Universitas Gadjah Mada concerns about the students from a low-income family but have outstanding accomplishments. UGM focuses to find scholarship sponsors that can be utilized as financial support for underprivileged students. The scholarship is expected to improve the student’s achievement and accelerate the completion of their studies. UGM has established cooperation with approximately 60 scholarship sponsors. The number of scholarship recipients continues to increase from 4.471 students (2004) to 8.620 students (2009). Almost 24% of UGM active students are financially assisted by these scholarships. The total scholarship amounts of 20.8 billion rupiah. The percentage of Faculty of Geography students who received scholarships in 2009 reached 30%. In the future, UGM will continue to seek for new breakthrough to establish new partnership with various sponsors. Faculty of Geography is also taking part in continuously help its students who experience financial barriers.
Objectives :
1.Provide services to attain wider opportunities for students who have high intellectual skill, but not having adequate financial support for education at Universitas Gadjah Mada
2.Providing services for high-achieving students to improve their achievement and shorten the duration of study.
Type of Scholarship :
In general, scholarship are granted to students based on the parameter of vulnerability. This parameter ensures targeted distribution of the scholarship. There are two types of scholarships that are managed and distributed by UGM to the students, namely :
1. Scholarship for students who have high academic achievement, but come from low-income families. Financial barriers may be prioritized in addition to academic achievement
- Help relief or exemption of SPMA
- Reduction of Education and Operational Cost (SPP / BOP)
- Help for Book Payment
- Life Cost Assistance
2. Scholarship for outstanding students. The main consideration is academic achievements of the recipients
- Education Operational Cost Support (BOP)
- Education Assistance Contributions (SPP)
General Requirements for Scholarship Recipients
- Registered as a regular S1 or diploma student of UGM (as required by the scholarship sponsor)
- Fill the application form for the submission of scholarship, which has been signed by the Vice Dean of Student Affairs (the form can be downloaded from the student website of UGM)
- Not submitting or receiving other scholarships. (double scholarship are prohibited)
- Submit certificate / proof of income of parents (original or legalized certicate)
- Submit a legalized copy of family card (C1)
- Submit any other specified requirements
- Proposed by / through the concerned faculty
Information:
Scholarship will be stopped if the recipient student take a college leave, has graduated, or does not meet the requirements that have been determined.
Procedures of Scholarship Services
Procedures for scholarship applicants :
1.Fill the scholarship application form
2.Complete the specified requirements
3. Submit the file to the faculty officer / academic staff
4. Receive a scholarship
5. Report the student’s transcript / study result
Procedures for Faculty Officers / Academic Staff
- Receive the applicant’s documents
- Collecting, checking, signing, selecting application file
- Insert into SIB (Scholarship Information System) and do recapitulation
- Send files and recapitulation to the University
- Receiving and Announcing The Successful Scholarship Recipients
- Report Study Results / Transcript
Procedures for the University
- Processing cooperation with sponsors
- Inform the scholarship offer
- Scrutinize the documents of scholarship recipients in accordance with SIB
- Select and filter the scholarship recipients
- Send the candidate documents to the scholarship sponsor
- Receive scholarships and distribute them to the recipients
Procedure for sponsors :
- Processing scholarship cooperation with UGM
- Receiving candidates of scholarship recipient from the University
- Choose a prospective scholarship recipient
- Submitting the scholarship fund
- Receiving financial reports and scholarship study results / transcripts
Scholarship Officer at the Faculty of Geography
Hotline: If the Geography student is experiencing financial difficulties, immediately contact the officer of scholarship at Faculty of Geography UGM :
Chairman : Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Cooperation
Vice Chairman : Head of Academic and Student Affairs
Officer : Gatot Muhamad Yusuf W
Scholarship Sponsors at Universitas Gadjah Mada
A.Universitas Gadjah Mada
1. Relief / Exemption of SPMA
2. Business Operational Education Assistance (BOP)
3. Education Assistance (SPP)
4. Scholarship for the employee’s children
5. Outstanding Student
B.Government Institutions
Directorate General of High Education, Ministry of Education
- Beasiswa Peningkatan Prestasi Akademik (PPA)
- Beasiswa Bantuan Belajar Mahasiswa (BBM)
- Beasiswa Peningkatan Prestasi Ekstra Kulikuler (PPE)
- Technological and Profesional Skills Development Sector Project (TPSDP)
- BKM
- Beasiswa Masuk Universitas (BMU)
- Beasiswa Bidik Misi
- Dinas Pendidikan Propinsi DIY
- Kodam IV Diponegoro (Ikatan Dinas)
C.Private Institutions
1.Accenture
2.Astra Honda Motor
3.Astra Reguler
4.Bank Indonesia
5.Bank Niaga
6.Bank Rakyat Indonesia
7.Baznas
8.BP Migas – KKKS
9.Branita Shandini
10.Bukopin
11.Coca Cola
12.Djarum
13.Gudang Garam
14.HCPT
15.HSBC Bank
16.Indocement
17.Karya Salemba Empat
18.Koba Tin
19.Komatsu Indonesia
20.Marubeni
21.Medco E & P
22.Metrodata
23.Mitsui Kosgoro
24.Pelayanan Kasih A & A Rachmat
25.Pertamina – YKKP
26.Posco
27.PT Sriboga
28.Qatar Charity
29.Sampoerna Foundation
30.Samsung
31.Shell
32.Standar Chartered Bank
33.Sunbright
34.Supersemar
35.Tanoto Foundation
36.Tha Bank of Tokyo – Mitshubishi
37.Tifico
38.Yayasan Eka Cipta
39.Total E&P
40.Unilever
41.VDMS
42.Yampi
43.Yayasan Dharma Bakti Kalbe
44.Yayasan Salim
45.YPTI
46.BNI
47.LG Elektronic Indonesia
48.Mandiri Prestasi
49.Wira Usaha Mandiri
Faculty of Geography UGM
The main principle of Faculty of Geography UGM is “No geography students shall be dropped out due to financial difficulties”. Thereupon, in addition to the scholarships that have been distributed through UGM, the Faculty of Geography has made educational assistance programs conducted through several activities, including:
- Educational Assistance from BAZIS of Faculty of Geography UGM
- Education Assistance from the Parent Association of Geography students (POMAG)
- The contribution of Education Development Contribution (SPP) from the Community Crowdfunding
- Advance Relief / Deferment Tuition fees (SPP / BOP)
- The Educational Assistance of the Internship System to the Faculty of Geography Units and the Research Assistant of Lecturers.
The aforementioned aid is mainly prioritized for students who are experiencing financial difficulties but are unable to access the scholarships provided by UGM.
