UMY’s Instagrammable places

Futri
3 min readMar 22, 2022

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University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), or the Worldwide Young campus which has the slogan “Excellent and Islamic”. The campus, which was founded in 1981 in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, has become the Top 4 Islamic Universities in the World and Top 2 Islamic Universities in Indonesia according to Unirank 2021.
University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta is equipped with various supporting facilities for lecture activities, one of which is a small building at UMY. This building that has its own interest is able to attract the attention of students to take pictures. So, here are some instagramable photo spots for UMY. Are you curious?
Let’s scroll down!!!

1. Sportorium

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Sportorium or often called the sun building because of its shape, which is similar to the shining sun, can accommodate 5,000 people, you know, guys. Sportorium or Sporto, became one of the instagramable spots because of its beautiful and unique shape at UMY. Sporto is usually used for Graduation Events, Mataf (Masa Taaruf) UMY new students, seminars, exhibitions, to the wedding hall.

2. Twin Building KH. Ibrahim

The twin building which is located in the south of UMY has 7 floors, apart from teaching and learning activities, this building is often used as a place to capture moments by UMY students. Especially if the weather is favorable and the sunset is showing its rays, the sunset view from this building is also very beautiful!

3. Star Field

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Adjacent to the rector’s building and campus mosque, making this a strategic place to visit. The place that was established to help extra student activities and activities has also become a favorite place, for other big campus events. Not only that, this place is often used by students to capture the moment through the pictures they take. The results obtained are no less interesting. With the background of the Chancellor’s Building and the KH Ahmad Dahlan mosque, each photo taken looks unique and charming. Especially when the photo was taken at sunset.

4. KH Ahmad Dahlan Mosque Lake

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This small lake, which is located next to the KH Ahmad Dahlan mosque, can be a cool photo spot and place. The green trees that surround, the path, and the seats provided are the complete package that students are looking for. It is undeniable, the super-smooth campus Wifi can make it easier for us to upload photos with a green and clean environmental background that we have taken from this beautiful lake.

So, those are some photo spots that you can find at University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. You don’t have to go far to find photo spots because every corner of this campus can be interesting places for those who are good at taking portraits. Come on, find and explore your interesting photo spots on global youth campuses.

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