UGM Press continuously supports the vision of UGM to be a pioneer world class national university, excellent and innovative university, especially in the field of education through a mission to provide a high-quality education by publishing academic publications. Established since 1971, UGM Press’s objective is to encourage and facilitate academic publications to become a trusted partner in educating the nation.

UGM Press proved to be one of the university publishers in Indonesia recognized by Southeast Asia University seen from the number of books published. Every year UGM Press publications continue to increase. Counting from 1971 to 2017, more than 2,000 book titles have been published.

Currently UGM Press initiated the reading community through the "Let's Buy Original Books" campaign since the increase in the purchase of the original book will increase the productivity of writing the book.