University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta is one of the universities in Yogyakarta which is located at the Integrated Campus of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, South Ring Road, Kasihan , Bantul , DI Yogyakarta . Intention to establish Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (UMY) has existed for a long time. Prof. Dr. Kahar Muzakkir in various occasions threw the idea of ​​the establishment of Muhammadiyah University. When the Muhammadiyah Central Leadership of the Teaching Assembly inaugurated the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) in Yogyakarta on November 18, 1960, explicitly its charter incorporates FKIP as part of Muhammadiyah University. It was only in March 1981, through the harsh struggle of some Muhammadiyah activists such as Drs. H. Mustafa Kamal Pasha, Drs. M. Alfian Darmawam, Hoemam Zainal, SH, Brig. TNI. (Ret.) Drs. H. Bakri Syahid, Khahmad Azhar Basir, MA, Ir.HMDasron Hamid, M.Sc., HM Daim Saleh, Prof. Dr. H. Amien Rais, MA , HMH Mawardi, Drs. H. Hasan Basri, Drs. H. Abdul Rosyad Sholeh, Zuber Kohari, Ir. H. Basit Wahid, H Tubin Sakiman persistently looking for students and supported by the Chairman of Muhammadiyah Central Leadership at that time, KHAR Fakhrudin and Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Regional Leadership DIY H. Mukhlas Abror, was officially established Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, which later developed to date.