New Clark City, Philippines – Warid Zul Ilmi, a graduate student in the Master’s Program in Urban and Regional Planning (MPWK) at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), participated in a series of activities during ISOCARP’s 60th World Planning Congress “Diamond Anniversary Series – 1st International Conference for New Cities | Planning New Regenerative Cities,” held in New Clark City (NCC), Philippines. The event began with the Young Professional Program Workshop (YPP) themed “Planning New Generative Cities” from September 2 to 6, 2024, followed by the World Planning Congress from September 10 to 13, 2024. read more

This page may give you the ideas of what you need to prepare before your arrival. Beforehand, you may want to visit this website to access the academic calendar at UGM:  https://admission.ugm.ac.id/resources/academic-calendar/ (please note that it may not be updated for the 2025/2026 academic year yet, but it will give you a general idea of the timeline).

Each year, the August intake semester usually starts on the Monday of the second or third week. One week prior, MURP UGM typically conducts a matriculation during the weekdays. Therefore, you are expected to arrive in Yogyakarta before this date and AFTER YOU RECEIVE YOUR STUDENT VISA. We would like to draw your attention to these following matters before your departure. read more

This project is carried out to help real challenges faced by some developed countries related to natural disasters, including volcanic eruptions. This project aims to determine whether game-based learning can affect community preparedness and response toward natural disasters and improve community resilience.

The researchers developed this game based on research into a case study in Desa Argomulyo, Sleman Regency, located close to Merapi Mountain. The research involved some interviews with Community Key Persons, Destana/Forum PRB, and BPBD DIY (Regional Disaster Management Agency) to make current education strategy mapping for the Merapi eruption. The researchers can determine how players respond to disasters and find several strategies to evacuate during an emergency from this game. This game also examined the player’s capacity and found out how they respond and face several problem scenarios while saving their community from the eruption.

This game is available on PlayStore and can be downloaded through the link below.

Download SIGAP-Merapi Adventure

At the end of September 2021, the team is going to conduct a Workshop to disseminate Game SIGAP Merapi Adventure to stakeholders in Desa Argomulyo, Sleman Regency, and involve the local government and other stakeholders in Sleman Regency and Yogyakarta Province in integrating the game, SIGAP Merapi Adventure, into their related program and policy. These research results are expected to be helpful for the wider community and support national strategies in improving disaster mitigation and response to be more effective.

The discussion was divided into four topic presentation sessions, followed by a question and answer session and the seminar participants were also actively discussing in the chat column. Each exposure session is 25 minutes. The first session was a presentation from Prof. Sanders Meijerink with the topic “Water Sensitive-Planning New Approach, Principles, and Best Practices in the Netherlands” which discusses water sensitive-planning in the Netherlands, both from flood risk management with multi-safety layered water. In the presentation session, Prof. Sander also discusses strategies such as reducing the possibility of flooding with nature-based solutions, reducing impacts, vulnerability reduction, and reducing exposure. The second session was material presentation by Dr. Bernd Gutterer with the topic “Polycentric Management Approaches to Create Resilient, Water-Sensitive Cities” which discusses the polycentric management of urban waters in fast-growing cities and peri-urban areas in Southeast Asia. The third session was a presentation by Mrs. Hera as Regional Secretary of Palangkaraya City who represented Mr. Fairid Naparin as Mayor of Palangkaraya City with the topic “Lessons in Developing and Managing Water Sensitive City” which discussed the characteristics of Palangkaraya City, vision and mission of spatial planning and development planning of Palangkaraya City, and the implementation strategy carried out by the Palangkaraya City government in realizing and achieving Palangkaraya City as a Water Front City. The last session was a presentation from Dr.-Ing Agus Maryono with the topic “Community Initiatives and Movements in River Conservation in Indonesia”. The exposure session was finished then continued with. The four sessions of topic exposure and discussion were greeted with very high enthusiasm from the participants by asking the speakers many questions through the chat column and then some were accommodated for a question and answer session. It is not enough to be read directly, dozens of questions were answered by the speaker through the discussion column.

The seminar session has been completed followed by a group photo session as a form of documentation for URIF Seminar Session #3 on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

The Urban Research and Innovation Forum Seminar Series #3 event took place smoothly through the Zoom meeting platform and Live Youtube. A total of 787 participants enthusiastically participated in this event by following the event to completion.

The link for the URIF Seminar Series #3 August 2021 material can be accessed via the following link:
URIF #3 Material

Seminar recordings can be accessed via MPWK UGM Youtube Channel

Tuesday, 13 June 2021, we are proud to announce that Bachelor and Master Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, has been awarded an international accreditation from ASIIN (The Accreditation Agency for Study Programmes in Engineering, Informatics, Natural Sciences, and Mathematics). ASIIN is an international non-profit association (German-based) that promotes quality management education worldwide and awards accreditation to certain institutions based on its high-level science and professional practice requirements.

After a long preparation, We have secured a 5-years award valid until 30 September 2026 for both Bachelor and Master Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, for three specializations; neighbourhood planning, urban planning, and regional planning. read more

The discussion was divided into four sessions and continued with discussion and question sessions by the discussants. In the first session, Professor Achmad Djunaedi presented “The Future of Smart Cities in Indonesia”. After his presentation had finished, the UGM PWK Community also presented a video as a form of gratitude to Professor Achmad Djuanedi, who completed his tenure as a Civil Servant (PNS). The second session was the presentation from Prof. Sudaryono. Professor Sudaryono presented about “Entropy Paradigm for the Future Direction of Indonesian Cities”. The third session was a presentation from Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono, who explained “Urban Design for Sustainable Urban Transformation”. The last session was by Professor Bakti Setiawan, who talked about “Beyond Planning: Leadership, Innovations, and Community Actions for Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia”.

After the presentation session had completed, there was a discussion session between the presenters and the discussants, Professor Tommy and Professor Imam. The four sessions of topic presentation and discussion were greeted with very high enthusiasm from the participants by asking many questions to the speakers directly through the chat.

The seminar session has been completed, followed by the UGM Urban and Regional Planning Open House. The Open House is a series of events to introduce bachelor, master, and doctoral programs in Regional Planning and UGM. Dr. Yori Herwangi presented the bachelor program as the head of the bachelor program, the master’s program by Dr. Eng Muhammad Sani Roychansyah as the head of the master program, and Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono as a promoter in the doctoral program.

The Urban Research Forum+ Seminar Series #1 event ran smoothly through the Zoom meeting platform and Youtube Live. A total of 780 participants enthusiastically participated in this event by following the event to completion.

URF+ material can be accessed through this link

Urban and Regional Planning Community of Universitas Gadjah Mada is going to conduct Urban Research Forum+ (URF+) which is an inclusive platform to facilitate academics, researchers, practitioners, and bureaucrats to share and enrich knowledge and experiences around sustainable urban transformation management. The main activity in URF is an Online Seminar Series which conduct regularly every month with the theme of  “Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia: Towards Indonesia Emas 2045″.

In 2021, the first Online Seminar Series carries a topic of “The Future of Indonesian Cities: Research Agenda, Innovations, and Planning Education ProgramThis seminar will be held on:

Day/Date: Wednesday, June 30th, 2021“.
Time: 01.00 pm – 04.00 pm GMT+7
Registration: ugm.id/REGURF2021 (zoom meeting link will be sent to email D-1)

Speakers:
1. Prof. Ahmad Djunaedi – URP UGM
Topic : The Future of Smart Cities in Indonesia
2. Prof. Sudaryono – URP UGM
Topic : Directions for Future Indonesian Cities
3. Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono – URP UGM
Topic : Urban Design for Sustainable Urban Transformation
4. Prof. Bakti Setiawan – URP UGM
Topic: Beyond Planning: Leadership, Innovations, and Community Actions for Sustainable Urban Transformation in Indonesia

Discussants:
1. Prof. Tommy Firman- SAPPK Institut Teknologi Bandung
2. Prof. Imam Buchori – URP Universitas Diponegoro

Along with this seminar, there will be a special event which is the ‘Open House of Urban and Regional Planning study program in Universitas Gadjah Mada’. This open house is a sharing session and presentation of three study program in URP UGM which are:
1. Bachelor Program in Urban and Regional Planning, by Dr. Yori Herwangi
2. Master Program in Urban and Regional Planning, by Dr.Eng. M. Sani Roychansyah
3. Doctor Program in Urban and Regional Planning, by Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono

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Prof. Bakti Setiawan – URP UGM
Dr. Tri Mulyani Sunarharum – URP UGM

This Online Webinar is free and open to the public. Every attendee will get an e-Certificate.

For further information:
– Indah +62 812-2693-133 (WhatsApp chat only)

If you are interested in joining the Master Program in Urban and Regional Planning as well as the Doctoral Program in in Urban and Regional Planning, you can contact us through our social media below:

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or you can contact Mrs. Indah through WhatsApp: +62 812-2693-133

Journal of BEST is a peer-reviewed journal created for the application of architecture theory, architectural history, building structure, sustainable built environment, urban design, urban planning, and regional planning. This journal is published twice a year, in April and October, by the Department of Architecture and Planning, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

We welcome National and International contributors with manuscripts that cover topics including but not limited to:

1. History, Theory, and Critics in Architecture

2. Architecture and Urbanism Practices

3. Building Structure and Technology

4. Craftmanship and Local Architecture

5. Parametric Design and Fabrication

6. Transportation Planning

7. Settlements, Housing, and Neighborhood Planning

8 Urban Planning and Urban Design

9. Regional and Rural Planning. read more

The requirements needed to apply for incentives are as follow:

1. Recommendation letter from Head of Department
2. Certificate as The Best Paper/The Best Poster/The Best Presenter
3. The final publication that has been approved by the supervisor or promotor and contains the supervisor’s or promotor’s name, with affiliation Universitas Gadjah Mada
4. The publication does not violate publication rules or ethics
5. Scanned documents (Bank Account Passbook, Student card, ID card)