Universitas Gadjah Mada spans a total area of 22,824,911 m², with 22,222,243.12 m² designated as open space if subtracted by the total area of campus buildings. Open spaces at UGM encompass outdoor areas free from buildings or infrastructure, providing natural environments such as grassy fields, courtyards, and gardens. These spaces serve as relaxing, studying, and activity hubs for students, faculty, and visitors, fostering a vibrant and sustainable campus community.
These open spaces can be found in the university’s Main Campus and in our four satellite campuses, which comprise the UGM Academic Hospital, Wanagama Eco-Edu Forest, PT Pagilaran, and the Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT). The following table details the accessible open space areas:
| Facilities | Academic activities | Total campus area (m2) | Total open space area (m2) | Duration (in Hours per Weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Campus | Learning activities | 1,789,874.00 | 1,243,108.62 | 70 |
| UGM Academic Hospital | Health Care Facility and Learning activities | 44,637.00 | 14,812.00 | 168 |
| Wanagama | Field study, compulsory course, summer course | 6,225,000.00 | 6,225,000.00 | 56 |
| Pagilaran | Field study, compulsory course, summer course, internship | 12,905,400.00 | 12,905,400.00 | 56 |
| Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT) | learning activities, research, summer courses, field study | 1,860,000.00 | 1,833,922.50 | 40 |
| TOTAL AREA | 22,824,911.00 | 22,222,243.12 | ||
UGM offers numerous open spaces for the campus community and the public to enjoy. Below are pictures of some of the green and open areas that are always accessible to everyone.
UGM’s Main Campus
UGM’s Main Campus in Bulaksumur has an extensive open space area of 1,243,108.62 m². As shown in the images below, each faculty maintains its own gardens or courtyards, such as the Sansiro courtyard in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Open spaces are also present around public buildings, including the Main Library, UGM Campus Mosque, and the Central Building. Additionally, UGM has dedicated green open spaces in Wisdom Park and the Pancasila Field at UGM’s stadium.
Wisdom Park UGM
Wisdom Park is one of the green open spaces inside the main campus area that serves as a model for the university’s sustainable development initiatives. In addition to supporting educational, research, and community service activities, the park is also available for the public to use as a place of exercise and relaxation. The area is home to 38 species of trees and offers indoor and outdoor sports facilities, a flood-prevention reservoir, land conservation areas, and urban farming spaces. The 38 types of trees planted represent species native to various provinces in Indonesia, including Cinnamon, Puspa, Meranti Damar Hitam, Menteng, Nutmeg, Kenari, Clove, Biti Wood, Ulin, Saga, Ebony, Sandalwood, and Pasak Bumi.
Wanagama Eco-Edu Forest
The Wanagama Eco-Edu Forest in Gunung Kidul District (see images below) is one of UGM’s satellite campuses used as a place of research, field study, and conducting compulsory courses for students of the Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Wanagama is a forest situated in a karst area, which means the environment is typically dry and barren. However, this results in a unique diversity of flora and fauna. In addition to trees, the flora in Wanagama Forest includes ferns, epiphytes, various shrubs, and grasses. After initiatives to rehabilitate the critical land and conserve the forest, Wanagama is now home to at least 170 plant species, seven bamboo species, 47 bird species, and 17 herpetofauna species.
See here for the Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 493/Menlhk-Setjen/2015, which states that Wanagama Forest, with an open space area of 6,225,000m2, shall be used as an Educational and Training Forest for UGM under the management of the Faculty of Forestry.
The UGM Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT)
The UGM Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT)
The Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT) has two main lands located in Berbah and Mangunan, wherein, besides its research buildings, the areas are mostly covered by open spaces of forests, plantations, and farms. The total open space area of PIAT Berbah and Mangunan is 1,833,922.50 m2.
Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT) UGM is a satellite campus that facilitates learning, research, and community service for UGM’s students and staff. Since there are several sub-fields of research in PIAT, each needs its own fields, gardens, ponds, and other supporting facilities, which make up part of the open space areas. For instance, the Food and Horticulture Sub-field utilises productive farmland, organic gardens, and advanced green facilities like screen houses and vertical farming greenhouses. The Biodiversity Conservation Sub-Field manages genetic seed banks, orchid gardens, and tissue culture labs, while an edu-garden offers outdoor educational spaces. There are also artificial ponds and water retention ponds (Embung PIAT UGM) where water management can be studied. With its expansive grounds of green areas, PIAT hosts a rich diversity of trees and vegetation.
PT Pagilaran
PT Pagilaran is another campus satellite used as a teaching and research facility for UGM students and staff. The Indonesian government granted ownership and business rights to UGM on 8 February 1964 by decree of the Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Affairs Number SK. VI/6/KA Year 1962. Pagilaran’s commodities include tea, cocoa, coffee, cloves, and quinine, which are all grown in an open space area of 12,905,400 m2. As a teaching industry, the landscape is characterised by expansive rolling tea fields and tea and coca plantations, creating a vast, green environment. The company is well known for its research and production in cross-breed tea, which has produced world-class quality tea that is distributed not only across Indonesia but also abroad.
References:
- Wisdom Park UGM
- Wanagama Eco-Edu Forest
- Wanagama used as a place of research, field study, and conducting compulsory courses for students
- Unique diversity of flora and fauna
- Decree of the Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 493/Menlhk-Setjen/2015
- Agrotechnology Innovation Center (PIAT) UGM
- Embung PIAT UGM
- List of Trees and Vegetation at PIAT UGM
- PT Pagilaran