Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, in partnership with the Ministry of National Education, offers students chances to participate in MBKM activities, including the 2023 innovative research program. One of the student teams taking part in the 2023 MBKM innovative research activity is a Biology Education Department team made up of three students and one of their teachers.

UNY students are an essential part of the climate change campaign. One of the attempts is the dissemination of the dangers of climate change. UNY students who are members of the Research UKM have released two articles, namely about the danger of plastic waste and the latest updates regarding Indonesia's environmental conditions in the context of world environment day.