Brief Profile

Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah State Islamic University of Tulungagung (UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung) is a State Islamic Higher Education Institution under the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia that offers academic education in the fields of religious studies, science and/or technology, vocational education in religious studies, and professional education.

UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung has the vision “To become a transformative, innovative, competitive, and excellent higher education institution with an Islamic rahmatan lil’alamin spirit.”

UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung has the following missions:

1. To organize an educational system capable of producing critical, creative, innovative thinkers with good character and religiosity;
2. To develop and implement innovative education, teaching, research, and community service based on green technology;
3. To develop a competitive, transformative, and excellent higher education institution in capacity and governance;
4. To improve the educational system to support teaching, research, and community service with an inclusive and participatory perspective;
5. To develop partnerships with the government, industry, social organizations, and local communities on both national and international scales;
6. To develop capacity-building programs for lecturers and educational staff to acquire up-to-date knowledge and skills as well as strengthen religious moderation;
7. To produce graduates who meet the needs of the industry, the labor market, and job creation.

UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung has the following goals:

1. To establish a higher education system that is professional, accountable, and competitive at the national level, comparable to both public and religious universities;
2. To achieve integration between religious and general academic programs in education, research, and community service;
3. To establish an educational system that develops and empowers society towards a progressive, democratic, and just society;
4. To establish partnerships with the government, industry, social organizations, and local communities, both nationally and internationally;
5. To enhance the capacity of campus residents by acquiring up-to-date knowledge and skills as well as strengthening religious moderation;
6. To produce graduates who meet the needs of the industry, the labor market, and job creation;
7. To establish a university with national and international reputation.

The university’s motto is Intellectuality, Professionalism, and Spirituality.

UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung is located in Tulungagung Regency, East Java Province.

UIN Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah Tulungagung was established based on Presidential Regulation No. 40 of 2021 on the Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah State Islamic University of Tulungagung and is a transformation from the State Institute of Islamic Studies Tulungagung (IAIN Tulungagung), which was established by Presidential Regulation No. 50 of 2013 on the Transformation of the State Islamic Higher Education Institution of Tulungagung into the State Institute of Islamic Studies of Tulungagung.

The university’s anniversary (Dies Natalis) is celebrated on July 17, based on the Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs dated July 17, 1968, concerning the Faculty of Tarbiyah of the Sunan Ampel State Islamic Institute branch in Tulungagung, and was inaugurated on Friday, July 26, 1968.

Established in 1968, it currently offers 34 undergraduate programs (S-1) across 4 faculties, as well as 12 master’s programs (S-2) and 2 doctoral programs (S-3) in the graduate school.