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The State Islamic University of Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang was established by Presidential Decree No. 50 on June 21 st 2004. Realizing the ideas of several East Java famous figures to establish Islamic higher educational institutions under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Establishment committee of IAIN Surabaya Branch was found through the Ministry of Religious Affairs'Decree No. 17 of 1961. This committee was assigned to establish the Faculty of Shariah in Surabaya and the Faculty of Tarbiyah in Malang. Both are faculty branches of IAIN Sunan Kalijaga, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Religious Affairs on October 28, 1961. On October 1 st 1964 Faculty of Islamic Theology(Ushuluddin) was also established in Kediri through the Ministry of Religious Affairs' Decree No. 66/1964. In its development, the three branches of the faculty were merged and structurally administered under the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Sunan Ampel as established in the Ministry of Religious Affairs'Decree No. 20 1965. Based on this decree, the Faculty of Tarbiyah Malang became a branch faculty of IAIN Sunan Ampel. In a subsequent development, through Presidential Decree No. 11, 1997, the Faculty of Tarbiyah Malang IAIN Sunan Ampel changed its status into a State Islamic Institute of Malang (STAIN) by other faculty branches of IAIN in Indonesia, 33 institutes in total. Therefore, since that time, STAIN Malang had become an independent institute of Islamic higher education apart from IAIN SunanAmpel. In the strategic development plan, as stated in the Strategic Plan of STAIN Malang's Ten Year Development Plan (1998 / 1999-2008 / 2009), in the second half period of its development, STAIN Malang transformed its institutional status from an institute into a university. Through earnest efforts, the proposal to increase its status into a university was approved by President as manifested in the Presidential Decree No. 50, dated June 21, 2004, and was inaugurated by the Minister, Prof. H. A. Malik Fajar, M.Sc on behalf of the President on October 8, 2004, by the name of the State Islamic University (UIN) Malang with its main task was to conduct a program higher education in the Islamic religious sciences and general sciences. Thus, June 21 st 2004, is used as the birthday of this University. The University had once been named Indonesia-Sudan Islamic University (UIIS) as the implementation of cooperation between the Indonesian and Sudan government. It was inaugurated by the Vice President, Dr. H. Hamzah Haz, on July 21 st 2002, which was also attended by high officials of the Sudanese government. In the theoretical paradigm, the University develops knowledge from the scientific methods through logical reasoning such as observation, experimentation, surveys, interviews, and so on and from the Quran and Hadith, which is known as the integration paradigm. Therefore, the position of Islamic studies subjects such as the Qur'an and the Hadith, and Fiqh are very central in the framework of scientific knowledge integration. Located in Jalan Gajayana 50, Dinoyo Malang with 14 hectares campus area, this University modernizes itself physically since September 2005 with the Rector's building, faculty, administrative offices, lecture, laboratories, student affairs, training, sports, business center, polyclinic, mosques, and boarding school using the funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) through the IDB Approval Letter No. 41 / IND / 1287 dated August 17, 2004. On January 27, 2009, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, agreed to title the University with The State Islamic University of Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang. Given the name is relatively long, on the speech on the 4th anniversary, the Rector abbreviated the University's name into UIN Maliki. With Magnificent and modern physical performance and through determination, passion, and strong commitment of all members of the academic and by pleading the blessing and guidance of Allah the Almighty, the University aims to be the center of excellence and the center of Islamic civilization as a step to implement the teachings of Islam as a mercy to the world (al Islam Rahmat li al- alamin). View full university