The Department of Physics Education, FMIPA UNY has two undergraduate study programs (S1 Physics Education and S1 Physics) and one master study program (S2 Physics Education). In December 2021, the three study programs which initially had A accreditation have now received Superior accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Higher Education (BAN PT). This brings a breath of fresh air to the academic community of the UNY Physics Department.

Athi' Nur Auliati Rahmah, an FMIPA UNY student, is one of the Teaching Students of the Class I Teaching Campus program. The Teaching Campus is one of the Independent Campus programs organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture to assist learning in elementary schools (SD) with maximum C accreditation in remote areas of Indonesia. Athi', who comes from Madura, is placed at SDN Guluk-Guluk II, Kec. Guluk-Guluk, Kab. Sumenep, Madura, East Java. He served in his remote village for approximately three months.

Laatifah (Physics 2018) and Furi Ningsih Sri Sukowati (Physics Education 2018) managed to get 1st place in MTQ (Musabaqoh Tilawatil Quran) UNY which was held on 26-27 February 2021 and 2nd place in MTQMN (National Student Musabaqoh Tilawatil Quran) which was held on 3- April 4 2021. Please note that the MTQ event is organized internally by UNY, while MTQM is organized by UNY at the national level. The team guided by Mr. Khafidh Nur Aziz, M. Sc. This is superior to the 400 participants throughout Indonesia who took part in MTQMN.

Athi' Nur Auliati Rahmah (Physics Education 2018) and Bian Itsna A A (Physics 2019), who are part of the UNY Physics Education Department Team, won 2nd place in the Chemistry Competition (CeC) scientific writing competition on March 13 2021 yesterday. CeC is an annual competition organized by the Chemistry Student Association, FMIPA, UNY.

In this competition, Athi' and Bian competed in the final round against eleven teams from various universities in Indonesia, such as ITB, IPB, UB, Udayana, UNS, Unhas, and Jember State Polytechnic.