The Educational Research and Evaluation (ERE) study program offers master's and doctoral programs. The ERE master's program at Yogyakarta State University (UNY) has been running since the 1981/1982 academic year with support from The Ford Foundation. In preparation for the opening of the Educational Research and Evaluation (PEP) Study Program, The Ford Foundation provided funding for two lecturers from the USA, namely Dr. Gary L. Theissen from the University of Iowa and Dr. F.X.R. Fernandez from the University of Michigan for the first 3-year period. In the following period, from 1985 to 1987, the lecturer assigned was Dr. Loxley. From 1984 to 1986, the Yogyakarta State Teacher Training College (IKIP) postgraduate program collaborated with the University of Iowa in a lecturer exchange program.

In order to prepare teaching staff for the PEP study program, in 1983 and 1984, four IKIP Yogyakarta lecturers were sent to the United States to study research, assessment, and educational evaluation, namely Suyata, Mulyani Nurhadi, Zamroni, and Djemari Mardapi. In 1988, all lecturers who were assigned to study abroad had completed their studies and were teaching in the PEP Study Program at the IKIP Yogyakarta Postgraduate Program.

Initially, this study program was a Credit Collection Group (KPK) from IKIP Jakarta, now known as the Jakarta State University. However, since 1994, the PEP master's program has become one of the independent graduate programs at IKIP Yogyakarta based on the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, number 432/DIKTI/Kep/1992 dated June 16, 1993. Based on the Decree of the Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture, Number: 432/DIKTI/Kep/1993 dated June 16, 1993, the establishment of the IKIP Yogyakarta Graduate Program in Educational Research and Evaluation was approved as an independent program.