On Friday, September 29 2023, the Master of Science and Doctoral Program turns 43 years old. As an expression of gratitude, the MD FEB UGM Program held a thanksgiving event by inviting all active students, teaching lecturers and education staff. The event was held in the courtyard of the FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral Program Building and started at 13.00 WIB with the presentation of a report from the management representative by Mr. Fu’ad Rakhman, S.E., M.Sc., Ph.D., CA., as Head of the Study Program Master of Science in Accounting. Then, the event continued with remarks from the Dean of FEB UGM, represented by Mr. Bayu Sutikno, S.E., M.S.M., Ph.D., as Deputy Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, FEB UGM.

Friday, 22 September 2023, the FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral Program again held an activity entitled thesis development with vocal training material for academic presentations. In this material, the MD FEB UGM Program presents Mr. Rayhan Sudrajat, a professional musician and Indonesian ethnomusicologist as a resource person. This activity is carried out online and is mandatory for all students who are writing a thesis and is expected to provide solutions to students related to problems in presentations such as not having a loud voice, unclear articulation, tense tone of voice, monotone or nervous voice style.

Friday, 15 September 2023, the FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral Program held a Thesis Coaching activity with Bibliometric Analysis material delivered by Ms. Arizona Mustika Rini, SE, M.Bus(Acc)., Ph.D., Ak., CA. The activity, which is mandatory for students who are writing their final assignments, is held at the BRI Auditorium, Fl. 3 FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral Program Building.

REACH: Mind Power and Control for Students activity which was presented by Mr. Denny Farabi. This activity, which aims to optimize students’ thoughts and emotions so they can learn more effectively, is mandatory and is participated in by active students of the FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral Program.

On Friday, September 8 2023, the FEB UGM Master of Science and Doctoral (MD) Program held an open doctoral examination in Economics for the promotion of Asih Murwiati. Secretary of the Department of Economics FEB UGM, Eny Sulistyaningrum, M.A., Ph.D., acted as Chair of the Session. Also present was Prof. Catur Sugiyanto, M.A., Ph.D., as promoter and Elan Satriawan, M.Ec., PhD., as co-promoter. In this open exam, the assessing team was Prof. Lincolin Arsyad, M.Sc., Ph.D., Dr. Evi Noor Afifah, S.E., M.S.E., and Dr. Evita Hanie Pangaribowo, MIDEC. The testing team is Dr. Ardito Bhinadi, M.Sc. and Dr. Rudy Badrudin, M.Sc. Apart from that, the open examination was also attended by the doctoral candidate’s family, work relatives and invited guests.