It is a biennial national scientific writing competition for students held by the Islamic Economics Study (KEI) Faculty of Economics and Business, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta. SETiA 8th carries the theme "Potential of Sharia-Based Technopreneurship Facing the Industrial Revolution 4.0". This activity was held with the aim of enabling students to improve their abilities in responding to future challenges from their insights and knowledge regarding the issues raised. The series of SETiA 8th competitions ^began with abstract selection followed by full paper selection which ultimately called the top 15 finalists from all universities in Indonesia to present their work on November 22-24, 2018. The series of events included a technical meeting, full paper presentation, national seminar, gala dinner and field trip.

On this occasion, Universitas Airlangga qualified to send 3 best delegates. The three delegates were Ananda Olga Ulima, Fatoni Mahendra Kurniawan, Sandika Passadini, Abdul Ghofur, Galuh Widagdo, and Ibnu Jauzi. They represented the Islamic Economics undergraduate study program. The topics of their scientific papers were varied. The Ananda Olga Ulima team created an innovation, namely Halalkan.com, an online platform based on applications and websites that functions as a supplier of halal food and beverage needs that focuses on MSMEs and the community. The Sandika team discussed peer-to-peer lending sharia combined with waqf as a source of financing for borrowers. Meanwhile, the Galuh team discussed the establishment of the Sharia Farmer Investment Institution (LIPS). Barakallah and Alhamdulillah, two UNAIR teams managed to win 2 champions at the 8th SETiA ^. The Ananda Olga Ulima team won 2nd place and the Sandika team won 3rd place.