High Quality Teaching: 30 Accredited Programs at UIN Jakarta's SPAN PTKIN Are Handled by Experienced Lecturers
Rectorate Building, UIN Online News - In 2025, up to 30 study programs handled by profound lecturers from various faculties at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta will be available via the National Academic Achievement Selection for State Islamic Religious Universities (SPAN PTKIN) 2025 route.
"SPAN PTKIN will serve as one of the entry pathways available in 2025. I also assume that prospective students will prepare to register at UIN Jakarta," Professor Dr. Ahmad Tholabi, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of UIN Jakarta, explained on Monday (10/02/2025) regarding this new student admission route.
Prospective students can start to register in this program since Monday, February 1 until Thursday, March 6, 2025. The release of the selection results is set for March 27, 2025, with the re-registration period established by each public institution where the prospective students want to enrol.
Before the national committee validate the PDSS submissions from 6-30 January, the student's educational institution first must complete the filling of Student and School Data Base (PDSS) since 6-25 January.
The SPAN PTKIN website states that SPAN PTKIN is a selection route for academic success available to students from Islamic Senior High School (MA), Islamic Vocational Senior High School (MAK), Senior High School (SMA), Vocational School (SMK), Formal Religious Education Unit, Equivalency Education of Salafiyah Islamic Boarding Schools, Mu'adalah Muallimin, Mua'dalah Salafiyah Education Units.
This pathway is free and accessible to all prospective students regardless of gender, race, socioeconomic background, or religion.
"The study programs that we offer are diverse, including Physics Education, Biology Education, and Sharia Economics," Ahmad Tholabi Karlie, Vice Rector of UIN Jakarta, informed several 30 academic programs spread across different faculties.
First, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FITK) offers Study Programs in: Islamic Religious Education, Arabic Language Education, English Language Education, Biology Education, Physics Education, Educational Management, Indonesian Language Education, Social Studies Education, Primary Teacher Education, and Early Childhood Islamic Education.
Second, Faculty of Adab and Humanities offers Study Programs in: Arabic Language and Literature, Islamic Civilization and History, and Translation.
Third, Faculty of Ushuluddin offers Study Programs in: Religious Studies, Quranic Studies, Hadith Studies, Islamic Creed and Philosophy, and Sufism.
Fourth, Faculty of Sharia and Law (FSH) offers Study Programs in: Islamic Family Law (Ahwal Syakhshiyyah), Comparative Maddhab, Constitutional Law (Siyasah), Islamic Criminal Law (Jinayah), and Islamic Economic Law (Mua`malah).
Fifth, Faculty of Da'wah and Communication Sciences (FDIKOM) : Islamic Communication and Broadcasting, Islamic Counselling and Guidance, Da'wa Management, and Islamic Community Development.
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers Study Programs in: Sharia Banking, and Sharia Economics.
Finally, the Faculty of Dirasat Islamiyah provides the Islamic Dirasat program.
These diverse study programs are recognised for several benefits, including exceptional accreditation and teaching profiles of the lecturers who are a world class scientists and former Indonesian ministry.
At the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training (FITK), several national and international academic achievements of Professor Maila Dinia Husnie Rahim and Professor Abdul Mu’ti, two visionaries behind the development of this faculty, are documented in various study programs.
Professor Maila, a faculty member of FITK, holds the title of Professor of Social Welfare and Early Childhood Education. She is an educator of worldwide academic, and also recognised as one of the few Indonesian women scientists ranked in The World's Top 2% Scientists 2024 by Elsevier and compiled by Stanford University.
Professor Abdul Mu’ti has been acknowledged as an academician for his many significant contributions to the academic community of UIN Jakarta. In 2024, he was appointed as the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education in Indonesia, responsible for enhancing the quality of primary and secondary education in the nation.
Within the Faculty of Ushuluddin, several professors are esteemed individuals known for their skills and accomplishments in both academic and religious domains. Notable individuals include: Dr. Ahsin Sakho, Professor Dr. Said Agil Husin al-Munawar, and Professor Dr. Nasaruddin Umar.
Ahsin Sakho serves as a professor in the Quranic Studies and Tafsir department and the warden of the Daar al-Quran Islamic boarding institution. He obtained Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and Doctoral degree in Quran wa Dirasat Islamiyah at the Islamic University of Madinah. He is among the few Indonesian scholars acknowledged for his proficiency in the field of Seven Styles of Reading Quran (Qiraah Sab'ah)
Professor Dr. Said Agil Husin al-Munawar is his colleague at the Faculty of Ushuluddin. He is also a distinguished Indonesian scholar, recognised for his proficiency in Quranic interpretation (Tafsir al-Quran) and Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh). He was a renowned disciple of Sheikh Yasin Al-Fadani Al-Hasani and was appointed as the Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia on 2001 until 2004.
Finally, Professor Nasaruddin Umar, a lecturer at the Faculty of Ushuluddin, is a master of the Quranic Interpretation. With his distinguished social-religious career, he also served as the Chairman of the Central Management of As'adiyah Sengkang Islamic Boarding School, Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia on 2011 until 2014, Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque. As for now, he serves as the Minister of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia since 2024.
(Zaenal Muttaqin/Muhamad Arifin Ilham)
