FEB UIN Jakarta Targets Global Standards with AACSB Accreditation by 2029-2030

The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta is embarking on a strategic initiative to achieve international accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This ambition follows the "Excellent" predicate awarded to its Doctoral program in Islamic Banking by the Indonesian National Accreditation Agency for Economics, Management, Business, and Accounting (LAMEMBA).

To meet the rigorous standards of AACSB, FEB UIN Jakarta is focusing on several key areas. These include enhancing academic governance, improving the qualifications and performance of its faculty, strengthening the quality assurance system, and modernizing its curriculum and dissertation guidelines. The faculty envisions transforming into a "Global Islamic Business School."

Dekan Ibnu Qizam stated that the LAMEMBA "Excellent" rating serves as a foundation for elevating academic standards toward international recognition. "We have set a strong institutional transformation vision to become a Global Islamic Business School. Our preparation for AACSB eligibility documents is targeted meticulously for the period 2029–2030. Therefore, improving quality, discipline in guidance services, and standardizing the quality of S3 student research must be implemented concretely and immediately," Qizam said.

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We have set a strong institutional transformation vision to become a Global Islamic Business School. Our preparation for AACSB eligibility documents is targeted meticulously for the period 2029–2030. Therefore, improving quality, discipline in guidance services, and standardizing the quality of S3 student research must be implemented concretely and immediately.

The faculty aims to significantly increase the proportion of faculty members holding Scholarly Academic (SA) qualifications, from approximately 20% to at least 60% by 2029, a crucial step for meeting AACSB's faculty sufficiency standards. Sri Rahayu Hijrah Hati, a professor and head of the Postgraduate Management Science program at FEB Universitas Indonesia, advised that international accreditation should build upon an institution's unique conditions rather than merely completing documentation.

"AACSB assessors highly value institutional uniqueness. The dual regulatory constraints from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology at UIN Jakarta should be honestly presented as the institution's operational history narrative. The most crucial point is how FEB UIN highlights its quality distinction: the integration of economic knowledge and Islamic values (Integration of Knowledge), concretely translated into the curriculum and graduate learning outcomes (CPL)," Hijrah Hati explained. She also emphasized strengthening faculty portfolios, implementing direct measurement-based Assurance of Learning (AoL) systems, and securing financing for institutional transformation.

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AACSB assessors highly value institutional uniqueness. The dual regulatory constraints from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology at UIN Jakarta should be honestly presented as the institution's operational history narrative. The most crucial point is how FEB UIN highlights its quality distinction: the integration of economic knowledge and Islamic values (Integration of Knowledge), concretely translated into the curriculum and graduate learning outcomes (CPL).