The Faculty of Pharmacy UGM, in collaboration with Universitas Udayana, Taipei Medical University and Chiang Mai University, is organizing the online summer course (OSC) on “Embracing Traditional Medicine: Adopt and Adapt Toward Society 5.0”. The OSC will take place for two weeks, from July 5 to 16, 2021, with learning activities equivalent to 2 credits.

Smart City, Village, and Region (SCVR) Summer Course 2021 is an online short-term intensive course organized by the Faculty of Geography UGM. This summer course is designed for students who are willing to learn and work hard to improve their understanding, knowledge, and skill in smart cities, villages, and regions. Various participants are encouraged to join this course in order to enrich the discussion from undergraduate, postgraduate, Ph.D. students, professionals, and also institutions. Not only participants will learn the necessary knowledge in class but also they will do virtual excursions and field trips to do a direct observation of smart city, village, and region implementation in a particular area.

The purpose of this third Summer Course Program is to provide facilities for students in the field of history and social science to critically understand the condition of society amid a pandemic and handling it from various perspectives, be it economic, social, political, and cultural in various world regions, be it Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. The discussion will focus on power exploration resilience and awakening of global society, local and global engagement in regime development scientific control and its interconnection with imperialism, racism, and the norms of the non-scientific order other, the resilience and responsiveness of various societies in subverting these controls and effects empowerment from transnational forces; they represent the essence of the human biological perspective in understanding the rise of the modern world.

ASEAN Studies Center, Universitas Gadjah Mada proudly presents the 3^rd ASEAN Youth Initiative Empowerment Program (AYIEP). This year’s AYIEP will be held with the theme of “Fostering Youth’s Initiative in ASEAN Development” which carries the spirit of ASEAN unity and integrity. It offers a productive activity that focuses on the community, especially the youth, to affirm ASEAN Identity. ASEAN youth have a high level of mobility, especially with the rapid advancement of technology. They are also the main actors in some production chains and business within the region. Furthermore, they play a significant role as potential leaders who will steer ASEAN regional policies in the future. Hence, it is undeniable for the ASEAN Youth to collectively form a central agency with strong influence in giving meaning to this activity.

One Health Collaborating Center Universitas Gadjah Mada proudly present “Komodo and Wildlife One Health Online Summer Course 2021”. The summer course is implemented to improve knowledge and skills in zoonotic disease identification especially from komodo dragon using One Health approach. Lectures will be given by international speakers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, and USA. We also provide practical session with group discussion, group work & presentation, and virtual visit to Komodo National Park!

The successful implementation of the 2020 Virtual Summer Course 2020 on Interprofessional Health Care – Health 4.0: Management and Technologies for Improving Primary Healthcare in Developing Countries encourage the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing (FK-KMK) together with the Faculty of Dentistry and the Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University submitted a proposal in 2021 as continuity of learning and training programs for interprofessional education in the community with current relevant topics. Traditional communities have a dependence on various plants as a source of food, medicine, and traditional ceremonies. Local knowledge about existing plants is developed based on experiences that have been tested over centuries and adapted to local cultural and environmental conditions. This knowledge is known as ‘local wisdom’. Local wisdom is more than just a concept. This local wisdom is a powerful tool that has the potential to be used throughout Asia and the world in the world of Health, both in health care and health maintenance.  The sufficient scientific evidence and better presentation are needed to implement local wisdom amid modernization.FK-KMK together with Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Pharmacy created a Virtual Summer Course on Interprofessional Health Care – Complementary Healthcare and Functional Food to support innovation in integrating superior programs across disciplines of UGM in providing advocacy and service implementation integrated health.

The summer course on the nexus between traditional ecological knowledge and modern agricultural practices in the Faculty of Agriculture UGM is of great significance due to several reasons. First, local wisdom is one priority of the ‘Three Principles of Higher Education, comprises of education, research, and community service’) of Universitas Gadjah Mada. The topic is in line with the Faculty of Agriculture’s research and community service roadmap: “smart eco-bioproduction”.

 ASEAN is now undergoing the process of developing an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 which will become a single market and production base. In the process of realizing this AEC, increasing the competitiveness of food, agriculture, and livestock products in the international market, and empowering farmers through the promotion of agricultural cooperatives have become regional priorities. New and cross-sectoral issues such as food security, climate change mitigation, and adaptation for the agriculture and livestock sector, are also part of the priorities. Through harmonization of quality and standards, food safety assurance, and standardization of trade certification, ASEAN agricultural products are expected to be ready to compete in the global market by offering safe, healthy, and quality food. ASEAN has developed Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP), Good Hygiene Practices (GHP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Hazard Analysis Critical Control points (HACCP), standards for production, harvest, and post handling. – agricultural product harvests, limits on maximum pesticide residues, criteria for the accreditation of livestock and livestock products businesses, GMP guidelines for shrimp, and a “code of conduct” for responsible fisheries, to be used as a reference in developing national priorities and a means to support industrial development.

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesia experienced many shortages PPE, ventilator, and also COVID-19 rapid test kits. This is captured by experts to produce independently and assist medical personnel in dealing with a pandemic in various health facilities. Universitas Gadjah Mada’s competence in handling the pandemic will be even stronger with the support of international networks. The international insight will provide many benefits for students and strengthen their network in the future. the implementation of the International Summer Course of Humanitarian Engineering: The Role of Engineers during the Pandemic Era will be a gateway for broader international cooperation for the entire UGM academic community.

Conservation of Saujana Pusaka (Heritage Cultural Landscape) is a flagship in the field of heritage conservation in the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering UGM. Heritage Saujana is the inextricable unity between nature and manmade heritage (tangible and intangible culture) in space and time. The beginning of learning about this science has been carried out at UGM, since 2004 when the Center for Heritage Conservation, Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, UGM organized the International Field School on Borobudur Heritage Saujana (IFSBHS). As of 2017, IFSBHS has been held 9 times2. IFSBHS participants consist of students, local government employees, and observers from various countries, including Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Egypt, France, Thailand, and China.