The USU Choir won a Gold Medal, third-place honorable mention, and sixth place among 25 universities at the final round of the 2026 Church Choir Festival (PESPARAWI), held at Universitas Tarumanagara (UNTAR) on October 20–23, 2026.

A student team from Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), representing the Sikonek Robotics Student Activity Unit and the IC Design Study Club (ICDESC), won Honorable Mention 1 (fourth place) at the Deeptech Hackathon 2026 in Bandung. The achievement was earned through the development of an AI model and its implementation in hardware for digital chip design. The team advanced to the final round as one of 15 finalists out of 59 participating teams.

USU has successfully advanced six Student Creativity Program (PKM) teams to the 39th National Student Scientific Week (PIMNAS), to be held at Universitas Diponegoro in Semarang from November 2–7, 2026.

The SDErrr Team from the USU Faculty of Law won second place and the Most Outstanding award in the 2026 national Role of State and Regional Budgets in Regional Development Competition organized by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia.

Taufik Ihsan Harahap, a student in the Civil Engineering Study Program at the USU Faculty of Engineering, won a Bronze Medal in the Poster Presentation category under the Agriculture subtheme at the PENA 3 National Essay Competition, held in Bandung on October 3–4, 2026.