General Requirements for Dotoral Candidate Admission
Academic Requirements for Prospective Students for Program Doctor in Biological Sciences UGM as follow:
- Graduates of a Master’s program in Biology or related fields, with the following conditions:
- GPA ≥ 3.00 for a program from an accredited A institution.
- GPA ≥ 3.25 for a program from an accredited B institution.
- Applicants with foreign degrees must submit an equivalency decision from the Ministry of Education and Culture (KEMDIKBUD) as a substitute for the accreditation certificate.
- Certificate of valid Academic Potential test results (maximum 2 years from the issuance date). The committee only accepts results from the following potential tests: PAPs UGM (≥500) or TPDA PLTI (≥500) or BAPPENAS Academic Potential Test (≥500).
- Valid English language proficiency test result certificate* (maximum 2 years from the date of issuance of the certificate). The committee only accepts English language proficiency test results: AcEPT UGM (≥209) or TOEP PLTI (≥40) or International English Testing System (IELTS) (≥5.0) or Internet-Based (iBT) TOEFL (≥45)
*If these requirements are not met, the person concerned, if accepted, must:
- Improve English language skills through a special test at UGM within a maximum of 3 months starting from being registered as a doctoral student.
- If the time in point (1) is not met, students are required to attend the Academic English Course organized by the University or other recognized institutions.
Special Requirements for By-Research Students admission
According to the Rector’s Decree for Doctoral by Research no. 18 year 2019, there are addition of requirements for admission of By Research Program as follows:
- Proof of Publication of 2 manuscripts in international journals
- Dissertation research proposal*/essay writing/other special requirements required by the study program.
Thus, the requirements for prospective new students of the Program Doctor in Biological Sciences would be:
- Minimum GPA of 3.25 for the Masters Program
- Minimum accreditation of the original Masters Study Program with a B
- TPA with a minimum score of 500
- English Proficiency Test of the AcEPT UGM test type (≥209), TOEP PLTI (≥40), IELTS (≥5.0), TOEFL IBT (≥45), TOEFL ITP (≥450)
- Recommendations from 2 people (institutional leaders or lecturers)
- have a study permit or study assignment letter if already working
- have a pre-proposal document of research interest
- submit a memorandum of understanding document or cooperation agreement with UGM or a letter of determination as a scholarship recipient for the cooperation pathway
- submit documents of publications produced
For further information you can visit https://um.ugm.ac.id (Indonesian) or https://admission.ugm.ac.id (International students)
