UGM Press

What UGM Press does

UGM Press (legal name: Badan Penerbit dan Publikasi Universitas Gadjah Mada, DBA Gadjah Mada University Press) is the academic publishing arm of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia's premier public university. The press was officially established in its current form on June 30, 1971 via Rector's Decree UGM/40/P/C, with origins in a 1960 printing service operated by UGM's Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. In June 2013, UGM Press was restructured from a university business unit into a Unit Penunjang Universitas (University Support Unit) under the Vice Rector for Research and Community Service. It has catalogued over 2,000 book titles from 1971 through 2015, operates with a headcount of 8, and is headquartered at Jalan Sendok, Karanggayam CT VIII, Depok, Sleman, Yogyakarta.

UGM Press publishes and sells academic books across four major discipline groups — Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Technology, Health & Medicine, and Agriculture & Fauna — spanning dozens of sub-disciplines. Its core products are Printed Books (Buku Cetak) and E-Books (Buku Elektronik), supplemented by a Google Forms-based Manuscript Submission Service for author submissions and a Flash Sale promotional channel. Distribution runs through the company's proprietary e-commerce storefront, physical book bazaars (e.g., Pesta Buku Jogja 2025 with 60+ publishers), and Google Books for e-books. Revenue is generated on a one-time unit-pricing basis, with physical books ranging from approximately Rp47,000 to Rp480,000 and discount promotions of 10–45% commonly applied.

The press is wholly owned by Universitas Gadjah Mada, with no external investors, venture/PE funding, or independent ownership. Its GTM motion is direct-to-consumer via e-commerce and events, with marketing through the website, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram social channels, and WhatsApp-based inquiry handling. The target customer base spans the Academic Community (primary — students, researchers, lecturers), General Readers (secondary), and Institutional Buyers (universities, libraries). Notable partnerships include a co-publishing agreement with Springer Nature and operational collaboration with IKAPI DIY, FK-KMK UGM, and MEP FEB UGM for book launches and events.

Name

UGM Press

Legal name

Badan Penerbit dan Publikasi Universitas Gadjah Mada

Website

https://ugmpress.ugm.ac.id

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UGM Press is the academic publishing arm of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, operating as a university support unit since 1971. It publishes and sells books across humanities, sciences, health, and agriculture via its e-commerce site, book bazaars, and Google Books for students, researchers, and institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Book Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Monographs & University Press Publishing (MPAJABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reference Works & Academic Databases (Encyclopedias, Indexes, Abstracts) (MPAJABAI), Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Political Science) (EDAGABAD), Interdisciplinary/General Education & Study Skills (EDAGABAN)

Keywords

• Academic book publishing
• University press
• Scholarly publishing
• Printed book sales
• Ebook distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Depok, Sleman

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Physical Book Sales: Sale of printed academic books across multiple disciplines including health, science, humanities, and agriculture. Books are sold through the company website e-commerce platform, at events, and through distribution.
2. E-Book Sales: Digital versions of published books sold through the website with Google Books integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UGM Press is a university-affiliated publishing house that publishes, prints, and sells printed academic books and e-books across multiple disciplines, including Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Technology, Health & Medicine, and Agriculture & Fauna. It operates an e-commerce storefront at ugmpress.ugm.ac.id for direct sales to individual and institutional buyers, supplemented by participation in physical book bazaars and Google Books distribution for e-books. The press has published over 2,000 titles since 1971, primarily for the Indonesian academic community.

Product overview

UGM Press is a university-affiliated publishing house of Gadjah Mada University (established 1971) that operates as a comprehensive academic book publishing and distribution platform. The core offering consists of printed books and e-books spanning four major discipline groups: Social Sciences & Humanities (Culture, Law, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Tourism, Politics, Dictionaries), Science & Technology (Architecture, Biology, Physics, Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Environment, Mathematics, Engineering disciplines, IT), Health & Medicine (Nursing, Pharmacy, Veterinary, Dentistry, General Medicine), and Agriculture & Fauna (Forestry, Fishery, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Technology). UGM Press also operates a manuscript submission service via Google Forms, a Flash Sale promotional channel, and distributes e-books through Google Books. The platform functions as both a publisher and an e-commerce marketplace for academic publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Printed Academic Books (Buku Cetak) Physical printed books published by UGM Press across four major academic discipline groups: Social Sciences & Humanities (culture, law, economics, philosophy, psychology, tourism, politics, dictionaries), Science & Technology (architecture, biology, physics, geography, geology, chemistry, environment, mathematics, civil engineering, IT, electrical engineering, geodesy, mechanical engineering), Health & Medicine (nursing, pharmacy, veterinary, dentistry, general medicine), and Agriculture & Fauna (forestry, fishery, agriculture, animal husbandry, agricultural technology). Sold directly to consumers through the UGM Press e-commerce site, at book bazaars, and via event-based retail.
• E-Books (Buku Elektronik) Digital versions of books published by UGM Press, available through the UGM Press e-book portal (ugmpress.ugm.ac.id/id/e-book) and distributed globally through Google Books. E-books span the same academic disciplines as the printed editions and provide a digital purchase option for readers who prefer electronic formats.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• IKAPI DIY (Ikatan Penerbit Indonesia Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUGM Press collaborates with IKAPI DIY to organize book bazaar events, including the Pesta Buku Jogja 2025 event held at GIK UGM from November 26 to December 9, 2025, which was attended by more than 60 publishers.
• Springer NaturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing agreement between UGM Press and Springer Nature, an international academic publisher, demonstrating UGM Press's recognition in the international academic publishing community.
• FK-KMK UGM (Fakultas Kedokteran, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Keperawatan)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFK-KMK UGM collaborates with UGM Press for book launches and academic discussions, such as the book review event on 'Programmatic Assessment' held on June 4, 2026 at Auditorium Tahir Foundation.
• MEP FEB UGM (Magister Ekonomika Pembangunan)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMEP FEB UGM collaborated with UGM Press for book launches in conjunction with their 30th Dies Natalis celebration in June 2025.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: Springer Nature is a global academic publisher and UGM Press's confirmed co-publishing partner. It operates across STM, humanities, and scholarly publishing broadly and represents the international upside/competitive ceiling for UGM Press's content.
• Cambridge University Press: Cambridge University Press is one of the world's largest academic and university presses, with a vast catalog across STM, humanities, and social sciences. It represents the global benchmark that UGM Press aspires to through its Springer Nature partnership.
• Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press is a global academic publisher with a deep catalog of scholarly monographs, textbooks, and reference works. It is a benchmark university press in terms of international academic publishing and digital distribution.
• PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama: Gramedia is Indonesia's largest general book publisher and bookstore chain, publishing across trade, academic, and reference categories. It competes with UGM Press for shelf space, retail distribution, and Indonesian-language authors.
• Mizan Pustaka: Mizan is one of Indonesia's larger general and Islamic-focused publishers, with significant academic and educational titles. It competes with UGM Press for Indonesian academic authors and institutional customers, and operates at substantially larger scale.
• UGM Press competitor: Penerbit Erlangga: Penerbit Erlangga is one of Indonesia's largest educational publishers, with a broad catalog spanning K-12, higher education, and academic reference works. While its scale and reach far exceed UGM Press, it competes directly in the Indonesian academic and tertiary textbook market.

Direct peers

• UI Press (Universitas Indonesia Press): UI Press is the publishing arm of Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia's other premier public university. It publishes academic books in Bahasa Indonesia across a similar mix of disciplines, serving the same national academic market as UGM Press and competing for institutional and faculty authors.
• ITB Press (Penerbit ITB): ITB Press is the publishing house of Institut Teknologi Bandung, an Indonesian technology-focused public university. It publishes academic and scientific books heavily weighted toward engineering, science, and technology—directly overlapping with UGM Press's Science & Technology catalog.

Regional players

• Kanisius (Penerbit Kanisius): Kanisius is a Yogyakarta-based Indonesian academic and educational publisher with strong ties to the academic community. It shares UGM Press's regional base and overlapping academic and social science catalog, making it a direct peer in the Yogyakarta market.
• NUS Press (National University of Singapore Press): NUS Press is the scholarly publishing arm of the National University of Singapore, publishing academic books primarily on Southeast Asia and Asia. It is a Southeast Asian university press peer and a useful comparable for digital transformation and international distribution strategies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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