Each academic year will have  the Introduction of Campus Life for New Students Program or PKKMB for UNY new students. The soft skills program hopefully will help the freshmen to enter university life.  They will also have general lecture that will give the hint on how to succeed in digital era and the importance of time management that can be quite different compared with high school life.

The Double Degree Program for the master's degree between Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) and National Central University (NCU) Taiwan is one of the collaborative programs between the two institutions that have been running. This program has produced graduates with high competitiveness and competency.

Indonesia has rich medicinal plants.  Unfortunately, the lack of information or research has made these valuable plants are not fully utilized or developed. For this reason, Andi Kurnia (Mathematics Education), Qonitah (Chemistry Education), Khusnul Mutohharoh (Biology Education), Khoirriah Widyasari (Biology Education), and David Suryo Negoro (Economic Education) developed anti-mosquito lotion as well as skin care from extracts biduri (calontropis gigantean) leaves.

Bullying cannot be underestimated. If it is not prevented, this can threaten mental health which will have an impact on one's physical health, harmony between people, and national integration. However, there is one type of abuse that is still often underestimated by most people, even though the effects are quite powerful, namely verbal abuse. Verbal abuse is a form of violation of politeness language values.

As a country surrounded by three main plates of the world, namely Eurasia, Indoaustralia and the Pacific and being passed by a series of active volcanoes, Indonesia is vulnerable to disasters, especially the potential of earthquakes to tsunamis. To minimize any potential casualities, an early detection system is needed.

Professional Teacher Program or PPG is a strategic government program that aimed to improve the quality of teachers. The quality of education is largely determined by the quality of the teacher. UNESCO finding on the quality of education from basic capabilities put Indonesia rank in the bottom 10 of 72 countries. This is a serious challenges despite of the fact that government has allocated more funds for education development.

Monica Anselia Shinta Sulistyo from Mathematics Edducation Study Program has participated in both international teaching program and credit transfer. She has completed the teaching practice program at Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Kulai, Malaysia. She taught 10th and 11th grade subjects in Mathematics. It is interesting to know that she also got the chance to teach Javanese language. "While teaching about a month there is something surprising that children there love it and memorize Indonesian dangdut songs that are being hit at that time,’Kangen '," Monica said.

Students of UNY Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty have developed a tool to boost the crop production. The tool known as Portable Sonic Bloom(P-SON). Students who developing this innovation are Aisyah Nurul Iqlima, Verawati Eka Yuliana, Fajria Haniifah (Chemical Education), Muhammad Faqihul Imam (Physics), and Ana Fitriani (Mathematics).

Indonesia has rich traditional fabrics such as batik and lurik from Yogyakarta or gringsing and endek from Bali. Along with the traditional woven fabrics, there are modernized fabric manufacturers that produced printed batik and linen. It allows faster production process compared with traditional woven fabrics. To keep people interest on traditional woven fabrics, a team of UNY students designed the Eco Culture Fashion which gave a new feel to traditional weaving that woven fabrics do not have in general.