Gadjah Mada University
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| Motto | Locally rooted, globally respected |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1949 |
| Rector | Prof. Ir. Dwikorita Karnawati |
| Undergraduates | 33,133 (as of 2016) |
| Postgraduates | 15,637 (as of 2016) |
| Location | Sleman_Regency (main campus) and Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
| Campus | Urban, 882 acres (357 ha) |
| Colors | Light khaki |
| Affiliations | ASAIHL, AUN, AACSB Accredited, ASEA-UNINET |
| Website | www |
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Gadjah Mada University (Indonesian: Universitas Gadjah Mada; abbreviated as UGM) is a public research university located in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, three years after its first lecture was given on 13 March 1946, it is the oldest and largest institution of higher education in Indonesia.
Comprising 18 faculties and 27 research centers, UGM offers 68 undergraduate, 23 diploma, 104 master and specialist, and 43 doctorate study programs, ranging from the Social Sciences to Engineering. The university has enrolled approximately 55,000 students, 1,187 foreign students, and has 2,500 faculty members. UGM maintains a campus of 360 acres (150 ha), with facilities that include a stadium and a fitness center.
UGM was the first state university in Indonesia, established as Universiteit Negeri Gadjah Mada (UNGM) when Indonesia was three years old and facing threats from the Netherlands, which wanted to regain control of the Republic. At that time, the capital of Indonesia had moved from Jakarta to Jogjakarta.
UGM was established through Government Regulation (PP) No. 23 of 1949, regarding the merger of colleges to form a university. Although these regulations were dated 16 December 1949, the UGM's inauguration took place on 19 December 1949. 19 December was intentionally chosen to alleviate the grief caused by the invasion of the city of Yogyakarta the year before. Additionally, it was meant to show the world that exactly a year after the Netherlands had returned to Indonesia (19 December 1948), the government would be able to establish a nationwide university.
When founded, UGM had six faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy; Law, Social and Political Sciences; Engineering; Letters, Pedagogy and Philosophy; Agriculture; and Veterinary Medicine.
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