UGM student team brought victory in the national level English debate competition “2023 National University Debating Championship (NUDC)” which was held at Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Serang, Banten on 5-12 June 2023. The UGM delegation at NUDC 2023 consisted of 2 debaters, namely Ryan Kusnadi (Faculty of Engineering 2020) and Anak Agung Gde Satwika Ananta (Faculty of Law 2020), and 1 N1 adjudicator, namely Jason Valentino Samvero (Faculty of Law 2021). The UGM NUDC debate team won 1st place at the national level. read more

Gadjah Mada Building and Bridge Community (GMBB) has been crowned the winner of the International BIM Innovation Competition (IBIC) in the Civil Engineering Innovation Contest (CEIC). IBIC is an international competition for all students from tertiary institutions that provides the opportunity to develop a better understanding of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) concept. The idea was to get students to compete in creating an 11-story building model with an area of 18,000 m² using Building Information Modeling (BIM) which includes building modeling (architectural, structural, MEP), structural analysis, material volume calculations, and cost budgeting calculations. read more

Gadjah Mada University’s SEMAR Community achieved two titles at the Autonomous Programming Competition 2023 by winning 1st place for SEMAR Proto UGM and 3rd place for SEMAR Urban UGM. In this competition, students from different parts of the world competed to create a self-driving car control program (Autonomous Vehicle) from a vehicle to reach maximum efficiency. This competition was held to hone students’ skills in building path-planning algorithms, vehicle control, and vehicle perception. ROS (Robotic Operating System) was used in this competition as an environment to communicate with vehicles through the algorithm designed. The assessed aspect in this year’s competition was the mileage (km/kWh), which is an efficient indication of the vehicle. The higher the mileage value, the more efficient the car is to drive. During the testing, the committee would run the algorithm that has been designed via a server. Other cars would then appear randomly, and the designed car program must be able to avoid collisions with these other cars. The cars also should neither exceed a certain speed limit nor violate traffic signs. read more

The UGM MTQ contingent has recorded another achievement in various categories at The UNY National Student MTQ 2023 (MTQMN UNY #3 2023) that was held by the State University of Yogyakarta. This competition was carried out online starting from March to April. There were 12 categories competed, namely Quran Recitation Musabaqa (Men/Women) [MTQ], Quran Tajweed Musabaqa (Men/Women) [MTarQ], Quran Memorization Musabaqa (10 Juz, 20 Juz) [MHQ], Quran Knowledge Musabaqa [MFQ], Quran Syarhil Musabaqa [MSQ], Quranic Art Musabaqa (Contemporer / Decoration) [MKQ], Quran Scientific Writing Musabaqa [MKTIQ], Quran Application Design Musabaqa [MDAQ], Quranic Content English Debate Musabaqa [MDI], Nasheed Musabaqa [MN], Salawat on Prophet Recitation Musabaqa [MPSN], and Adhan Musabaqa [MA]. read more