MURP curriculum is structured to match the competence profile with current issues, trends, and user’s needs. There are some criteria that needs to be met in order to provide good urban and regional planning education to the students.

The 2022 curriculum defines the concentration based on spatial ontology (Neighborhood, Urban, and Regional). The concentration definition is based on actual planning issues and development sectors to ensure student’s abilities on each concentration. Students have the freedom to choose their own concentration based on their interests.

In the 2022 curriculum, students are required to fulfill a total of 45 credits that normally distributed within four semesters. The curriculum map is structured to correlate vision-mission with the programme learning outcomes. The curriculum map is structured into: Studio Complex and Thesis Complex, where the courses have to be taken consecutively.

The studio provides professional and practical exercises to a planner. It is an estuary to all studied courses. While the thesis complex is designed to support the forming of intended graduate profiles as a researcher. Both research in public policies or academic research with the purpose of developing theories. The two courses have to be taken consecutively. Below is the latest curriculum map.

1st Semester

2nd Semester

Elective Courses

Graduate student admission in University of Gadjah Mada is carried out according to the university’s regulation. The admission is done online through 3 channels; regular, partnership, and international. The admission is done twice in a year which is in the first semesters (May-July) and the second semesters (November-December).

Applicant Requirements

These requirements are needed to ensure that future students are able to achieve the intended competence of the programme. The programme considers the applicant’s educational background to guarantee that future students are able to follow through the learning process. Applicants with an educational background from Religion or Language major are not allowed to apply because it is in the different fields of knowledge with urban and regional planning. Applicants are not required to take a subject-specific entrance exam. After the selection of the documents, applicants must go through an interview regarding the applicant’s knowledge of urban planning and their spatial abilities.

The admission result is sent via e-mail by DPP to every applicant. Applicants who do not meet the programme’s requirements will not be accepted. Those applicants may re-register in the next scheduled admission. Applicants who got accepted will receive an academic orientation before the study period begins to give students basic knowledge regarding spatial planning.

Note : This timeline is intended for international students applying to the regular program. Students applying to the Double Degree Program are advised to refer to the DDM Program intake timeline.

The amount of tuition fee differs for each entry program. The highest amount is the regular program for both domestic and international student with 13,000,000 IDR each semester. In the partnership program, the amount to be paid is different according to each government institution. Below is the list of tuition fee for each admission program.