Udayana University

Key Highlights

• Public university legally established in 1962
• Active diploma through doctoral admissions for 2026/2027
• Main administration at Bukit Jimbaran in Badung Regency
• Additional teaching locations in Denpasar

Student Life & Environment

Student experience is distributed across Udayana’s different campus locations. The university’s official site identifies classrooms, internet hotspots, canteens, conference facilities, and a central library among its shared resources. Availability and proximity will depend on the student’s faculty and campus, so applicants should not assume that every facility is within walking distance of every teaching site. The university advertises official student accommodation at Rusunawa Jimbaran, located near the Jimbaran campus. It is presented as housing intended to help new students during their transition into university. The public page does not provide a verified 2026/2027 room price, capacity figure, meal arrangement, or guarantee of placement. Students who need housing should request the current tariff, eligibility rules, application schedule, room conditions, and distance from their faculty before relying on this option. Organized student activity also exists at faculty and study-program level, including student associations that represent interests and support creative or extracurricular participation. The exact organizations available vary by discipline. International students can also consult the university’s international office, while academic and administrative support is divided among central units and faculties. Because the university operates in more than one part of southern Bali, daily life may involve commuting between accommodation, classes, clinical or practical sites, and university services.

Location & Surroundings

Udayana University is based in Bali, with its administrative center at Jalan Raya Kampus UNUD, Bukit Jimbaran, Kuta Selatan, Badung Regency. The Bukit Jimbaran site contains the rectorate, central library, and teaching facilities for several faculties, including economics, law, engineering, and mathematics and natural sciences. The official website separately identifies the Sudirman campus in Denpasar for areas including medicine, tourism, cultural studies, and graduate study, as well as a Pulau Nias location associated with cultural sciences. This multi-campus arrangement is the key practical location consideration. “Bali” or “Denpasar” alone does not describe where an individual student will study. Jimbaran lies in southern Badung, while the Denpasar sites are farther north in the provincial urban area. Housing choices, travel time, and transport costs can therefore differ significantly by program. Applicants should confirm where lectures, laboratories, clinical placements, and administrative services are normally delivered before choosing accommodation. Bali’s international tourism economy may be particularly relevant to students of tourism, culture, business, languages, public policy, environmental fields, and related areas. That setting should not be confused with a residential resort campus; students will be living and studying within a busy Indonesian urban and tourism region.

Costs & Career Outcomes

Udayana does not have one verified university-wide tuition figure that can be applied safely to every student. For Indonesian students, the university uses Uang Kuliah Tunggal, or UKT, with the assigned amount depending on the applicable program and assessment. Students admitted through certain independent routes may also owe an Iuran Pengembangan Institusi, or IPI, an institutional development contribution. A July 2026 notice confirms that both UKT and IPI were assigned to new students in the relevant 2026/2027 independent-admission route after review of their submitted UKT information. A separate 2026 policy allowed eligible new students to pay IPI in installments. Applicants should obtain their own official assessment and should not extrapolate another student’s charge. Application charges are also route-specific. The 2026/2027 UTBK-SNBT-based independent diploma and bachelor’s route charged IDR 550,000. For that year’s graduate intake, the published application fees were IDR 1,250,000 for master’s and IDR 1,450,000 for doctoral applications. These are application fees, not tuition, and apply only to the cited cycle. No current official room price or general living-cost estimate was verified. For employment preparation, Udayana’s Career Development Center serves students and alumni. Its documented activities include vacancy information, soft-skills training, career guidance, campus recruitment, employer engagement, career events, internships, and graduate tracer studies. These services can support a job search, but the available sources do not establish placement rates, starting salaries, or guaranteed employment outcomes.