Gadjah Mada University

Gadjah Mada University (Universitas Gadjah Mada), abbreviated as UGM, is a public research university located in Sleman in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country加查马达大学（Universitas Gadjah Mada，简称 UGM）是位于印度尼西亚日惹特区斯莱曼的公立研究型大学，也是该国历史最悠久、规模最大的高等学府之一

Officially founded on 19 December 1949, it was the first state university in Indonesia, offers study programmes from the undergraduate to the post-doctoral level through 18 faculties, enrols approximately 55,000 students, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is ranked second in Indonesia and 206th in the world该校正式创办于 1949 年 12 月 19 日，是印尼第一所国立大学，通过 18 个学院开设从本科到博士后的培养项目，在校生约 55,000 人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列印尼第 2、世界第 206 位

History

• During the period when native education was often restricted under Dutch rule, the institution was the first to open its medicine to native Indonesians when it was founded in the 1940s在荷兰殖民统治、原住民受教育机会常受限制的年代，该校在 20 世纪 40 年代创办时率先向印尼原住民开放医学教育。
• UGM was established as Universiteit Negeri Gadjah Mada while Indonesia was still facing threats from the Netherlands, which wanted to regain control, at a time when the national capital had been moved temporarily from Jakarta to Yogyakarta加查马达大学以「Universiteit Negeri Gadjah Mada」之名创办，当时印尼仍面临企图重掌政权的荷兰的威胁，国家首都也一度由雅加达暂迁至日惹。
• It was created through Government Regulation No. 23 of 1949 on the merger of colleges to form a university该校是依据 1949 年第 23 号政府条例、通过合并若干学院组建大学而创设的。
• Although the regulation was dated 16 December 1949, the inauguration took place on 19 December, deliberately chosen to fall exactly one year after the Dutch invasion of Yogyakarta该条例的日期为 1949 年 12 月 16 日，但落成典礼定在 12 月 19 日，特意选在荷兰入侵日惹整满一年之际举行。
• The choice of date was meant to demonstrate that one year after the Dutch attacked the city in 1948, the Indonesian government was able to establish its own national university there这一日期的选择意在表明，荷兰进攻该城一年之后，印尼政府已能在此地建立自己的国立大学。
• When it was founded in 1949 UGM had six faculties, covering medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, law, economics and the social and political sciences, engineering, letters, pedagogy and philosophy, agriculture, and veterinary medicine创办之时加查马达大学设有六个学院，涵盖医学、牙科与药学，法律、经济与社会科学，工程，文学、教育学与哲学，农业，以及兽医学。
• In the late 1940s the university taught literature and law in buildings and facilities belonging to the palace of Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, who volunteered his palace for the university's use建校初期，该校在苏丹哈孟库布沃诺九世的王宫建筑与设施中教授文学与法律，这位苏丹自愿把王宫提供给大学使用。
• By the 1960s UGM had built a campus of its own at Bulaksumur on the northern side of Yogyakarta and now occupies an area of three square kilometres加查马达大学逐步在日惹北部的布拉苏穆尔建起自有校园，如今占地约三平方公里。
• The university is named after Gajah Mada, the prime minister of the Majapahit Empire of Java in the 1300s, whom some historians regard as the nation's first unifier该校以 14 世纪爪哇满者伯夷帝国的首相加查马达命名，部分史学家视他为印尼的第一位统一者。
• The spelling of the university's name still reflects the old Dutch-era spelling of the historical figure's name used when the university was founded in 1949校名的拼写至今仍沿用荷兰殖民时期对这位历史人物姓名的旧式拼法。
• From 1952 until 1972 the Faculty of Law, Social and Political Sciences was split, with a Surabaya branch integrated into Airlangga University and a teacher-training faculty integrated into IKIP Yogyakarta, now Yogyakarta State University1952 年至 1972 年间，法律与社会科学学院曾被拆分，其中泗水分院并入艾尔朗加大学，师范部分则并入日惹师范学院（即今日惹州立大学）。
• In 2010 UGM established a branch campus in South Jakarta that initially offered only Master of Business Administration courses2010 年，加查马达大学在雅加达南部设立分校，起初只开设工商管理硕士课程。
• The Jakarta campus now also offers a Master of Laws and a range of masters in the social and political sciences aimed at working professionals该雅加达校区如今还开设法学硕士以及面向在职人士的社会科学与政治学硕士项目。
• The Yogyakarta Principles, a set of principles drawn up in Geneva to apply international human rights law to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, were developed at Gadjah Mada University in 2006旨在把国际人权法适用于男女同性恋、双性恋与跨性别者权利的《日惹原则》正是在加查马达大学起草完成的。
• In 2016 more than a thousand of the university's students and staff gathered at its headquarters in a demonstration over tuition fees and over its new status as a state university with corporate status2016 年，该校一千余名师生聚集在行政总部示威，抗议学费过高以及学校新获的「具有法人地位的国立大学」身份。
• On 2 May 2024 students again demonstrated at the rectorate building over tuition fees seen as too heavy, and a survey of 722 students of the 2023 intake found that 70.7 per cent considered the fees too high2024 年 5 月 2 日，学生再次在校长办公楼前示威，抗议学费过重；一项面向 2023 级 722 名学生的调查显示，70.7% 的人认为学费过高。
• In 2024 the vice rector for human resources and finance, Supriyadi, responded by promising that every student could complete their studies without being constrained by cost2024 年，主管人力资源与财务的副校长苏普里亚迪回应称，将保证每名学生都不会因费用问题而无法完成学业。
• Since 2022 there have been recurring claims questioning the authenticity of the diploma that UGM issued to former president Joko Widodo, which the government has repeatedly described as a hoax自 2022 年以来，外界屡次质疑加查马达大学颁发给前总统佐科·维多多文凭的真实性，政府则多次称相关说法为谣言。
• In 2013 the university's chemistry undergraduate programme received accreditation from the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom2013 年，该校的化学本科项目获得了英国皇家化学学会的认证。
• UGM now holds 96 internationally accredited programmes, including accreditation from bodies such as AACSB, ABET, IChemE, ASIIN, KAAB, the ASEAN University Network Quality Assurance, IABEE, FIBAA and the Royal Society of Chemistry加查马达大学目前有 96 个获国际认证的项目，认证机构包括 AACSB、ABET、IChemE、ASIIN、KAAB、东盟大学网络质量保障、IABEE、FIBAA 与皇家化学学会等。

Academics

• UGM comprises 18 faculties and 24 university-level research centres, offering study programmes from the undergraduate to the post-doctoral level加查马达大学设有 18 个学院与 24 个校级研究中心，开设从本科到博士后层次的培养项目。
• It offers 68 undergraduate programmes, 23 diploma programmes, 104 master's and specialist programmes, 43 doctoral programmes and four clusters of post-doctoral study该校开设 68 个本科项目、23 个专科项目、104 个硕士与专科医师项目、43 个博士项目以及四个博士后研究集群。
• The university has enrolled approximately 55,000 students, of whom 1,187 are foreign students, and employs about 2,500 faculty members该校在校生约 55,000 人，其中外国学生 1,187 人，教师约 2,500 人。
• Its faculties include biology, philosophy, geography, agricultural technology, engineering, psychology, animal science, agriculture, and mathematics and natural sciences其学院包括生物学、哲学、地理学、农业技术、工程、心理学、动物科学、农学，以及数学与自然科学。
• Other faculties cover law, cultural sciences, social and political sciences, dentistry, veterinary medicine, medicine, public health and nursing, forestry, pharmacy, and economics and business其余学院涵盖法律、文化科学、社会与政治科学、牙科、兽医、医学、公共卫生与护理、林业、药学，以及经济与商业。
• UGM's Vocational College offers vocational study programmes, while the Graduate School coordinates postgraduate study across the university该校还设有职业学院开设职业教育项目，研究生院则统筹全校的研究生培养。
• UGM provides some major programmes in English and admits international students, and in 2018 1,334 Asian students, 566 European students and 213 Australian or Oceanian students studied in its faculties加查马达大学部分主干项目以英语授课并招收国际学生；2018 年有 1,334 名亚洲学生、566 名欧洲学生与 213 名澳洲及大洋洲学生在各学院就读。
• In the same year 101 North American students, 58 African students and 12 South American students were also enrolled同年还有 101 名北美学生、58 名非洲学生与 12 名南美学生在校就读。
• International undergraduate programmes are offered in faculties such as animal science, biology, dentistry, economics and business, engineering, geography and law动物科学、生物学、牙科、经济与商业、工程、地理与法律等学院都开设国际本科项目。
• Several faculties, including cultural sciences, forestry, agricultural technology and agriculture, also offer international or dual-degree options at the postgraduate level文化科学、林业、农业技术与农学等若干学院还在研究生阶段提供国际项目或双学位选择。
• The university maintains 24 university-level research and study centres alongside its faculties除学院之外，该校还设有 24 个校级研究与学术中心。
• In 2026 the highest-ranked subject was Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies at 45th in the world, after a position of 47th in 20222026 年，该校排名最高的学科是神学、神性与宗教研究，位列世界第 45 位，2022 年则为第 47 位。
• As of 2025 five academic subject clusters have consistently ranked second nationally in Indonesia, while life sciences and medicine ranked third截至 2025 年，该校五个学科集群长期位列印尼全国第 2，生命科学与医学则位列第 3。
• The institution has been credited as one of the best universities in Indonesia and as a pioneer of a world-class national university该校被公认为印尼最优秀的大学之一，也是建设世界一流国立大学的先行者。

Campus

• The university maintains a campus of three square kilometres in Sleman, with smaller parts such as sections of the vocational college and of the social and political sciences faculty lying within Yogyakarta city该校在斯莱曼拥有约三平方公里的校园，职业学院与社会与政治科学学院的小部分校区则位于日惹市内。
• Its main building is the Balairung, which houses the rectorate and stands in Sleman该校的主体建筑是布拉伊隆行政楼，校长办公机构即设于此，位于斯莱曼。
• Nearby stands the Grha Sabha Pramana, a large building used for graduation ceremonies, with an adjoining square for sport and recreation不远处是用于毕业典礼的「Grha Sabha Pramana」大楼，其旁附设供运动与休闲之用的广场。
• The campus also has a university library and a sports centre consisting of a stadium, tennis courts and a basketball field校园内还设有大学图书馆与体育中心，包含体育场、网球场与篮球场。
• The university recently added the Gelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas, an integrated complex of 48,760 square metres of artistic spaces, a green rooftop and exhibition areas该校近年新建了「Gelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas」，这是一个 48,760 平方米的综合体，包含艺术空间、绿色屋顶与展览区。
• The UGM Campus Mosque was designed entirely by students of the architecture department and holds up to 10,000 visitors, making it one of the largest mosques in Southeast Asia加查马达大学校园清真寺完全由建筑系学生设计，可容纳一万人，是东南亚最大的清真寺之一。
• Madya Stadium, a softball and baseball field and tennis courts lie in the valley of the campus and are open to students, staff and the public马迪亚体育场、垒球与棒球场以及网球场位于校园的低谷地带，对师生与公众开放。
• The Student Center Hall hosts sports such as basketball, volleyball, badminton and martial arts, and is also used for exhibitions and artistic performances学生中心礼堂用于篮球、排球、羽毛球与武术等活动，也举办展览与艺术演出。
• The university museum displays some of UGM's inventions along with the university's collections and memorabilia大学博物馆陈列着该校的部分发明成果，以及学校的藏品与纪念物。
• Campus bikes serve eight stations and five substations, and electric buses called Trans Gadjah Mada operate three lines on an approximately twenty-minute round trip校园共享单车站设八个站点与五个分站，名为「Trans Gadjah Mada」的电动巴士运营三条线路，单程约二十分钟。
• The campus is also served by Trans Jogja bus stations, notably near the Faculty of Medicine, the vocational college and the lecturers' housing in the eastern area校园周边还有日惹公交（Trans Jogja）车站，主要分布在医学院、职业学院与东区教师宿舍附近。
• UGM also maintains several student dormitories across Yogyakarta and a branch campus serving working professionals in the capital加查马达大学还在日惹各处设有若干学生宿舍，并在首都设有面向在职人士的分校。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UGM is ranked second in Indonesia and 206th in the world, its highest position in the ranking in seventeen years在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，加查马达大学位列印尼第 2、世界第 206 位，创下该校十七年来在该榜单上的最高名次。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 801 to 1000 band and second in Indonesia在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于 801 至 1000 区间，居印尼第 2。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027 it is ranked 1,197th in the world在 2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名中，该校位列世界第 1,197 位。
• UGM does not appear in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities加查马达大学未出现在 2026 年世界大学学术排名中。
• The university was the highest-ranked institution in Indonesia for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023 in the QS World University Rankings2021 至 2023 年，该校连续三年是 QS 世界大学排名中印尼排名最高的学府。
• In the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess performance against the Sustainable Development Goals, UGM ranked 6th in the world in 2025 and 7th in 2026 for the goal on ending poverty在依据可持续发展目标评估高校表现的泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，该校在「消除贫困」目标上于 2025 年位列世界第 6、2026 年第 7。
• Its overall position in the Impact Rankings was 72nd in 2020, 83rd in 2021, 87th in 2022, 82nd in 2025 and 41st in 2026其在影响力排名中的总名次为 2020 年第 72、2021 年第 83、2022 年第 87、2025 年第 82、2026 年第 41。
• In the QS Sustainability Ranking it was placed in the 280 to 300 band in 2023 and 383rd in 2025, first in Indonesia在 QS 可持续发展排名中，该校 2023 年位于 280 至 300 区间、2025 年位列第 383，均为印尼第一。
• The university also ranked first in Indonesia and Southeast Asia in the Good Governance category of that assessment该校还在该评估的「良好治理」类别中位列印尼与东南亚第一。
• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UGM recorded an employer reputation indicator rank of 93rd and an academic reputation indicator rank of 131st在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校的雇主声誉指标位列第 93、学术声誉指标位列第 131。
• Its research output is recorded by the OpenAlex database as 86,233 works with 1,065,995 citations, reflecting the scale of its scientific publishingOpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 86,233 篇成果、被引 1,065,995 次，反映出其科研发表之规模。

Student life

• Each year UGM welcomes new undergraduates with a one-week orientation session called PPSMB, which introduces the university's common knowledge, values, rules and soft-skill education加查马达大学每年以名为 PPSMB 的一周迎新活动迎接本科新生，介绍学校的通识知识、价值、规章与软技能教育。
• On the last day of the programme students form a symbol or logo, and in 2018 they created a formation called Bersatu Nusantara Indonesia with the national flag to encourage unity across differences活动最后一天学生会排成某种符号或图案；2018 年他们以国旗排出「Bersatu Nusantara Indonesia」的队形，以鼓励求同存异、团结一致。
• In 2023 PPSMB broke a record by featuring ten different formations with only thirty minutes of preparation2023 年，PPSMB 仅用三十分钟准备就排出十种不同队形，创下纪录。
• Undergraduates must complete KKN-PPM, a research-based community service programme held three times each academic year本科生必须完成 KKN-PPM，这是一项以研究为基础的社区服务项目，每学年开展三次。
• KKN-PPM involves international academicians as well as local students, and in 2011 150 international students from countries including South Korea, Australia, France, the United States and Norway took partKKN-PPM 既有本地学生，也有国际学者参与；2011 年有来自韩国、澳大利亚、法国、美国和挪威等国的 150 名国际学生参加。
• Sports activities are coordinated by the Secretariat of Joint Sports and include swimming, diving, karate, the Indonesian martial art pencak silat, taekwondo, judo, hockey, football and basketball体育活动由联合体育秘书处统筹，包括游泳、跳水、空手道、印尼传统武术班卡苏拉、跆拳道、柔道、曲棍球、足球与篮球。
• Arts activities include Yogyakarta-style arts, Balinese dance, creative dance, photography, fine arts, a marching band, keroncong music, a student choir and theatre文艺活动包括日惹风格艺术、巴厘舞、创意舞蹈、摄影、美术、仪仗乐队、「keroncong」音乐、学生合唱团与戏剧。
• Other student bodies include the student press agency, Mapagama, the student health unit, the scout movement, student cooperatives and AIESEC其他学生组织包括学生通讯社、Mapagama、学生卫生队、童子军、学生合作社与 AIESEC。
• Spirituality units serve Islamic, Catholic, Christian, Hindu and Buddhist students, while reasoning activities include interdisciplinary scientific reasoning units and an English debating society宗教团体分别服务伊斯兰教、天主教、基督教、印度教与佛教学生；思辨类活动则包括跨学科科学思辨社团与英语辩论社。
• The university's academic mission is guided by the Tri Dharma of higher education, namely education and teaching, research, and community service该校的办学使命以高等教育的「三法」为指引，即教育育人、科学研究与服务社会。

Notable people

• Joko Widodo, the seventh president of Indonesia and a former governor of Jakarta and mayor of Surakarta, studied forestry at Gadjah Mada University印尼第七任总统、曾任雅加达省长与梭罗市长的佐科·维多多曾在加查马达大学学习林业。
• Boediono, the eleventh vice president of Indonesia and a former governor of the central bank, is an alumnus of the university印尼第十一副总统、曾任央行行长的布迪约诺是该校校友。
• Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, the tenth and current Sultan of Yogyakarta and governor of the special region, is among its graduates日惹第十任、现任苏丹哈孟库布沃诺十世、日惹特区行政长官也是该校毕业生。
• Anies Baswedan, governor of Jakarta from 2017 to 2022 and minister of education and culture from 2014 to 2016, is an alumnus2017 至 2022 年任雅加达省长、2014 至 2016 年任教育与文化部长的阿尼斯·巴斯韦丹是该校校友。
• Retno Marsudi, the minister of foreign affairs and a former ambassador to the Netherlands, is an alumna of the university印尼外交部长、曾任驻荷兰大使的蕾特诺·马尔苏迪是该校校友。
• Airlangga Hartarto, coordinating minister for economic affairs, and Mahfud MD, coordinating minister for political, legal and security affairs, both studied at UGM负责经济事务的统筹部长艾尔朗加·哈尔塔托与负责政治、法律与安全事务的统筹部长马福德都曾在加查马达大学就读。
• Perry Warjiyo, governor of the central bank of Indonesia, and Pratikno, a former rector and now minister of state secretariat, are also alumni印尼央行行长佩里·瓦吉约，以及前校长、现任国务秘书部长普拉蒂克诺同样是该校校友。
• Jakob Oetama co-founded the Kompas Gramedia group, the largest media group in Indonesia, after studying at the university印尼最大媒体集团「罗盘报业」的联合创始人雅各布·奥塔马曾在加查马达大学就读。
• Eka Kurniawan, the first Indonesian writer nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, studied philosophy at UGM首位入围布克国际文学奖的印尼作家埃卡·古尼阿万在加查马达大学学习哲学。
• Herman Johannes, a scientist who served as rector and as minister of public works, and Ganjar Pranowo, governor of Central Java, are both alumni曾任校长与公共工程部长的科学家赫尔曼·约翰内斯，以及中爪哇省长甘贾尔·普拉诺沃，都是该校校友。
• Gadjah Mada's alumni also include Ben Mang Reng Say, founder and rector of Atma Jaya Catholic University, and Lolo Soetoro, a geographer and the stepfather of the United States president Barack Obama该校校友还包括阿特玛贾亚天主教大学创始人兼校长本·芒·伦·赛，以及地理学家、美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马的继父洛洛·苏托罗。
• Ova Emilia has served as rector of the university since 2022奥瓦·埃米莉亚自 2022 年起担任该校校长。