Five Medals for UMS at Inventors Day 2025

Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) once again achieved outstanding success at the Indonesia Inventors Day (IID) 2025, held on 11–14 September 2025 at Smesco Exhibition Hall, Jakarta. Through innovation and creativity, five UMS student teams secured a total of two silver medals and three bronze medals.

The Mynterke Team, with its Educational Game innovation to help students better understand school subjects, and the Phisio Connect Team, with its breakthrough on independent measurement of standard bone positions, each won silver medals.

Meanwhile, three other UMS teams proudly brought home bronze medals. The Xantoria Team developed an analgesic medicine derived from mangosteen peel; the Sadhara Team created a digital application supporting mental health; and the Yica Team innovated the use of water hyacinth in the composition of a facial cleansing soap.

Group photo of all UMS delegations after securing the prestigious medals at Indonesia Inventors Day 2025, Smesco Exhibition Hall, Jakarta, 14 September 2025. Private Documentation.

Director of the Directorate of Student Affairs and Talent Innovation Development (DKPTI) UMS, Ir. Ahmad Kholid Al Ghofari, S.T., M.T., expressed his gratitude for the achievement.

“Alhamdulillah, we are truly grateful and proud of our students’ accomplishments. This is not merely a victory of medals, but a triumph of creativity, hard work, and commitment to providing real solutions for society,” Kholid stated on Sunday (21/9/2025).

According to him, the proactive approach strategy is carried out through three pillars: Student Club (UKM), faculty innovation laboratories, and talent scouting programs implemented at the beginning of each semester to discover talented students. He noted that this victory proves the effectiveness of mentoring strategies while also demonstrating consistent achievements across faculties.

Kholid urged all students never to hesitate in dreaming big. “Innovation begins with the courage to ask, ‘What if?’ Be an agent of change, no matter how small your contribution may seem,” he encouraged.

Muhammad Al Fatih Hendrawan, S.T., M.T., as Head of Talent, Innovation, and Achievement Sub-Directorate (DKPTI), explained that UMS provides full mentoring for each team from the very beginning of the proposal stage. He emphasized that UMS has a long-term strategy in developing student potential.

“Mentoring is conducted from the initial proposal drafting, by assigning a faculty advisor to each team, appointing a team of reviewers, conducting feasibility tests through idea presentations and feedback from reviewers, and holding readiness presentations before departure, involving reviewers, faculty advisors, and vice deans for student affairs,” he said.

Fatih also explained that one of the challenges in preparing for the 2025 IID competition was ensuring that innovations and creative ideas had strong business development potential. Therefore, at the internal level, teams were also selected based on idea presentations that demonstrated the business potential of their proposed innovations.

In addition, DKPTI UMS collaborates with vice deans for student affairs in each faculty to identify and group students’ interests and talents. Fatih stated that competitions are a concrete way for students to improve their competencies.

“To enhance a student’s value, there must be real challenges. The greater the challenge faced, the greater the improvement in a student’s value,” he added.

Writer: Roselia Puspita Asri

Editor: Maysali Sudarwati

Translator: Farizal Luqman Majid