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Gadjah Mada University (Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada or UGM) is one of the largest national universities in Indonesia. It was founded on December 19, 1949[2] 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.[3]

Gadjah Mada University has been considered one of the three most prestigious universities in Indonesia, together with the University of Indonesia andBandung Institute of Technology.[4]

[edit]History

Dies Natalis celebrations in 1950

When founded, UGM had six faculties: Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy; Law, Social and Political Sciences; Engineering; Letters, Pedagogy and Philosophy; Agriculture; and Veterinary Medicine.

From 1952 until 1972 the Faculty of Medicine was split into two 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 (now Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY)).

During its initial years, the university used the buildings and other facilities belonging to the Kraton of Yogyakarta (Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX'spalace). UGM gradually established a campus of its own in Bulaksumur on the northern side of Yogyakarta. The university now occupies an area of 3 square kilometres.

The rector of the university is Professor Pratikno, professor of political and social science, elected on 22 March 2012 for five years until 2017.[5]

[edit]Faculties and schools

Balairung, the university's central administration offices

UGM administration is divided to 18 faculties, offering study programs from undergraduate to doctorate level. It hosts an integrated graduate school that manages study programs outside those offered by the 18 faculties and one vocational school offering practical-oriented study programs.
Faculty of Cultural Sciences (Arts and Humanities)
Faculty of Biology
Faculty of Economics & Business
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Philosophy
Faculty of Geography
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Social and Political sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Veterinary
Faculty of Forestry
Faculty of Mathematics & Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Fishery & Marine Sciences
Faculty of Animal Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Agricultural Technology
Faculty of Psychology
Vocational School
Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University

[edit]Business school

In 1988, UGM opened a master study of management (MM-UGM), specially designed for business practices. The school is a collaboration with the University of Kentucky and Temple University.
[edit]Medical school

UGM's School of Medicine is one of the oldest medical schools in Indonesia, established on March 5, 1946. It is ranked number 72 on the Times Higher Education Supplement 2006 forbiomedicine.[6] In the past decade it has been the top medical school in Indonesia.
[edit]International Medicine Programme

Starting in 2002, UGM began offering an English-language based medicine program for overseas and Indonesian students to study medicine with an international standard curriculum.[7] The International Medicine Programme is five years long with the first three and a half years of study and one and a half years of clinical rotations. The program is designed around the problem based learning approach making use of small study groups.

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