Faculty of Animal Science UGM has accepted new students from the Postgraduate Program as many as 36 Master program students and 4 Doctoral students in the Odd Semester of the 2020/2021 academic year. The activity was held on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, attended by new students from the Postgraduate Program and Faculty of Animal Science UGM. It was carried out online.

Dean of the Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU., ASEAN. Eng., in his remarks in the welcoming ceremony, said that the Postgraduate Program students should be grateful because of the admission, and students need to be serious in learning. Facilities and infrastructures, for example, like competent lecturers, could be maximally utilized by students. “It has done so that Postgraduate Program graduates could have good quality with knowledge and networking achievements,” He said. read more

Six University Initiative Japan-Indonesia
Joint Program for Master Student (SUIJI JP-Ms)

Ike Tutwuri, Master Student of Faculty of Animal Science of Universitas Gadjah Mada, joined Six University Initiative Japan-Indonesia Joint Program for Master Student (SUIJI JP-Ms) from September 2019 to August 2020 at Kochi University, Japan. The title of the reserch was “The Effect of Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) Powder Addition on the Antioxidant Activity, Physical, Chemical, Sensory Properties, and TBARS of the Chicken Patty during Storage.” She did research at Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science under the supervision of Prof Tomoko Shimamura from Kochi University and Dr. Ir. Jamhari, M.Agr.Sc., IPM., ASEAN Eng. from UGM. read more

On April 24^th, the Graduate Student Association of Faculty of Animal Science (HMP) launched their board of executive for the 2019 period. The event was attended by the Secretary of Master’s Study Program, graduate students, and other representatives from student organizations in Faculty of Animal Science.

Secretary of Master’s Study Program, Muhlisin, S.Pt., M.Agri., Ph.D., addressed some messages for HMP. He mentioned that, hopefully HMP would be able to be a channel between students and study program in accommodating students’ aspirations. read more

Study Program of Master in Animal Science (SP-MAS) of UGM has been always improving its quality in multiple aspects. To assure its excellence, SP-MAS has been equipped with both internal and external quality assurance procedures. The University’s Quality Assurance Unit performs an annual internal audit to assess the performance of SP-MAS. Meanwhile, as an external quality assurance approach, SP-MAS has been maintaining its institutional accreditation (BAN-PT) in national level.

In 2019, SP-MAS has submitted its registration for ASEAN University Network – Quality Assurance (AUN-QA). The process took 1 year in preparation and the ending marked by the visitation by 2 assessors: Assoc. Prof. Chavalit Wongse-ek from Thailand and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosula Reyes from Philippines (8-10 April 2019). read more

In the third period of graduation for academic year 2018/2019, 6 master’s students and 1 doctoral student graduated from Faculty of Animal Science UGM. The best master’s graduate, Galy Hardyta S.Pt., M.Sc., graduated cum laude with 3.89 of GPA. In the doctoral program, Dr. Nur Widodo obtained an very satisfactory GPA of 3.70 of GPA.

Other graduates are Faturrahman Hakim, Muhammad Dani, Restiyana Agusine, Risma Novela Esti, and Teguh Dwi Putra. The average time needed by master’s graduates to obtain their degree is 2 years and 4 months, a month short than the average study period in University level. Meanwhile, Dr. Widodo finished his study in 5 years and 1 month. read more

Graduate Program at Faculty of Animal Science Universitas Gadjah Mada admitted 22 new student in Even Semester Intake 2018/2019. 20 students will be pursuing their master degree, while 2 others on doctoral program.

All students were welcomed and attended special meeting organized by Graduate Program. The meeting was arranged to welcome them as part of Faculty of Animal Science (26/02/19). It was also intended to give students insights regarding all laboratories at Faculty of Animal Science and wide-ranging research they have been performing. read more

The Faculty of Animal Science graduated 5 master (M.Sc) and 1 doctoral (Dr) students in the field of Animal Science. 4 master graduates attained their degree cum laude, while another achieved very satisfactory predicate. Dian Astuti, S.Pt., M.Sc. was the best graduate from master program by achieving 3.96 GPA. Dr. Cahya Setya Utama, S.Pt., M.Sc., also graduated cum laude with 3.89 GPA.

Compared to the average of study period and GPA in the university level, graduates at Faculty of Animal Science performed very well. Master graduates at Faculty of Animal Science completed their degree in 1 year 11 months, shorter than 2 years and 3 months of average study length in university level. Dr. Cahya was also able to attained his doctoral degree in 3 years and 3 months, while the average in the university level was 5 years and 2 months. read more

Himpunan Mahasiswa Pascajarna (HMP, graduate student association) Faculty of Animal Science UGM organizd English Course program to improve students’ capacity communicating in English. 20 students joined the program that was held since October 19^th, 2018 until the end of the semester. Funded by the Graduate Program, the English Course was held twice a week.

“English course has an objective to equip students with English grammar, emphasizing on writing skill. Hopefully, it will help them in academic writing, such as writing a research article which is required to graduate,” said the President of HMP FAPET UGM. read more

Graduate Program at Faculty of Animal UGM always envisions itself to be part of science development and community engagement. To achieve that goal, the program provides annual grant available for lecturers and students in the program. There are 2 grant schemes: research grant and community service grant.

Proposed by lecturer, the grant required student participation in each program. Thus, the program also benefited students to have a hand-on experience in grant writing, research, and delivering science to be applicable for society, especially farmers. read more

During September 2018, graduate students that joined in Himpunan Mahasiswa Pascasarjana (HMP; Graduate Students’ Association) Faculty of Animal Science UGM were devoted their time in community service in Prambanan. Funded through Graduate Program’s Grant scheme, students organized various weekly activities for Ngudi Mulyo Farmer’s Association in Klero, Sumberharjo, Prambanan Regency.

In executing the program, students were supervised by a lecturer from Faculty of Animal Science UGM, Ir. Nafiatul Umami, S.Pt., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM. The program was initiated by student’s concern on the poor animal production in the target community. For instance, the forage management is still carried out traditionally. Thus, it does not efficiently support the animal production. Furthermore, farmers in the target community have lacking knowledge on the packaging and branding method that possibly could be used to improve the marketability of cattle’s faecal-based fertilizer they produce. read more