Introduction
I
ndonesia is knownfor its wide variety of natural resources. Unfortunately, they have not been utilize properly. Comptent, hard working, and dedicated human resources are highly needed
for such purpose .
Supported with good facilities, coupled with condusive environment, the Faculty of Agriculture GMU is ready to produce graduates for such qualifications.
Graduates Prospects
Graduates of Faculty of Agriculture GMU have proven to play a significant role in the industry and business area, either in government or private sector. Untill now, most of the graduates are fulltimers in entreperneur, beurocrats, company staff (plantation, canned fish, mushroom, soybean sauce, alcohol industries), banking, consultants, manager, teaching staf and researchers in universities and research institutions.
Human Resources
Until September 2004, the Faculty of Agriculture, GMU has 140 teaching staf with 70 of them are Ph.D holders; Twenty five are Professors. Supprorted by 92 full time administrative staff including administration, techniciannce, and librarians and also by 64 part timers.
The Education System
The education activity in the Faculty of Agriculture, GMU is based on a credit system and carried out using the semester basis.
Supporting Facilities
The faculty of agriculture is supported 49 laboratories and one faculty library with good facilities and connected to the internet; the Pagilaran Education Field with an area of 1500ha; Coastal area as large as 25 ha and a 5 ha Field with technical irrigation; experimental ponds; centre for the development and coaching for agribusiness; also a field for education, research and development (KP4) belonging to the university with an area of 36ha.
Grants
There are a variety of grants sources that are handled and transferred either by the faculty or the university. Grants from the government such as the academic achievement developing grant (PPA), student work help/ student study help (BKM/ BBM), or other sources such as the business world, banks, supersemar foundation and other foundations from the private sectors or individuals.
Study Programmes
Study Programmes that are included in the Faculty of Agriculture GMU are :
1. Agronomy
This study programme is ready to produce graduates who are experienced in the knowledge and technology of plant production, covering the main and secondary food crops (rice, corn, wheat, sorghum, tuber, nuts); plantation plants (tea, coffee, cacao, tobacco, latex producing plant, fiber producing plants) and horticultural plants (vegetables and fruits) based on sustainable agriculture concept.
2. Plant Breeding
This study programme offers a curriculum that has been designed to produce human resources who are experienced in the knowledge and technology for making plant varieties using the traditional method or biotechnology, also have the knowledge and technology of seeds to support the national seed industry.
3. Plant Protection
This study programme has a vision of producing graduates ready and able to develop and increase the knowledge and technology of plant protection, also to always be alerted towards many problems caused by plant disturbing organisms.
4. Fisheries
This study programme has a goal in achieving graduates who have the knowledge and ability in applying the basic knowledge and technology of aquaculture (fisheries) based on environmental conservation.
5.
The Management of Fisheries Resource
The aim of this programme is to shape graduates who have the knowledge and ability in applying modern management system in planning, controlling and using the water resources rationally and also to give direction in conserving the water environment resources for the development of
sustainable fisheries.
6. Fish Products Technology
The aim of this programme is to produce apply and develop the knowledge and technology of fish products in the event after harvest to increase te value and advantage of those products.
7.
Agriculture Social Economy
/Agribusiness.
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8. Agriculture Communication & Counceling
The aim of this programme is to produce graduates who are aware and able to create a solution for the various social and economic problems in the community agriculture, using social community communication approach, accurately.9.
Soil Science
The aim of this programme is to produce graduates who have the knowledge and technology in field of soil science thus able to find, understand, explain, and conclude a method in solving problems connected with soil as a media for plant growth
.
10.
Agricultural Microbiology
This programme has an aim in preparing graduates who are experts in the knowledge and technology of agricultural microbiology thus able to understand, explain, find, and conclude a method in solving problems in that area
.
Extracurricular Activities
The Faculty of Agriculture, GMU, also provide activities to spend hobbies or develop non academic potensials. The shapes of those activities are in the forms of the Students Senate, The Students Executive Body, Plantagama (nature explorer), and Primordia (media).
Welcome to Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta is known as a student city. Every year there are thousands of new students from other cities and even other countries aiming to find knowledge. One of Yogyakarta’s attraction is the cheap daily cost and the politeness of the people. Public transport like city bus with a reasonable fee mostly pass through the GMU campus complex.
Contributions from The Faculty of
Agriculture
The Faculty of Agriculture, GMU have made many contributions in developing human resource who are educated and experts in a various of developing
sectors, among them have become the Director-Generals of Plantation Production Councelling,the Director-General of Marine and Fisheries, Bank Mandiri Director, and Director of PT Saraswati Anugrah Makmur. Some alumni have even become a minister.
Contributions from the faculty of agriculture in the field of science and technology and the national development concept are in the forms of new rice varieties Gama 61 and Gama 87, tidal swamp, coastal area technology, BUUD/ KUD, I PM (I ntergrated Pest Management), Legin, Nuclear & Plasm Plantation, pathogen free vanilla.
Furt her informat ion can be obt ained at :
The Faculty of Agriculture, GMU
Jl. Sosio Yustisia, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281 Web Site: http: / / www.faperta.ugm.ac.id
