The Graduate Program of Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya (UM Surabaya) officially launched the Research Center of Islamic Community Development Studies (P3MI) on Sunday (09/10). The research center was officially inaugurated by Dr. M. Ridlwan, M.Pd, the Vice-Rector I UM Surabaya.

The research center in the graduate program was expected to ease research and innovation for the graduate lecturers at UM Surabaya. “So we can contribute to the scientific development of UM Surabaya for the Islamic community in general,” Dr. M. Ridlwan, M.Pd said. The P3MI had designed several programs, including scientific publication, international collaborative research, Education Moderation in Indonesia (EMI), community empowerment (Qoribah), and Muhammadiyah Studies.

At the same time, it also held the Education Orientation (Ordik) for freshmen of the Graduate Program in the Academic Year 2022-2023. It was followed by approximately 95 students from three different Master’s degree departments, including in Islamic Studies, Islamic Economic Law, and Indonesian Language and Literature.

Furthermore, the launching was also completed with the National Seminar of Pre-Congress (Pra-Muktamar) Muhammadiyah 48 that was delivered by Prof Najib Burhani, M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., the Deputy Chair of Muhammadiyah Council for Library and Information (MPI) and the Chairman of Research Institute BRIN. He presented his material about “Muhammadiyah Development Studies in the Contemporary Era”.

On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Abd. Hadi, the Director of the Graduate Program, mentioned that currently, Ordik had different nuances due to three different agendas. “Students should adapt to Graduate programs, especially to change their perspective on what to why,” he said.