Global Impact Metrics: UIN Jakarta Clinches Premier Tier Recognition as a Top Gender-Responsive University

CIREBON, UIN Online News – The Center for Gender and Child Studies (PSGA) under the Institute for Research and Community Engagement (LP2M) at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta secured a major national milestone by positioning the university within the elite "UTAMA" (Premier Tier) Gender-Responsive Higher Education ranking. Conferred at the 2026 Gender-Responsive Higher Education (PTRG) Awards, this prestigious accolade officially verifies UIN Jakarta's structural commitment to institutionalizing gender mainstreaming and safeguarding the rights of women, children, and vulnerable demographics across academia.

The state accolade was presented during the closing assembly of the National Consolidation of Islamic Higher Education Center for Gender and Child Studies, held at the SBSN Cyber Building, UIN Siber Syekh Nurjati Cirebon, on Thursday, July 2, 2026. The national summit functions as a high-level strategic forum for state universities, ministerial delegates, and multi-sector stakeholders to share scalable blueprints, reinforce security networks, and drive the acceleration of highly inclusive, safe, and gender-equitable campuses.

UIN Jakarta secured the premier status alongside an elite cohort of 14 other progressive Islamic institutions evaluated as having cleared rigorous quality audits evaluating comprehensive gender-responsive corporate governance and field execution.

To maintain a continuous national quality pipeline, the Ministry of Religious Affairs also designated 14 institutions within the Intermediate Tier (Madya) and 15 institutions in the Primary Tier (Pratama).

The Head of PSGA UIN Jakarta, Dr. Hj. Wiwi Siti Syajaroh, clarified that securing the Premier Tier stands as formal state validation of the systematic innovations and operational programs driven by her office. These systemic interventions encompass the engineering of airtight gender-responsive campus statutes, the optimization of legal protection and counseling clinics for the academic community, the delivery of professional gender-equity training modules, and dense cross-sector collaborations to establish an academic environment free from harassment.

“This structural landmark is the direct result of a consolidated execution involving university executives, faculty deans, senior researchers, administrative personnel, and our student body who share an absolute alignment in driving gender mainstreaming across UIN Jakarta. This award operates as a profound institutional mandate for our office to continuously deliver a safer, more transparent, and equitable campus for everyone,” Dr. Syajaroh, who also lectures at the Faculty of Theology (Ushuluddin), explained.

Concurrently, the Head of LP2M UIN Jakarta, Prof. Amelia Fauzia, Ph.D., highly commended the milestone, analyzing that the success reflects UIN Jakarta's long-term consistency in embedding human rights and equity values directly into the university's corporate governance framework.

“PSGA occupies an intensely strategic role in reinforcing our inclusive academic culture. The center has evolved beyond a traditional research unit, operating effectively as the primary operational engine that births structural policies, specialized field mentorships, and academic civic missions that actively address gender vulnerabilities,” Prof. Fauzia remarked.

Echoing this executive pride, the Rector of UIN Jakarta, Prof. Asep Saepudin Jahar, Ph.D., asserted that this national triumph directly advances UIN Jakarta’s strategic master plan to operate as a premier, globally competitive, and deeply inclusive research university.

“This milestone empirically proves that UIN Jakarta does not merely score high marks in academic metrics, scientific publications, and traditional teaching. We maintain an uncompromising corporate commitment toward constructing a university ecosystem that honors human dignity, absolute equity, and social justice for every single individual. I explicitly charge the entire academic community to back PSGA in expanding these innovations so that inclusive values are permanently woven into all facets of our university life,” the Rector concluded.