Winning a gold medal for the birthplace, of course, is a matter of pride. That is what Pratiwi Adhiati Kusumawardani felt, the students of class of 2012 of Department of Management, Faculty of Economics (FE) YSu. The struggle over the last year has yielded a great result. Together with her teammate, Tiwi, usually she is called, also contributed a gold medal for the Special District of Yogyakarta (DIY) in the Aquatic Synchronized Swimming number at the National Sports Week in 2016 in Bandung.

Automotive Engineering Education Department held a public lecture in collaboration with Dr. Horizon Gitano-Briggs, of Focus Applied Technologies, Penang Malaysia (27/09-2016) in the Hall of KPLT FE YSU. The visiting Professor of the University Science Malaysia shared tips for succeeding in the Shell eco-marathon race.

Rizal Justian Setiawan, student majoring in Mechanical Engineering Education FE YSU, along with four students of the Yogyakarta State University, Fauziyyah Diyah (Chemistry, 2014), Titik Wulandari (Mathematics, 2014), Shinta Hanifati (Physics, 2013) and Rizka Alina (English Education, 2013) have marked another achievement in an International Competition.

Yamaguchi University, Japan sent their students again, to collaborate with students of Engine Technique Education, Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University (9-26 / 9/2016). FE YSU’s collaboration with Yamaguchi has been going on for a long time and has produced several concept designs to provide benefit in the community. This is the fourth year, where Yamaguchi sent students to the FE YSU to collaborate in the field of mechanics.

Kangan Institute Australia in collaboration with the Educational Clothing Technique Study Program Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University (FE YSU) are in the development of batik design and the exploration Indonesian batik business’ potential of in the international world. Kangan Institute sends eleven Textile and Fashion students to learn batik ranging from the type, style, history and up to the batik process.

Taking place in the Main Court Room, Rector’s Building, Yogyakarta State University, Monday (19/9/2016) the international students who currently study at YSU joined the Welcome Ceremony which was organized by the (OIAP) YSU. Some of the students are coming from Thailand, China, India, Vietnam, South Korea, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and countries from the Africa continent.

With the rapid advancement of technology and the digitalization process in various fields, people are required to make changes in the behaviour of social, economic, and business. Without changing the mind-set and way of working, it is difficult to obtain economic stability and prosperity of society. With this background, the Faculty of Economics (FE) YSU held an International Conference on Ethics of Business, Economics, and Social Science (ICEBESS) 2016 (16/9).

YSU’s student of FMS, Mathematics Study Program Rifaldy Fajar, is again marking an achievement by successfully winning a silver medal in the event of The 1st India International Innovation Fair 2016 (IIIF in 2016) in Bangalore, India held on September 9 to 11 at the BIEC. This activity is organized by the Indian Innovators Association (IIA) in cooperation with the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA)

Yogyakarta State University (YSU) organized the International Conference on Vocational Education and Training (ICVET) 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel (15 / 09-2016),  with the theme of "Strengthening TVET in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)". The annual event, a collaboration of the Faculty of Engineering and the Graduate School is aimed to contribute to the improvement of the quality of vocational education to produce the Human Resources (HR) in Indonesia who are skilled and competent, thus can be accepted in other countries.