Department of Forest Product Technology
- Department of Forest Resource Conservation
- Math & Natural Science
- Department of Physics
- Department of Geophysics
- Department of Electronics and Instrumentation
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Computer Science
- Agriculture
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Plant Breeding
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Department of Aquature
- Department of Aquatic Resources Management
- Animal Science
- Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science
- Department of Animal Production
- Department of Livestock Socioeconomics
- Department of Animal Product Technology
- Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering
- Department of Engineering Physics
- Department of Urban and Regional Planning
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Geodetical-Geomatic Engineering
- Department of Geological Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Agricultural technology
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Food and Agricultural Product Technology
- Department of Agro-Industrial Technology
- Psychology
- Department of Psychology
[edit] Business school
UGM's business school runs a Masters of Management program (MM-UGM) which was founded in 1988.
Partnerships with several universities, including the University of Kentucky and Temple University, enable the school to award various local and international graduate degrees: M.M., M.B.A., M.Sc. BA, M.Sc. IB, and M.Ac.
The school has three campuses. The Yogyakarta campus offers regular and evening classes; the Jakarta campus offers regular, evening, and weekend classes; and the Surabaya campus offers weekend classes.
As of October 2005, MM-UGM has a network of approximately 4,197 alumni. A gathering of the school's alumni on October 8, 2004 in Jakarta, initiated by members of MM-UGM Mailing List, was followed by the establishment of MM-UGM Alumni Association (KAGAMA-MM).
