NEDC 2018 (National Economic Debate Competition) is one of the debate competitions held by Student Executive Board of Faculty of Economic, Universitas Negeri Malang (BEM FE UNM) with the debaters came from various leading universities in Indonesia. The debate aims to foster a critical, innovative, and creative soul. In addition as a container channeling the aspirations of students in criticizing issues in accordance with the theme. BEM FE UNM has the theme "Actualization of government policy for the stability of the national economy". The event was held on 12-13 May 2018, with a total prize of Rp 7,500,000. NEDC 2018 had three stages of preliminary round, semifinals (18 teams), and final round (4 teams)

NEDC 2018 was attended by 47 teams from all over Indonesia, such as Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara, Politeknik Keuangan Negara STAN, UPN Veteran, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Hasanuddin, STIE Perbanas, Brawijaya University, Universitas Pertamina, Universitas Telkom, and others. The "Equilibrium" team from UGM; Fernandi Army (Economics 2015), Rickfan Wijaya (Accounting 2016), and Jefri Andika Pakpahan (International Relations 2016) were able to reach final round along with teams from Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara (UMSU), Universitas Brawijaya, and Universitas Semen Indonesia Internasional.

In the final round, UGM competed against UMSU with a motion. "The President challenges bank bosses to lend to underprivileged students as an effort to reduce drop out students" and UGM as a proposition side. UGM succeeded to win the first place in this competition and Fernandi Army obtained Best Speaker Award in NEDC 2018.

Sumber: Fernandi Army