UGM systematically measures and tracks women’s application, acceptance, and entry rates through its central admissions system, which records gender-disaggregated data for prospective students applying to UGM through the UTBK-SNBT admission track as well as UGM’s own selection pathways. Students admitted into UGM and students expecting to graduate are required to declare their gender identity in UGM’s database. For new student applications, the students’ gender will be tracked from the Entrance Examination system.
UGM guarantees equal opportunity for women to access higher education. Relevant university units—such as the University Quality Assurance and Reputation Unit—are granted access to monitor diversity metrics and assess whether women are equitably represented. This process is supported by UGM’s Data Mart application, which provides an accessible dashboard for analyzing and reporting gender-related indicators across the university.
The ratio of UGM applicants through the joint selection pathway (UTBK-SNBT) is approximately 10.34% of all applicants for public universities in Indonesia, thus placing UGM in the third most popular university ranking nationally. Among them, approximately 57% of the applicants are female. This shows that UGM is popular among female applicants.
Using this database for analysis, UGM has improved the female acceptance rate. In 2024, the number of freshmen female students were 6,346, while the freshmen male students were 4,332 or 60% of the total students.
Source : Freshmen Orientation at UGM
Impressive achievements in improving gender equality are also evident in the graduation rate. On average, the female graduation rate since 2023 in Universitas Gadjah Mada has been 54% and has continuously exceeded the male graduation rate.
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