Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta

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Looking through UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta's history means to reveal the story of the Indonesian Muslim struggle to have a higher education institution attributed to ‘Islamic value, modernity, and Indonesian. Therefore, the establishment of UIN is essentially a product of the Muslim’s aspiration to establish and develop an institution to educate students and become a reliable person in response to any community needs and changing times.

UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta originated from the Academy of the Service Academy of Religious Sciences (ADIA), established on June 1, 1957. ADIA itself was an official academy under the management of the Ministry of Religious Affairs. ADIA was established by the Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs, No. 1 of 1957. This institution was intended to educate and prepare civil servants to teach Islamic courses in Secondary Schools, Vocational Schools, and Religious Schools.

At its inception, ADIA occupied Islamic University Jakarta (UIJ) in Madura Street before moving to Limo Street (UHAMKA now) in the following year. ADIA moved to Culture Centrum (KS) Campus in Ciputat (UIN now) in the third year. At that time, ADIA had only 43 students divided into two departments: Department of Shari'a (Religious Education) and Department of Lughat al Arabiyah (Department of Arabic Language) and the Special Department for Army’s Religious Leaders as Arabic was the instructional Language. The Indonesian Language was only used as an instructional language for general courses.

"UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is towards a world-class university by integrating science, Islamic value, and Indonesian-ness" is the university's vision. Mission statements provide excellent and relevant higher education as a tool to develop science, create social transformation, and increase national competitiveness. To organize a higher education within a useful cultural and structural framework, integrity, and accountability.

Objectives:

• To improve the quality of education and teaching, which results in improved qualified and competent graduates.
• To improve research quality and quantity, scientific publications, and community service  in order to enhance education quality and competitiveness.
• To improve coordination and synergy among units in order to strengthen the culture and structure of the organization.
• To improve enforcement of the sound governance principles at every university managerial area.

UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, since 2007, has used Knowledge, Piety, and Integrity as its motto. This motto was first conveyed by Rector of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Prof. Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat, in the speech at the 67th graduation ceremony of the academic year 2006/2007

Knowledge implies that UIN Syarif Hidayatullah has committed to creating intelligent, creative, and innovative human resources. UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta also intends to play a significant  role in learning activities, discoveries, and engagements of research results to the public. Those are forms of UIN's responsibility to build human resources in Indonesia. UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta wants to be the source of Islamic value formulation in line with modernity and Indonesian-ness. Therefore, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta offers Islamic studies, social and political studies, and economic and modern science and technology -including medical science from an integration perspective.

Piety suggests that UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta commits to developing an inner quality in piety among academicians. Individual piety (which is reflected in the terms relationship with Allah) and social piety (which is reflected in the terms relationship with others) is the basis for the academicians of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta in building broader social relations.

Integrity represents that the academicians of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta are adherent to personal ethical values as a basis for decision-making and day-to-day behavior. Integrity also implies that the academicians should have confidence, at the same time, and respect other groups. The motto (Knowledge, Piety, and Integrity) contains a spirit to realize a civilized campus and produces graduates with depth knowledge, sincerity, and stable personality.

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