Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (Faperta UGM) has undergone an Internal Quality Audit (AMI) for the Study Program Management Unit (UPPS) on 2-3 October 2024. This AMI visitation aims to assess and improve the quality of education, as well as the services provided by each study program within the Faculty of Agriculture UGM.

In the series of AMI visitations, a team of assessors consisting of experts in the field of higher education evaluated several aspects of study program management, such as curriculum, research, community service, and management. The study programs conducted by AMI include nine undergraduate study programs, eight master’s study programs, and one doctoral study program managed by the Faculty of Agriculture UGM. read more

Agriculture Field Seminar is a routine activity carried out by Shizuoka University, Japan in collaboration with Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada in the framework of a summer course held at UGM. This year, this summer course was attended by 17 Japanese students and 2 lecturers from Shizuoka University. As part of this event, on Monday, 2 September 2024, Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) hosted the 2024 Agriculture Field Seminar held jointly with Shizuoka University, Japan and New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia. The seminar was presented by four keynote speakers who discussed the latest topics in agriculture. read more

Faculty of Agriculture Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) recently welcomed an international student for a research internship, underscoring its commitment to global academic cooperation. Cen Caihui, a PhD student from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan, is participating in a one-month research internship program at UGM’s Department of Agricultural Microbiology. This opportunity was made possible through a scholarship from the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

Caihui, affectionately known as Mia, chose UGM due to the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between TUAT and UGM, which facilitated the necessary permissions for her internship. Her program began with a series of field trips as part of the Summer Course on Sustainable Tropical Agriculture 2024 (SC-STA 2024), organized by Faculty of Agriculture UGM in August 2024. Following these activities, Mia engaged in molecular biology techniques such as PCR, qPCR, sequencing, and DNA transformation under the guidance of several faculty members in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology. read more