Students admission at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta is managed and coordinated by the admission unit of the university. The unit manages and supervises the admission process for the entire faculties and study programmes at the university. This is as stated in the Rector Regulation of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta No. 19/2019 about Academic Rules of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Chapter 2 Verses 2 and 3 about Students Admission Process and Requirements and the Rector Regulation No. 15 /2019 about Admission Service.

The general admission requirements of the PhD programme are stated as follows:

To facilitate the process of students admission, the university has made information on students admission requirements available for public at the following websites: http://pmb.uny.ac.id/alur-pendaftaran-program-pascasarjana-s2-s3 or http://pmb.uny.ac.id/pola-dan-prosedur.