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Universitas Gadjah Mada

Universitas Gadjah Mada

Public research university and national higher-education institution

IndonesiaHigher Education, Research, and Public Service
73
GOOD

of 100 · improving trend · Strong moral/spiritual alignment

Standing

73/100

Raw Score

62/85

Confidence

72%

Evidence

Broad

About

UGM is one of Indonesia's most consequential public universities, founded in the independence period and publicly oriented around Pancasila, national service, education, research, and community service.

The record shows strong national education, community service, sustainability/governance recognition, and visible reforms after campus sexual-violence failures. The Agni case remains an important negative marker because credible reporting described delayed and survivor-burdening handling before later correction.

Five Pillars

Pillar scores (0–100%)

Core Worldview44%(11/25)
Contribution to Others50%(15/30)
Personal Discipline100%(10/10)
Reliability100%(14/5)
Stability Under Pressure80%(12/15)

Strong public-service and educational mission, broad community programs, and visible corrective action after sexual-violence failures; integrity is moderated by the Agni case.

17 Criteria Scores

Individual item scores (0–5) with evidence notes

Core Worldview

Public moral framework4/5

Mission explicitly names Pancasila, national interest, humanity, education, research, and community service.

Mission conduct alignment4/5

Large-scale public education and community-service record supports meaningful alignment with stated mission.

Accountability language3/5

Public policies and crisis/reporting systems exist, but some accountability became visible only after public pressure.

Contribution to Others

Beneficiary reach4/5

Large public university serving students, national knowledge systems, and communities across Indonesia.

Vulnerable group care4/5

Community service reaches 3T regions, villages, MSMEs, and disaster/community development contexts.

Education research public good4/5

Sustained higher education, research, public-health, and public-service contributions.

Harm prevention3/5

Improved campus safety mechanisms, moderated by previous sexual-violence handling failures.

Personal Discipline

Principled restraint3/5

Secular public university shows discipline through public-service mission and policy, with mixed evidence under reputational pressure.

Charitable or service obligation4/5

Community-service mandate and KKN-PPM programs are strong observable service obligations.

Values practice consistency3/5

Mission and social programs align, but accountability failures show uneven practice.

Reliability

Transparency and public reporting4/5

Official history, mission, services, financial statement links, whistleblower links, and public statements are visible.

Promise follow through3/5

Strong delivery in education/community service, moderated by Agni-case handling criticism.

Governance reliability3/5

Formal governance exists and rankings indicate governance strength, but case handling exposed weaknesses.

Correction after failure4/5

Post-2020 regulation, integrated service unit, PPKS alignment, and 2025 sanction show follow-through.

Stability Under Pressure

Crisis response4/5

Moved from criticized handling to formal mechanisms and later enforcement in a serious case.

Institutional learning4/5

Officially connected Agni lessons to new procedures and services.

Sustained public mission4/5

Long-term national education and community-service mission persisted through decades of growth.

Timeline

Key events and documented turning points

1949

Founded as a national public university

UGM was formed by merging existing higher education institutions under Government Regulation No. 23 of 1949.

Created a major public university with a national higher-education mandate.

high
2019

Agni sexual-violence case exposed handling failures

Credible reporting described a long, difficult process, criticism of UGM's seriousness, and survivor concerns about inadequate protection.

Public pressure exposed weaknesses and contributed to demands for systemic reform.

high
2020

Issued sexual-violence prevention and handling regulation

UGM issued Regulation No. 1 of 2020 covering prevention, services, case handling, and sanctions for sexual violence involving the UGM community.

Created clearer formal mechanisms after earlier handling failures.

high
2023

Received national recognition for community service

UGM received the Bima Award for highest community service score from 2020 to 2022, with KKN-PPM mobilizing about 8,000 student volunteers across 34 provinces.

Demonstrated broad social-care infrastructure and community engagement beyond campus.

high
2024

Ranked first in Indonesia in QS Sustainability Ranking 2025

UGM reported ranking 383rd globally and first in Indonesia in QS Sustainability Ranking 2025, with governance ranked 131st globally.

Provided secondary evidence of sustainability, social-impact, and governance progress.

medium
2025

Dismissed lecturer after Faculty of Pharmacy sexual-violence investigation

UGM stated that a reported lecturer was relieved of duties, investigated, found to have violated sexual-violence rules and lecturer ethics, and permanently dismissed.

Showed stronger formal enforcement under post-2020 policy mechanisms.

high

Pressure Tests

Behavior under crisis or scrutiny

Agni case

2018

A student sexual-violence case drew national criticism over delayed and inadequate institutional handling.

Response: UGM settled the case non-litigiously and later adopted formal sexual-violence prevention and handling structures.

mixed_to_improving

Faculty of Pharmacy sexual-violence case

2025

Multiple students reported sexual violence involving a lecturer.

Response: UGM reported task-force handling, removal from duties, investigation, permanent dismissal, and victim services.

improving

Progression

crisis years

Sexual-violence handling exposed governance weaknesses and survivor-protection gaps.

negative

current stage

Regulations, integrated services, task forces, crisis center, and later sanctions show concrete institutional correction.

improving

early years

Post-independence public university built around national education and culture.

positive

growth years

Large-scale teaching, research, hospital/service infrastructure, and community-service programs.

positive

Behavioral Patterns

Positive

  • Public university mission with long-running national education and research influence
  • Community-service infrastructure appears sustained and operational rather than purely promotional
  • Post-2020 policy and 2025 sanction evidence show more concrete enforcement capacity

Concerns

  • Past handling of sexual violence shows how institutional reputation can weaken care obligations

Evidence Quality

6

Strong

3

Medium

0

Weak

Overall: broad

Draft institutional profile based on public evidence; assesses observable institutional behavior, not hidden belief or intent.