Khairun University

Khairun University
Universitas Khairun
Type	Public
Established	15 August 1964
Rector	Husen Alting
Location	Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia; 0°45′45.2″N 127°20′10.6″E / 0.762556°N 127.336278°E
Website	unkhair.ac.id

Khairun University is an Indonesian public university in Ternate City, North Maluku. Named after a historical monarch of the Sultanate of Ternate, it was founded in 1964 initially as a partner of the Sam Ratulangi University in Manado. The university was nationalized in 2004, making it a state-operated institution.^[2] In 2016, the university claimed a student count of 1,120 with 115 teaching staff, over double of 550 in 2014. The university offers both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.^[3]

In 2017, following the prohibition of Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia, the university demanded all its teaching staff affiliated with the organization to resign.^[4]

References

^ "Universitas Khairun" (in Indonesian). PDDikti: Pangkalan Data Pendidikan Tinggi. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
^ ^a ^b "Tentang Unkhair" (in Indonesian). Universitas Khairun. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
^ "Statistik Mahasiswa". Khairun University. 17 February 2017.
^ JF, Eroby (17 October 2017). "Universitas Khairun Ternate Minta Dosen Eks HTI Buat Surat Pernyataan". RILIS.ID (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.