TIMES JAZIRAH, MALANG – UIN Malang (UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang or also well known as UIN Maliki Malang) should be very proud for they have become one prestigious islamic university not only in the country but also in the world. This was shown with the large number of foreign students from any country in the world that pick UIN Malang as their place to study.

The good achievement has been acknowledged by the Ministry of Religious Affair themselves on Friday (10/12/2021). They even give them some award for this through ADIKTIS 2021. ADIKTIS 2021 is an event to appreciate the best  islamic universities as well those private universities for their achievement which fit to 16 categories that the Ministry of Religious Affair  has.

For your information, UIN Malang has around 518 foreign students from 41 foreign countries. They are either graduate or post graduate students.  They were scattered in 7 different majors in UIN Malang.

The awardig night was attend by The Minister of Religious Affair Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and the Deputy Zainut Tauhid Sa'adi. Some ministry staffs and professional, several rectos from islamic and private universities, islamic school headmaster and ASN Ditjen Pendis were also joining the ceremony.

"This is not the end, but it's merely a start to raise the quality of islamic education. And we hope that this award could be a motivator to for the universities to be better in quality," the Secretary of Direktorat Jenderal Pendidikan Islam, Rohman Mulyana said on his speech during the occasion.

Hosting the most number of foreign students for the islamic university category makes UIN Malang feel encouraged to make their university to be better. Beside UIN Maliki Malang, there were several other islamic universities granted some award with different categories on ADIKTIS 2021 awarding night. (*)