UNY has again made history by admitting a prospective student whose age is far younger than the average. Fairuz Khalishah Sastaviana succeeded in passing the selection and was declared the youngest student at UNY for the 2025/2026 academic year, at the very young age of 16 years and 3 months.
Known affectionately as Fairuz, she was admitted into the Bachelor’s programme in English Language Education, Faculty of Languages, Arts and Culture, UNY through the Independent Selection CBT (...
The student choir PSM Swara Wadhana from UNY continued to carve out a proud achievement on the world stage. The choir successfully brought home three prestigious awards from the Taipei International Choral Competition 2025 (TICC 2025) held in Taipei, Taiwan. At the competition, which was attended by dozens of choirs from various countries, PSM Swara Wadhana demonstrated outstanding vocal quality and musicianship.
Their achievements at TICC are: Winner of Ethnic/Traditional Music...
The student choir PSM Swara Wadhana from UNY continued to carve out a proud achievement on the world stage. The choir successfully brought home three prestigious awards from the Taipei International Choral Competition 2025 (TICC 2025) held in Taipei, Taiwan. At the competition, which was attended by dozens of choirs from various countries, PSM Swara Wadhana demonstrated outstanding vocal quality and musicianship.
Their achievements at TICC are: Winner of Ethnic/Traditional Music...
An inspirational scene was seen recently at Kampung Emas Krapyak IX, Seyegan, Sleman — a group of foreign students from various countries studying at UNY enthusiastically learned “ngarit” or cutting grass for livestock feed. This activity is part of a community service programme initiated by UNY’s International Office to introduce local culture and build closeness with the countryside community. The programme is attended by students from Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Mozambique and Madagascar....
An inspirational scene was seen recently at Kampung Emas Krapyak IX, Seyegan, Sleman — a group of foreign students from various countries studying at UNY enthusiastically learned “ngarit” or cutting grass for livestock feed. This activity is part of a community service programme initiated by UNY’s International Office to introduce local culture and build closeness with the countryside community. The programme is attended by students from Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Mozambique and Madagascar....
Sexual violence against young children is becoming an increasingly serious concern. In response to this challenge, a group of UNY students developed an educational innovation in the form of a sexuality-learning game application called “Do and Don’t”. The innovation is designed to instil an important understanding of body boundaries and preventive actions against sexual violence starting from elementary-school ages. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta The development team, led by Suci Rohmawati (...
Sexual violence against young children is becoming an increasingly serious concern. In response to this challenge, a group of UNY students developed an educational innovation in the form of a sexuality-learning game application called “Do and Don’t”. The innovation is designed to instil an important understanding of body boundaries and preventive actions against sexual violence starting from elementary-school ages. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta The development team, led by Suci Rohmawati (...
Sexual violence against young children is becoming an increasingly serious concern. In response to this challenge, a group of UNY students developed an educational innovation in the form of a sexuality-learning game application called “Do and Don’t”. The innovation is designed to instil an important understanding of body boundaries and preventive actions against sexual violence starting from elementary-school ages. Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta The development team, led by Suci Rohmawati (...
UNY continues to assert its role as a change-driving campus through the “UNY Berdampak” programme, which aligns with the national “Dikti Saintek Berdampak” initiative from the Ministry of Education, Research and Technology. One concrete form is community empowerment in the processing of jatropha seeds (Jatropha curcas L.) into a source of renewable fuel, implemented at Pasar Blumbang Mataram, Wirokerten, Bantul. The activity is part of a professors’ assignment grant from UNY and involves...
