The UGM Karate INKAI Student Activity Unit has swept 20 medals at the Magelang International Karate Championship held on September 15-16, 2023, in Magelang.
Life at UGM
Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta, is known for having the largest local potential of cassava.
The UGM Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing provides students with free “angkringan” (small street food stall) breakfast.
Tiara Putri, a doctoral student at the UGM Faculty of Biology, was awarded the Landesgraduiertenförderungsverordnung, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LGFVO M-V) scholarship as part of a double degree program with the University of Greifswald, Germany.
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) has introduced the Talent Development Course to help students gain a competitive edge in the job market.
A group of UGM students has developed tools to improve coconut plant honey’s productivity, quality, and shelf life: a coconut sap cooker and a sterilization incubator called Tecobator Gama.
A year ago, the story of a rural Mount Lawu farmers’ child, Apia Dewi Agustin (23), who was in the final semester of her studies at Universitas Gadjah Mada, garnered public attention. Apia’s story inspired the Indonesian community and shattered the stigma that rural children with limited economic conditions could not attend college.
According to a Q3 2023 poll conducted by RevoU, UGM’s (Universitas Gadjah Mada) Instagram and TikTok accounts were the most popular among the 15 top universities in Indonesia.
UGM students won 13 medals in the National Pencak Silat Championship held by the University of PGRI Yogyakarta from August 21 to 25. UGM, represented by 18 Pencak Silat Student Activity Unit members, secured three gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals.
The UGM Faculty of Cultural Sciences firmly commits to preparing its graduates to face the working world. In line with this, the faculty has designed programs creatively packaged for graduates to enhance their personal qualities before being conferred degrees, such as the two programs held at the faculty on Tuesday (22/8).
UGM Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering students have brought home eight medals from the 9th Southeast Asian Agricultural and Food Engineering Student Chapter – Annual Regional Convention (AE ARC) 2023, held from August 21 to 26 at Universitas Putra Malaysia.
Dr. Wuri Handayani, a lecturer at the UGM Faculty of Economics and Business, hosted a graduation party on Friday, August 25, for students with disabilities who received their degrees in August.
The Anang Batas exhibition “Fotodidak: Terpanjat Tak Terperanjat” (Photo-didact: Stumbled but Unsurprised) successfully ran for nine days from August 12 to 20, 2023, at UGM. As the event’s highlight, the closing night was celebrated on Sunday (20/8) with a collaborative stage and a Wayang Tri Brata performance.
The Rector of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) conferred degrees to 1,541 graduates from the bachelor’s, applied bachelor’s, and associate degree diploma programs, including ten foreign nationals, on Wednesday (August 23).
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) launched the 2023 Merdeka Entrepreneurship (WMK) program at the UGM Faculty of Economics and Business on Friday (August 18), attended by 251 participants from 62 universities across the country.
Minister of Investment, Bahlil Lahadalia, was one of the speakers at the pre-ceremony graduate briefing for the bachelor’s and applied bachelor’s programs on Tuesday (August 22) at the Grha Sabha Pramana.
On Saturday, August 19, UGM hosted the International Student Excursion (ISE) in Pentingsari Tourist Village, Sleman, Yogyakarta, to familiarize international students currently enrolled in the university with Indonesian culture.
A total of 10,104 new undergraduate and applied undergraduate students of UGM carried out the Action Plan to implement UGM’s values in life and society.
The theater and stage of Ramayana Ballet Prambanan were animated by the UGM Surakarta Style Javanese Arts Unit (UKJGS) performance, lasting for three days on August 8, 10, and 12.
At an exhibition named “Fotodidak: Terpanjat Tak Terperanjat” (Photo-didact: Stumbled but Unsurprised), renowned MC and former student of the UGM Faculty of Literature (now the Faculty of Cultural Sciences), Anang Batas, displayed his photographic works. The exhibition, which featured 450 of Anang’s portrait works, was a post-pandemic reunion and officially launched on Saturday (8/12), with […].
The closing night of the 2023 Gelanggang Expo was celebrated with enthusiasm on Friday (18/8), attended by dozens of UGM Student Activity Units. This year’s event was held under the theme “Symphony of Gelanggang’s Euphoria” for three days, from August 16 to 18, 2023.
The annual event, Gelanggang Expo (Gelex), hosted by UGM and supported directly by the UGM Directorate of Student Affairs, is back with the theme “Symphony of Gelanggang’s Euphoria.” Through #UGMUpdate, the Organizing Committee’s Chair revealed the theme’s meaning and the lineup of events on Tuesday, August 15.
Ashilla Putri Anggraenie, a 20-year-old student of Aquatic Resource Management at the UGM Vocational College, has shared her experience as a BBC News intern, which she did from July 17 to 28, 2023.
The UGM Faculty of Forestry organized a two-day orientation program on August 2-3, 2023, themed “Passion of Foresters Achieves Empowered Indonesia.” With this theme, the program aims to cultivate empowered young foresters with strong fighting spirit, social consciousness, environmental love, and critical thinking skills, equipping them with the necessary means to contribute significantly to the […].
UGM’s student contingent brought home one silver medal and two honorable mentions at the 2023 International Mathematics Competition (IMC), held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. The 30th IMC involved hundreds of participants from various countries from July 31 to August 6, 2023.
The UGM Archery Student Activity Unit brought home medals from the East Jakarta Pangkoopsudnas (National Air Defense Commander) Archery Championship held from Thursday (27/7) to Sunday (30/7). This event, organized for the first time by the Indonesian Archery Association in East Jakarta, occurred at the Koopsudnas Stadium, East Jakarta.
Four hundred two of the total 713 students (56.38%) at the recent postgraduate graduation ceremony of Universitas Gadjah Mada on Wednesday (26/7) were female.
Minister of Public Works and Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono, shared his insights with 1,617 new students of the UGM Faculty of Engineering during the faculty’s student orientation “PPSMB Kesatria” on Thursday (3/8).
UGM’s 2023 new student orientation PPSMB Pionir came to a formal close on Saturday (5/8), with students creating a sequence of shapes that could be seen from above, which has grown to be a signature of PPSMB from year to year.
After the opening ceremony of its orientation program PPSMB on Monday (31/7), UGM held a gathering for the parents of new students in a hybrid format, with some parents attending the event at Grha Sabha Pramana while others joined online.