Gajah Mada University

Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher education in the country. It has been credited as one of the most prestigious universities in Indonesia, along with the Bandung Institute of Technology and the University of Indonesia.When the university was established in the 1940s under Dutch rule, it was the first medicine faculty freely open to native Indonesians, at a time when native education was often restricted.The Yogyakarta Principles, a set of principles launched in Geneva, Switzerland intended to apply international human rights law guidelines for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, were developed at Gadjah Mada University. The seventh and current President of Indonesia, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, earned his degree in forestry at UGM.

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