Honoring a Medical Legacy: UIN Jakarta Launches Prof. M.K. Tadjudin Scholarship for Medicine Undergraduates
Faculty of Medicine Building, UIN Online News – The Faculty of Medicine (FK) at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, in strategic partnership with the university’s central philanthropic arm, the Social Trust Fund (STF), officially inaugurated the Professor Dr. M.K. Tadjudin Scholarship. This institutional financial aid framework is engineered to support undergraduate medical students and clinical clerkship residents in successfully finalizing their professional education and clinical research projects.
The launch ceremony coincided with the 21st Dies Natalis anniversary of the Faculty of Medicine, celebrated at the M.K. Tadjudin Auditorium on Saturday, June 13, 2026. The ceremonial deployment was attended by the Director of STF UIN Jakarta, Prof. Amelia Fauzia; representatives of the Tadjudin family estate, Safarayana Tadjudin and Rifai Tadjudin; alongside faculty executives, senior lecturers, and the inaugural student fellowship recipients.
According to the official faculty statement, the scholarship was established to protect high-potential students pursuing a Bachelor of Medicine or entering the Doctor Profession Program who demonstrate exceptional academic transcripts, high learning motivation, and a rigid commitment to community health empowerment. The financial aid provides continuous support for educational tuition and independent clinical research expenses, targeting upperclassmen facing macroeconomic challenges in the final phases of their graduation tract. The project operates under the joint sponsorship of the Faculty of Medicine, the Social Trust Fund, the Tadjudin estate, and the central university rectorate.
The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. dr. Achmad Zaki, expressed deep gratitude to the Tadjudin family estate and STF UIN Jakarta for their consistent multi-year support in safeguarding the educational pipelines of future medical practitioners.
“This fellowship serves as far more than mere fluid financial aid. It represents an institutional vote of confidence supporting our students to successfully complete their rigorous medical training while maximizing their ultimate potential as future physicians dedicated to public health welfare,” he noted.
He added that medical education is an intensive, long-term process requiring sustainable capital backing. Consequently, cross-sector collaborations uniting the faculty, alumni networks, the families of foundational academic figures, and philanthropic institutions are vital to ensure optimal graduation outcomes.
Concurrently, the Director of the Social Trust Fund UIN Jakarta, Prof. Amelia Fauzia, highly praised the proactive initiative executed by the Faculty of Medicine. She clarified that expanding access to elite education constitutes a core operational pillar of the philanthropic programs engineered by STF UIN Jakarta. Through aggressive multi-sector networking, the foundation strives to democratize professional pathways and assist students in capturing their academic goals.
“Accessible higher education plays an structural role in driving sustainable social changes within society. Therefore, we continuously innovate functional programs that shield our students from financial vulnerabilities, allowing them to remain completely focused on their academic and clinical capacities,” she explained.
Beyond standard tuition relief, the program is projected to cultivate premium medical graduates who embody academic excellence, professional integrity, humanitarian compassion, and progressive Islamic ethical values.
The naming of the scholarship pays a legacy tribute to the late Prof. Dr. dr. M.K. Tadjudin, a monumental titan who shaped modern Indonesian medical education and laid the structural foundations of UIN Jakarta's medical sciences department. Born in Batavia (now Jakarta) on January 3, 1937, he completed his initial medical training at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, before pursuing advanced graduate fellowships in medical biology and human genetics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
His stellar academic career led to his inauguration as a Full Professor of Medicine at Universitas Indonesia in 1984, culminating in his executive appointment as the Rector of Universitas Indonesia for the 1994–1998 administration cycle.
Despite having occupied the highest executive seat at Indonesia's premier secular university, Prof. Tadjudin chose to channel his post-rectorate energy into UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta when the late Rector, Prof. Azyumardi Azra, initiated the historic blueprint to establish the university's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Prof. Tadjudin served as the founding Dean of the faculty from 2004 to 2015, operating as the primary architect who engineered the curriculum and structural standards of medical education at UIN Jakarta. Following his official retirement from executive administration, he continued to actively lecture as a dedicated professor until his passing on May 5, 2017.