History
On June 1, 2007, Jakarta State Islamic University or UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta celebrated its golden anniversary. For half a century, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta has been carrying out its mandate as an institution of learning and transmitting knowledge, research institutions that support the process of nation building, and as an institution devoted to the community that provides programs to improve social welfare. For half a century, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta has gone through several periods of history and has emerged one of the leading Islamic universities in Indonesia. Briefly, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta history can be divided into several periods: the pioneering period, the period of al-Jami'ah faculty of IAIN, IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah period, and period of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah.
It began as an academy called ADIA (Akademi Dinas Ilmu Agama or State Academy of Islamic Sciences) from 1957 to 1960. It then became one of the faculties of IAIN Yogyakarta (1960–1963), and finally IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah, from 1963 until Presidential Decree No. 31 of 2002 on May 20, 2002, officially saw it become UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is on Ir. H. Djuanda Street, in Ciputat, Banten, just outside of Jakarta. And the second and third campuses are on Kertamukti Street, several meters away from Campus 1.
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