SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
UGM opens the 3rd ICIHES 2025 in Yogyakarta, strengthening global collaboration in Islamic economics and the halal industry.
UGM psychology graduate Rizal Galih Pradana earns a perfect 4.00 GPA, completing his master’s degree in just 1 year and 10 months.
UGM’s Innovation and Creativity Center (GIK UGM) will host the 2025 Global EduFair, featuring 18 universities from 17 countries to strengthen global education ties.
UGM Rector emphasizes the need for universities to accelerate research downstreaming and innovation to achieve Indonesia Emas 2045.
UGM Accounting students win First National Title at KBMK 2025 with innovative investigative audit analysis in government procurement cases.
Animal Science UGM advances dairy industry research downstreaming with patented feed and milk innovations to boost productivity.
UGM Tourism Program assists Banyumanik Village, Gunungkidul, in developing community-based tourism through asset mapping and storytelling.
UGM strengthens international collaboration through APAIE 2025 to promote inclusive, adaptive education rooted in local wisdom.
UGM’s economist highlights high informal employment as a sign of structural poverty, urging stronger job formalization and vocational training.
UGM academics raise concerns over weak verification and hasty implementation in Indonesia’s 80,000 Merah Putih Village Cooperatives program.
UGM research team promotes circular economy collaboration between oil palm and cattle farming to boost sustainability in North Konawe’s transmigration area.
UGM economist Dr. Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho criticizes Indonesia’s employment policies as being short-term and insufficient to address youth unemployment.
UGM Faculty of Biology collaborates with 77 schools from 19 provinces to expand access to education and career pathways through international programs.
UGM encourages the preservation of classical batik through innovation, digital technology, and the empowerment of MSMEs to sustain cultural heritage.
UGM student team develops eco-friendly hydrogel scaffold from water hyacinth and microalgae to accelerate diabetic wound healing.
UGM conferred 1,094 postgraduate degrees in its October 2025 graduation ceremony, with the vice rector calling for stronger alumni collaboration.
UGM’s Simfoni Team from the Faculty of Economics and Business wins first place at UNDIP’s 2025 Accounting Paper Competition.
UGM fiscal policy expert calls for more efficient and productive spending as Indonesia records a Rp371.5 trillion state budget deficit in 2025.
UGM postgraduate students are encouraged to develop behavioral, leadership, and technical competencies to excel in their professional careers.
UGM earns second place in the 2025 Mandaya Award for its innovative and sustainable community empowerment program in Gunungkidul.
UGM Patriot Expedition Team identifies leading agricultural and plantation commodities in the Muting Transmigration Area, Merauke, South Papua.
UGM students empower PKK Lestari Ngalian to turn traditional empon-empon crops into innovative food products with economic value.
UGM Student Creativity Program for Entrepreneurship (PKM-K) team creates Stivalution, an eco-friendly bio-pellet fuel made from plastic waste and rice husks to support sustainable industries...
UGM veterinary lecturers share causes and treatments for sudden fish deaths in freshwater ponds to help improve farmers’ aquaculture practices.
UGM encourages MSMEs to adopt 3D printing to boost innovation, efficiency, and product value in the food industry.
UGM Professor Wahyudi Kumorotomo says the Prabowo-Gibran administration’s oversized cabinet has led to policy overlap and low budget absorption.
UGM students develop Enu-Cenner, an automated tool to accelerate traditional ice cream production and support local MSMEs in Yogyakarta.
UGM’s Center for Tourism Studies (Puspar UGM) recommends three strategies to boost sustainable tourism and diversify Berau’s economy beyond mining.
UGM and LPS collaborate to expand access to higher education for underprivileged students while advancing research, competency, and financial literacy.
UGM students develop Smart Fish Sorter, a sensor-based tool to automate catfish sorting and improve farmers’ productivity.