Universitas Gadjah Mada has a program to provide added value to its graduates through Peningkatan Pertumbuhan Kepemimpinan Berkualitas (PPKB) (Increase in the growth of quality leadership).
Criteria for quality graduates who have been the general view that the mastery of knowledge, skills and attitude in accordance with the demands of the job market. Improving the quality of graduates conducted by providing added value in the learning process at GMU is leadership development. This is consistent with the spirit of self-development paradigms in order to think globally act locall grown to be to bring local culture to enhance the global vision.
The strategy used is to realize the ideals to the realization through the development of critical mass that leads to the development of systems and cultures. Development of the number and intensity of critical mass is conducted through two main programs, namely Friends of Quality Improvement Acceleration of Learning and Growth Synergies.
1. Companion Program Quality Improvement Acceleration of Learning (SP2MP)
The program is conducted by recruiting students from each department / Prodi at UGM, providing some necessary skills and experience, then provide opportunities for every student to actualize themselves in their respective environment.
Self-actualization is expected to be a means of transmission capability, skills and experience that have been obtained during a student SP2MP to other students, both from the aspect of academic and non-academic.
Development of skills provided to students include SP2MP:
- Pelatihan Manajemen Diri (Special Management Skills).
- Pelatihan Ketrampilan Berfikir (Advanced Thinking Skills).
- Pelatihan Kepemimpinan (Leadership Attitude & Leadership Camp).
- Pelatihan Ketrampilan Pendampingan (Big Brothers & Big Sisters).
- Intensive Group Discussion.
- Action Plan.
2. Program Growth Synergies
The program is conducted in an effort to develop coordination and cooperation of various student activities both academic and non-academic to bring synergy to support the learning process.
This program is manifested in two (2) activities, namely:
- Fostering synergies between individual students, institutions / organizations GMU student and work units associated with student affairs.
- Leading the emergence of synergy between UGM with public or private in leadership development.