UNY accepted 1,552 new students through the SNMPTN 2020 (National University Student Selection) which were announced on Wednesday (8/4). The new students of UNY consisted of 531 people from the natural science and 1,021 people from the social humanities. Of these there are 472 prospective students who get the KIP Kuliah. According to the release signed by the Head of LTMPT Mohammad Nasih, UNY is on the 9th national rank based on the number of admission application with 20.509 applicant. It means only 7.5 % applicants make it to be a new student of UNY.

UNY’s Student Executive Board of Education Faculty (BEM FIP) organizes online peer counseling services in collaboration with counseling and guidance lab of Education Faculty. The chairman of BEM FIP, Satria Yudistira explained that the counseling will be conducted by students of Guidance and Counseling Study Program who have been verified and received training from professional counselors.

MONDAY (04/04) | Considering the present pandemic of  Corona Virus Disease-19 (Covid-19), Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) will provide special services for final semester students and those who will graduate in the even semester 2019. The service is in the form of online final assignment guidance; online final assignment exam; ProTEFL pass requirements, free library, and student entrepreneurial loans can be fulfilled later before graduation. In addition, UNY also provides data package assistance to active students to support study from home (SFH).

UNY provided basic need support mainly in form of food packages for students who remained in the boarding house during the Covid-19 pandemic. Prof. Sutrisna Wibawa as the Rector of UNY revealed that there were already hundreds of food packages distributed to students.

"In the Faculty of Languages and Arts, the second batch of this program has been completed and successfully support almost 200 students.  In other faculties it has also begun to be coordinated and distributed with a total of hundreds of food packages, "said Sutrisna.

Elementary school students need varied learning media to understand lesson better. Salsabila Putri Isnaeni, Hanin Nur Nadiyah, Bintang Rahma Yudha Gatot and Lilik Windayani are students from Elementary School Education Study Program UNY who develop "Multilevel Snake Cake" to teach students the rights and obligations of students in their daily lives.

Quick healing on wound can be accelerated with compounds having anti-inflammatory properties to reduce the signs and symptoms of inflammation. Among these anti-inflammatory compounds are contained in the ketapang(terminalia catappa) leaves. . This attracted the attention of a group of UNY students, namely Asmi Aris (chemical education study program), Miya Kurniawati (sports coaching education program) and Jefri Eko Cahyono (communication science study program) to study ketapang leaves as an anti-inflammatory ointment.

Be alert, don't panic. Prof. Sutrisna Wibawa as the Rector of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) said that this philosophy continues to be emphasized by the campus to face the corona virus pandemic. In order to increase awareness of Corona, UNY launched a smartphone application to prevent the spreading of CIVID-19. This application is titled "Cova-Covid-19".

UNY Rugby Team managed to win UNUGIRI Rektor Cup after completing matches which started from 7 to 8 March 2020. This sport event was organized by Ruby Student Activity Unit of Universitas NU Sunan Giri (UNUGIRI) Bojonegoro. There were 6 universities participated namely: UNY, UNESA, UNS, UMS, UTP and UNUGIRI Bojonegoro.

UNY and Directorate General of Intellectual Property Ministry of Law and Human Rights signed Memorandum of Agreement on Center for Technology and Innovation Support. The signing ceremony was held on 10 March 2020 together with several universities. UNY was represented by the Vice Rector for Planning and Cooperation, Dr. rer. nat. Senam and Chairperson of the Institute for Research and Community Services, Prof. Dr. Suyanta, M.Sc.

Skin health is important. The lack of skin health care may cause skin problems such as wounds and acne.  They can be caused by staphylococcus aureus. To effectively deal with them, it is possible to use herbal soap . Ananda Aprilia and Annisa Nurrohmah, students from UNY Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences take the initiative to   develop herbal soap made of cassava leaves (manihot esculenta).