Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta fully supports every opportunity to equalize quality education in Indonesia. One of the domestic partners who have established cooperation in the field of Education with UNY is Bangka Belitung Province. This collaboration began with the signing of the MoU in 2017. To encourage further the implementation of cooperation between UNY and Bangka Belitung Province, on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, a Workshop on Strengthening Cooperation was held online through the Zoom Meeting.

UNY welcomes new students in the Introduction to Campus Life for New Students Program (PKKMB). This activity takes place from August 24 to 27, 2021. Participants who take part in this activity are 10,643 new students. Based on the degree, UNY has 1,625 new students Diploma; 7,516 new bachelor students; 1,227 new master students and 275 new doctoral students. The program was held online through besmart.uny.ac.id.

"Long life with a quality life is more valuable than just a long life," said dr. Probosuseno, Sp.PD-Kger in the event of the Eid al-Adha 1442 H Study at UNY Postgraduate. He explained that now it is no longer how to live a long life, but shifts his focus to how to live a quality life, not just a life, but a long and quality life.

Athi' Nur Auliati Rahmah, a Physics Education student, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UNY, is an Alumni of the Teaching Campus Program Batch 1 of 2021. Athi' has completed her service at SDN Guluk-Guluk II, Guluk-Guluk District, Sumenep Regency, Madura, East Java. Her experience in teaching in Madura provides inspiration on how to promote quality education in remote areas. Not surprisingly, Athi' was invited as a speaker at the Kampus Merdeka Roadshow Episode 1 with Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) Surabaya.

The high mortality rate of catfish does not only cause economic losses for catfish farmers. It also causes environmental pollution in the form of odors and without proper care, it may also decrease water quality of nearby river.

Yogyakarta is rich with culture-based creative industries. It is common for various pottery products to be developed with classic designs and coloring motifs. This is what attracted Arif Purwantara, a student of the Craft Education study program, Faculty of Language and Arts, UNY, to research more about the form, function and finishing aspects of traditional piggy banks from the Senthong Kiwo Kasongan Ceramic Industry, Bantul, which is managed by Bambang Utoyo.

UNY always encourages students to not only excel academically, but also to have the awareness to answer challenges to ecosystem and environmental problems.  This point has continuously implemented in various student activities and competitions. The latest achievement came   from the success of the UNY student team who won the Silver Medal at the 2021 International Invention Competition for Young Moslem Scientists (IICYMS) for the environmental science category.