Universitas Gadjah Mada together with the Bandung Institute of Technology, Bogor Agricultural Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry University, and the University of Nottingham collaborated to form the United Kingdom-Indonesia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Sciences (UKICIS).

The Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) paid a visit to Universitas Gadjah Mada led by the Head of BIG, Prof. Muh Aris Marfai, and welcomed by the Rector of UGM, Prof.