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UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh
UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh is a recognised university in Indonesia. Below is what AlmiStudy
records about it — only verified fields are shown; anything not confirmed
is deliberately left out rather than guessed.
CityBanda Aceh
RegionAsia
TypePublic
SubjectsTheology & Religious Studies; Languages & Linguistics; Education; Social Sciences; Arts & Humanities; Law; Law
AccreditationBadan Akreditasi Nasional Perguruan Tinggi (BAN-PT, National Accreditation Board for Higher Education) — established 1994 by Government Regulation; sole national accreditor for non-vocational HEIs in Indonesia, granting institutional accreditation grades (Unggul/Excellent, Baik Sekali/Very Good, Baik/Good) and programme-level accreditation. Operates under Kementerian Pendidikan, Kebudayaan, Riset, dan Teknologi (Kemendikbudristek — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology). Plus parallel oversight: Kemenag (Ministry of Religious Affairs) regulates State Islamic Universities (UIN — Universitas Islam Negeri), State Islamic Institutes (IAIN), and State Islamic Colleges (STAIN); LAM-PTKes (independent accrediting agency for health professions). Indonesian HE classifications: Universitas (university — multi-disciplinary), Institut (institute — discipline-clustered), Sekolah Tinggi (high school — single discipline), Akademi (academy — professional certificate), Politeknik (polytechnic — vocational). Total ~4,500+ HEIs across these categories.
Founded 1963 (chartered as IAIN Ar-Raniry; UIN 2013; named after Nuruddin ar-Raniri — 17th-c Gujarati Islamic scholar in Aceh). Major Aceh state Islamic university. Founded 1963 as IAIN Ar-Raniry. UIN 2013. Named after NURUDDIN AR-RANIRY — 17th-century Gujarati Islamic scholar who served as Syaikhul Islam (chief religious official) of Aceh Sultanate under Sultan Iskandar Thani. ACEH CONTEXT: Aceh is Indonesia's only province with full implementation of Sharia law (since 2001 Special Autonomy Law). Critical historical context: 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated Banda Aceh (~167,000 killed in Aceh); UIN Ar-Raniry rebuilt post-tsunami. ~20,000+ students.
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