Profil Ugm

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is the oldest and the largest state university in Indonesia. It was founded on December 19, 1949 and currently has 18 faculties, 69 undergraduate programs, 24 diploma programs and a Graduate School. Since December 2000, the university has taken a new status as a state-owned legal entity. The University is located in The Special Region of Yogyakarta, one of the smallest provinces in the country, which has been widely known as the center of Javanese culture as well as the center of learning. It has 3,200,000 inhabitants, 511,000 of whom reside in the city of Yogyakarta. The Special Region of Yogyakarta focuses its development on three inseparable pillars: education, culture, and tourism.

Change is inevitable. Universities are in unique position to deal with change; universities should present modeling leadership in flexibility and transformation. Universitas Gadjah Mada takes this responsibility seriously, not forgetting that the role of a university is to benefit the nation and humanity. Through research and education programs that are dedicated to generating new knowledge, the university is committed to serving the needs of the society. Research is the foundation of all knowledge, both that which is taught and that which informs service, and as such, research is central to role of a world-class university. Universitas Gadjah Mada is dedicated to supporting research and teaching that can increase prosperity, security and human welfare. This commitment requires research that is relevant, faculty who are empowered, and administration that is efficient.

These goals are not simple to achieve, and are never fully met. Instead, Universitas Gadjah Mada recognizes that this is an ongoing, continual process of improvement, one which requires an engagement with global networks, but which remains committed to uniquely Indonesian values. Strong administrative leadership is necessary to insure that faculties are able to generate knowledge that contributes to a sustainable society, and that citizens are able to access the equity in that knowledge. In the spirit of this commitment, it is vital that universities address pressing social issues such as poverty and social tension.

As the oldest and largest university in Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada is especially charged with the responsibility to generate scholars and vision for the nation, through global interconnections that retaining cultural authenticity and a passion for social change. Universities cannot simply pursue knowledge without a purpose, but rather must uphold and integrate the best social values of a society in the process, never losing sight of the fact that universities exist for people, rather than the reverse. Universitas Gadjah Mada invites the world community and global industry to join this project of integrating research with pursuit of a better social good. The global connections of an international university can only be fully maximized when there is strong internal cooperation from within the university. In this way, Universitas Gadjah Mada has to be able to cope with the change we know will come, and those that we cannot anticipate in advance.
(From the Rector Ugm)

Vision & Mission

Vision :

To be a World Class Research University which is excellent, independent, dignified, inspired by Pancasila, the five-point ideology, and dedicated to the needs and welfare of the nation and the world.

Mission :

General Mission : To promote excellent teaching-learning opportunities and community service through research
Special Mission : To promote excellence in educational activities, research, and community service with the interest of the Indonesian society and to participate in Indonesian socio-cultural building. To thoroughly ensure completion of the transitional period of the university management to Universitas Gadjah Mada as having a legal entity and good university governance.

Brief History

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is the oldest and the largest state university in Indonesia. It was founded on December 19, 1949 and currently has 18 faculties, 69 undergraduate programs, 24 diploma programs and a Graduate School. Since December 2000, the university has taken a new status as a state-owned legal entity. The University is located in The Special Region of Yogyakarta, one of the smallest provinces in the country, which has been widely known as the center of Javanese culture as well as the center of learning. It has 3,200,000 inhabitants, 511,000 of whom reside in the city of Yogyakarta. The Special Region of Yogyakarta focuses its development on three inseparable pillars: education, culture, and tourism.

Orientation

1. Education for generating graduates who are :
* capable, religious, and pious,
* responsible to society prosperity,
* professional and academic capable,
* able to implement, to develop and to enrich the treasure of science, technology, and art (IPTEKS),
* high integrated and have a perspective on nationhood and Indonesian culture,
* independent, creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial.
2. Research and Public Services which cover :
* development on science, technology and art in creative and innovative ways to create the nation superiority,
* utilization of the results of science, technology, and art to empower society and to support national and local development,
* researches in basic science and humanity needs to get special attention.
3. Cultural enrichment to support independence and the wholeness of the nation and the state.
4. The transformation of organization and UGM management to develop
academic superiority and to increase efficiency and productivity
through the implementation of "administration centralization and
academic decentralization" principles (SADA).
5. The provision of campus instrument and infrastructure to support UGM position into internationally qualified level.
6. The development of UGM working networks leading to development of a
society which is democratic, just, and prosperous in a way with
national policy.

Meaning of the Symbol
Lambang UGM

* The rays of the sun and the golden kartika (five-angle star) represent the University' s nature as a Pancasila University, a national science and cultural center for higher education founded on Pancasila that promotes science, reality, loftiness, and righteousness.

* The center of the Symbol is a surya binolong (a sun with a hole). The word surya (sun) symbolizes "one" while the word binolong symbolizes "nine", hence "19", the date on which the University was founded. Each ray of the sun consists of nineteen beams, hence "19", the date on which the University was founded..

* Surrounding the hole, at the center of the sun, are two circles arranged as twin suns inside the five rays that constitute the kartika. The kartika symbolizes "one" while the twin suns symbolize "two", hence "12", December, the month in which the University was founded.

* The five songkoks (official hats of military commanders) and five spears reflect the University' s struggle and heroic nature that keeps the University prepared and alert. All the songkoks and spears are penetrated and absorbed by Pancasila; this reflects the nature of the University as a monument to the national struggle founded on Pancasila.

* All the five rays of the sun, the five-angle star, the five songkoks and the five spears represent Pancasila; this reflects the heroic foundation, nature, and objectives of the University, i.e. national struggle for Pancasila.

* The white color represents holiness and purity. That the golden color surrounds the white color symbolizes a sengkalan memet, i.e. a concept that implicitly concludes the relationship between the white color and the golden color. The concept reads murnining suci margining kanyatan (purity and holiness are the path of reality). The word murni symbolizes "nine", suci "four", marga "nine", kanyatan "one"; hence from the back they read "1949", the year in which the University was founded.

Use of the Symbol, The Symbol may be used by buildings, offices, stamps, certificates, and any other entities bearing formal positions with respect to the University' s authority, capacity, and proprietary rights.