Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) is an Indonesian public research university located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, founded on December 19, 1949. UGM is the oldest and largest institution of higher learning in Indonesia. Located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the university comprises 18 faculties, 68 undergraduate study programs, 23 diploma study programs, 104 master and spesialist study programs, and 43 Doctorate study programs.

It has approximately 55,000 students, 1,187 foreign students and 2,500 faculty members. In 2019, UGM has been ranked first for performance in students’ achievement, research and community services nationally by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education.

Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing (FK-KMK) is one of the 18 faculties within the university, with a mission to improve the health status of the community through the highest standard of education, research, and community services. Together with 7 teaching hospitals within the Academic Health System network, the faculty develop innovative and sustainable health programmes with the aim to strengthen the health system and to improve the health status of the community.