Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, where participants create a special vehicle that can perform as efficient fuel efficiency as possible. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world and has been held in Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States and Malaysia. The competition was participated by various participants ranging from amateurs to college teams and motor vehicle companies with various designs. Year 2018 Eco-Marathon held in Singapore on 7-11 March.

The availability of uneven and inexpensive water supply equipment, geographical location, access limitations, rising human population growth, and pollution of clean water sources, have an impact on the health and availability of clean water. This condition is the background of a number of students from Yogyakarta State University to create an innovative water purifier to overcome the problem of the availability of clean water is very limited. This innovation tool called REOSQUIDO.

A total of 10 students from Yala Rajabhat University (YRU) followed the credit transfer program from January to June 2018 at FMIPA UNY. The students were enrolled in Biology 7 students and 3 chemistry professors. The reception was held on Friday (2/1/18) in the faculty siding room attended by the Deans, Vice Deans I, Head of Dept and the Head of the Study Program of Chemistry and Biology.

As part of the development step towards World Class University, Yogyakarta State University continues to work together with universities / related institutions, major from abroad. Referring to the commitment, Yogyakarta State University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with one of the Polish universities, University of Gdansk - at the Main Senate Meeting Room on Wednesday (31/01/2018). The University of Gdansk (UG) is one of the top universities in Poland with an EECA ranking of 83 in 2017.

UNY students successfully create applications that can run on mobile devices, and provide parameters for air temperature against volcanic eruptions before the disaster disaster. Periodic air temperature measurements through this application can improve community preparedness in daily activities on the slopes of volcanoes, researchers in conducting research on volcanoes, and the government in determining the right time for rapid evacuation.

Friday (19/1), Faculty of Education (FIP) received a guest arrival from Prince of Songkla University of Thailand. During the visit, Prince of Songkla University sent two delegates from the Faculty of Education, Associate Professor. Theeraphong Kaenin and Associate Professor Chidehanok Churngchow. The arrival of the delegation is to discuss and study related teacher education especially in terms of curriculum, teaching, and evaluation.

KARANGMALANG, FLA UNY - Five students from Faculty of Languages and Arts of Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (FLA UNY) were sent to join the student exchange program to Aichi University of Education (AUE), Japan. The program that took place from 22 - 28 November 2017 was held as a continuation of the pioneering cooperation that has been drawn between Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) and AUE.

As part of the development step towards World Class University, Yogyakarta State University continues to work together with universities / related institutions, major from abroad. Referring to the commitment, Yogyakarta State University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with one of the universities from the Netherlands, Universiteit Voor Humanistiek - in the Main Senate Meeting Room on Friday (20/10/2017).