School of Medicine of Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) ranks 103rd

Slamet Susanto , The Jakarta Post , Yogyakarta | Wed, 10/14/2009 4:41 PM | National

The School of Medicine at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) has again improved its world ranking by three places to sit at 103rd, a survey has revealed.

The Times Higher Education Survey (THES) QS World University Rankings 2009 , Life Sciences and Biomedicine category surveyed 1,000 medical faculties around the world and published its results last Friday.

The University of Indonesia's (UI) School of Medicine and that of Airlangga University rank 126th and 224th.

Dean of the School of Medicine at UGM Ali Ghufron Mukti said Wednesday that his office had upgraded its management system to increase the quality of all lecturers, students and other related staff over the past three years.

“We expect this achievement will contribute to UGM's efforts to become a world-class university,” he said.