UGM provides extensive sports and recreational facilities accessible to the public, including Wisdom Park, the Lembah UGM Sports Centre and Fitness Center, Pancasila Stadium, Gadjah Mada Medical Center Fitness, outdoor jogging areas at Embung PIAT and GSP, and various faculty-managed sports facilities.
UGM provides students access to sexual and reproductive health-care services including information and education services. Free access to the Gadjah Mada Medical Center (GMC) offers a variety of outpatient services, general medical consultations, and basic specialist services, including for sexual and reproductive health. Faculty Medical Rooms and First Aid units provide basic medical attention such as medication for menstrual pain and sanitary pads. As for charged access, the UGM Academic Hospital has an Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic. UGM’s Health Promoting University also offers a paid online course on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
UGM provides students with access to mental health support. The HPU team actively promotes mental well-being through workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs. Free mental health services include the Mental Health Service Unit, the Chatbot Lintang, mental health support at the Gadjah Mada Medical Center, the Crisis Center, and faculty-level career and mental health consultation services. For more specialized care, students may access paid services such as the Mental Health Clinic and licensed psychiatrists at UGM Academic Hospital.
As a Health Promoting University, UGM enforces a Zero Tolerance for Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol on campus. At UGM, creating health campus environment that is smoke-free requires a variety of programs, including strategies to protect against tobacco smoke by implementing and strengthening Smoke-Free Areas, advocacy networks to enforce Smoke-Free Areas, participation in the development and supervision of Smoke-Free Areas, and monitoring tobacco use and prevention efforts, such as holding campus community meetings to discuss smoking behaviour.
UGM provides staff with access to mental health support. The HPU team actively promotes mental well-being through workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs. Free mental health services include the Psychology Consultation Unit, the Chatbot Lintang, mental health support at the Gadjah Mada Medical Center, and the Crisis Center. For more specialized care, staff may access paid services such as the Mental Health Clinic and licensed psychiatrists at UGM Academic Hospital.
UGM measures the amount of food waste generated on campus through policies, SOPs, and tracking initiatives, recording 39.4 tons of food waste in 2024 from its cafeterias and university events serving 72,564 community members.
UGM has programmes in place to address student food insecurity, including the Mood Booster nutritious meal program, free breakfast during midterm and final examinations, and various free meal initiatives organized by multiple faculties.
UGM provides interventions to prevent or alleviate student hunger by collaborating with the Berbagi Bites Jogja organization to distribute food to those in need and by distributing meat to students, staff, and local communities through its faculties and Rumah ZIS during Idul Adha.
UGM provides sustainable food choices on campus by offering vegetarian and vegan options in university canteens, using mostly locally sourced ingredients, supporting local farmers through initiatives like the Pasar Krempyeng food bazaar, and cultivating its own produce such as Hikapel melons.
