Gadjah Mada University
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| Established: | 1949 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Prof. Ir. Soedjarwadi M.Eng., Ph.D (2007-2012) |
| Faculty: | 18 |
| Location: | Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia |
| Campus: | Bulaksumur |
| Students: | 55,000 |
| Affiliations: | ASAIHL, AUN |
| 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.[1] It is also one of the oldest universities in the country, founded on December 19, 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, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. 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, 647 foreign students, 2,240 employees, and 2,273 lecturers.[2]
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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 Sciences, 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
In 1988, UGM opened a master study of management (MM-UGM), specially designed for business practices. The school is also a collaboration with the University of Kentucky and the Temple University. As of October 2005, MM-UGM has produced approximately 4,197 alumni.[who?]
[edit] Medical school
UGM's School of Medicine is one of the oldest medical schools in Indonesia, opened in March 5, 1946. It is ranked number 72 on the Times Higher Education Supplement 2006 for biomedicine. Currently it is the top medical school in Indonesia[citation needed].
[edit] World Rankings
In 2007, UGM ranked number 360 on Times Higher Education Supplement World University Rankings 2007, the highest rank for university in Indonesia.[3]
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities July 2007 placed UGM on rank 939 in the world, and rank 95 in Asia.[4]
[edit] See also
Gadjah Mada University according to Webometrix is in rangking 57 in top Asia and 734 in the world
[edit] References
- ^ Gadjah Mada University Introductions
- ^ Gadjah Mada University Figure April 2007
- ^ THES - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 400 Universities
- ^ Webometrics World Universities Ranking - Asia
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