The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM), held a handover ceremony and inauguration for the leadership of the Student Executive Board (BEM), Student Representative Council (BPM), Department Student Associations (HMJ), and Student Activity Units (LK) for the 2026 term at Universitas Gadjah Mada.

The handover ceremony, which took place on Thursday (12/2/2026), was marked by the reading of an oath by the representative of the 2025 organization management, Sulthan Faiq Yunizar (Economics 2023), and the representative of the 2026 organization management, Matthew Nasry Kwejaori (Management 2024), symbolizing the end of the previous management period and the beginning of the new one. read more

In 2026, something new is happening at FEB UGM.

Accountable asset management is one of the key foundations of university governance.

Late-night email notifications, work messages on weekends, and the habit of completing tasks during break time have now become part of many workers’ routines.

Providing collaborative spaces is one of the key elements in building a productive and innovative academic culture.

The sound of kentungan (traditional bamboo slit drums), mask dances, and the warm welcome of villagers marked the beginning of an unforgettable cultural experience for international students of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM).

The role of universities as centers of knowledge development was a key focus of the talk show titled Higher Education for Impact & Adaptive Graduates, organized by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM).

The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM), welcomed 51 international students through a series of orientation activities that introduced the academic environment of FEB UGM and the social and cultural life in Yogyakarta.

A widely circulated infographic on social media recently claimed that Indonesia ranks as the second-poorest country in the world, reporting a poverty rate of 60.3 per cent, compared with Zimbabwe’s 84.2 per cent, and attributed the figures to the World Bank.

Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University (FEB UGM), as well as the Poverty and Inequality Research Division/EQUITAS (Equitable Transformation for Alleviating Poverty and Inequality), Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho, Ph.D., said that the World Bank has never issued any documents through the Global Poverty Line, Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), nor the Macro Poverty Outlook that mentions Indonesia as the second poorest country in the world. read more

The shadow economy, economic activities that go unrecorded, poses a challenge to a country’s economy.