Vision, Missions, and Objectives

In order to fulfill the mandate entrusted to it, the vision, mission, and goals of the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University (UGM) refer to and follow the basic values, vision, mission, and goals of UGM as well as the vision, mission, and goals of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) UGM. The following are the strategic vision, mission, and goals of the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences for the period of 2018-2022.

Vision

In 2037, the vision of the Department of Mathematics is to become a national reference in the field of innovative and internationally recognized theoretical and applied mathematics, serving the interests of the nation and humanity based on the cultural values of the nation according to Pancasila.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Mathematics is:

  1. To develop innovative educational activities to improve the quality of education in the field of mathematics;
  2. To conduct research and produce theoretical developments as well as to support applied research;
  3. To develop the role of mathematics in general in other fields and in society;
  4. To develop sustainable resources, supporting facilities, organizations, governance, and cooperation.

Objectives

The goals to be achieved are the realization of the Department of Mathematics, as part of FMIPA UGM, as a leading institution in Indonesia with international achievements and reputation through:

  1. Excellent and innovative education in the fields of Mathematics, Statistics, and Actuarial Science, which is an internationally recognized education program that is interdisciplinary, supported by advanced information technology, with graduate programs as the backbone in producing graduates who are healthy, ethical, confident, competitive, innovative, have mature soft skills, problem solvers and entrepreneurial spirit, and are responsible towards the nation and country.

  2. Excellent, innovative and targeted research in the fields of Algebra, Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematical Computation, and Statistical Computation, both mono-, multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary, which will cultivate a research culture in groups of expertise that are environmentally aware, become a national and international reference, and can provide solutions to the problems of the nation and humanity, based on the excellence of human resources and nature as well as local wisdom by involving stakeholders in accordance with the Department’s and Faculty’s research plans.

  3. Excellent and innovative community service based on expertise in the fields of Mathematics, Statistics, and Actuarial Science, which is community service based on scientific knowledge, appropriate technology, and advocacy in these fields, which can encourage independence and a culture of critical and responsible analysis and promote sustainable community welfare, by making the campus a vehicle for the application of science and technology innovations for the community, and implementing a product development management system to support the commercialization of research results.

  4. The development of resources, organizations, cooperation, and governance that are fair, transparent, participatory, and accountable, which is a development to support the effectiveness and efficiency of resource utilization, based on an integrated information technology system to support adaptive learning processes towards Industry 4.0.