Sharia Finance Expo is an annual event held by UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA with many activities. Among them are bazaars, children's competitions, and one of them is the national student Islamic Economics Olympiad. This Olympiad was attended by students throughout Indonesia which consisted of 3 stages. The first stage is a written test, the second stage is a group discussion and the third stage is an essay presentation. This Olympics aims to increase the knowledge of the Rabbani generation regarding Islamic economic issues or problems which are becoming more complex day by day, so that it is hoped that in the future they can contribute to the development of Islamic economics. This year, SFE carries the theme " Optimizing the Role of Sharia Finance towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ". SFE is organized by HIMA Sharia Financial Management UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA Yogyakarta.
The initial selection for the Olympics is essay collection, the 10 best essay teams who have passed the collection stage can take part in the SFE semi-finals at UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA Yogyakarta on 28-30 October 2018.
The final agenda for the Islamic Economic Olympiad activities was a gala dinner held on October 30 2018 which ended with awarding the winners. 1st place was won by UIN MAULANA MALIK IBRAHIM, 2nd place was won by STEI TAZKIYA, and 3rd place was won by UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA .