Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (; abbreviated as UMY) is a private university in Yogyakarta under affiliation of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in Indonesia.

History

Kahar Muzakkir began throwing ideas about the need the establishment of University of Muhammadiyah. When the Central Leadership Muhammadiyah Teaching Council inaugurated the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education in Yogyakarta on November 18, 1960, its founding charter explicitly included it as part of the Guidance and Counseling, University of Muhammadiyah.

In March 1981, through the hard struggle of Muhammadiyah activists such as H. Mustafa Kamal Pasha, M. Alfian Darmawam, Hoemam Zainal, S.H., Brig. TNI. (Ret.) H. Bakri Shahid, Azhar KHAhmad Basir, MA, Ir.H.M. Dasron Hamid, M.Sc., HM Daim Saleh, H. Amien Rais, M.A., H.M.H. Mawardi, H. Hasan Basri, H. Abdul Rosyad Sholeh, Zuber Kohari, Ir. H. Basit Wahid, H Tubin Sakiman. Their persistent search for students was supported by the chairman of the UMY, KH A. R. Fakhrudin and chairman of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Region H. Mukhlas Abror. It formally established Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, which evolved to the present.

Student life

Student organizations Student Executive Board (Badan Eksekutif Mahasiswa) Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Jurusan) Islamic Student Association (Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam) Muhammadiyah University Students Association (Ikatan Mahasiswa Muhammadiyah)

Sports Aikido Badminton Basketball Futsal Soccer Taekwondo Tapak Suci Tennis Table Tennis Volleyball E-Sports

Clubs Arabic club Media and Magazines Choir Cinema and Film Indonesian traditional dance Marching Band Model United Nations Mountaineering Modern dance Student Research Community Music Photography Student Economic Enterprise Student English Activity Theater

Faculties and schools Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agribusiness Department of Agrotechnology

Faculty of Dentistry Department of Dentistry

Faculty of Economics and Business Department of Management Department of Accountancy Department of Finance and Sharia Banking (Economics Development)

Faculty of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Islamic Studies Department of Communication and Islamic Counseling Department of Islamic Education Department of Finance and Sharia Banking (Muamalat)

Faculty of Language Education Department of Arabic Language Department of English Language Department of Japanese Language

Faculty of Law Department of Law International Program for Law and Sharia

Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Department of Medicine Department of Nursery Department of Pharmacy

Faculty of Social and Political Science Department of Communication Studies Department of International Relations Jusuf Kalla School of Government

Vocational School Applied Accountancy Automotive and Manufacture Engineering Electromedics Engineering

International undergraduate programs International Program of International Relations (IPIREL) International Program for Islamic Economics and Finance (IPIEF) International Program of Governmental Studies (IGOV) International Program for Law and Sharia (IPOLS) International Program of Management and Business (IMaBs) International Program of Accounting (IPAcc) International Program of Communication Studies (IPCos)

Partner universities

Australia Flinders University Griffith University

Austria University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria

Canada College of New Caledonia

China Guangxi Medical University Guizhou University Henan University SIAS International University Zhengzhou University

Bangladesh Daffodil International University

Egypt Suez Canal University

France Université Savoie-Mont Blanc

Germany University of Münster

India Jagran Lakecity University

Iran Al-Mustafa International University

Japan University of Tokushima Chubu Gakuin University Ritsumeikan University Kanazawa Institute of Technology Kyushu University Yamagata University

Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Universiti Utara Malaysia University of Malaya International Islamic University Malaysia

Mexico CETYS University

Morocco University of Ibn Tofail

Netherlands Eindhoven University of Technology

Philippines Angeles University Foundation Ateneo de Davao University Cebu Technological University Centro Escolar University De La Salle University Isabela State University Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology Philippine Normal University The University of Mindanao University of San Carlos

Poland Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Romania Danubius University

Singapore Singapore Polytechnic

South Korea Daegu Health College Korea University Sun Moon University Yonsei University Youngsan University

Spain Jaume I University

Taiwan Asia University Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology National Cheng Kung University National Chiayi University National Dong Hwa University Tamkang University Vanung University Yuanpei University of Medical Technology

Thailand Chulalongkorn University Kasetsart University Khon Kaen University Maejo University Thammasat University Suranaree University of Technology University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

Turkey Istanbul University Istanbul Medeniyet University

United Kingdom Harper Adams University Swansea University

United States California Baptist University Northern Arizona University University of Maryland

Vietnam Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

Notable alumni Fahd Pahdepie, (International Relations, 2009), Writer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, (International Relations, 1996), Indonesian diplomat. Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Republic of Turkey (2019-2021)

See also List of Islamic educational institutions

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