History of Hamzanwadi University

Hamzanwadi University was officially established on September 23, 2016 based on the Decree of the Minister of Research, Technology, and Higher Education Number 428/KPT/I/2016 concerning the Merger of Hamzanwadi Selong Teacher Training and Education College and Hamzanwadi Selong Technology College to become Hamzanwadi University. In the Decree, Hamzanwadi University has 4 (four) Faculties and organizes 22 (twenty two) Study Programs, namely: (1) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education with 15 (fifteen) Study Programs: (a) Guidance and Counseling, (b) Early Childhood Education, (c) Indonesian Language and Literature Education, (d) English Education, (e) Biology Education, (f) Economic Education, (g) Physics Education, (h) Geography Education, (i) Elementary School Teacher Education, (j) Informatics Education, (k) Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, (l) Mathematics Education, (m) History Education, (n) Drama, Dance, and Music Arts Education, and (o) Sociology Education; (2) Faculty of Engineering with 5 (five) Study Programs: (a) Informatics Management, (b) Information Systems, (c) Informatics Engineering, (d) Environmental Engineering, and (e) Computer Engineering; (3) Faculty of Health with 1 (one) Study Program, namely Pharmacy; and (4) Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences with 1 (one) Study Program, namely Statistics. All of these Study Programs are for undergraduate programs, except for the Informatics Management Study Program which is for diploma three programs.

The Hamzanwadi Selong Teacher Training and Education College (STKIP) began as the Faculty of Education (FIP) of Hamzanwadi University, founded by TGKH. Muhammad Zainuddin Abdul Madjid in 1977. In the same year, FIP Hamzanwadi University changed to the Hamzanwadi Selong College of Education (STIP) based on the Decree of the Management of the Darunnandlatain Nandlatul Wathan Islamic Boarding School (PPD NW) Pancor Number 023/A.X/P.41/1978 dated January 1, 1978, which was confirmed by the Chairman of the Hamzanwadi Education Foundation with Decree Number 11/Kpt./C/YPH/1982. STIP Hamzanwadi Selong obtained Registered status on August 18, 1984 based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 0379/1984 for one Department, namely the Department of Educational Sciences with the study program of Educational Psychology and Guidance (now the study program of Guidance and Counseling).

STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong aims to prepare students to become human resources in education, especially prospective teachers who are competitive with the cultural capacity of students. To meet the need for educational personnel (teachers) in the fields of Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Language as an anticipation of the impact of globalization, in 1987 STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong opened three new departments with five study programs, namely: (1) Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Education (PMIPA) with study programs of Mathematics Education and Biology Education; (2) Department of Social Sciences Education (PIPS) with study program of History Education; and (3) Department of Language and Arts Education (PBS) with Study Program of Indonesian Language and Literature Education and Study Program of English Language Education. All departments with study programs are for diploma three (D3) level, with Registered status at the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia in 1990, and developed into Bachelor or Strata One (Sl) level in 1994. Furthermore, in the 2004/2005 Academic Year, the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia issued an implementation permit for four proposed study programs, namely, Physics Education, Economic Education, Geography Education and Sociology Education. In September 2007, an implementation permit for the Elementary School Teacher Education (PGSD) study program at the S1 level was issued. And in 2013, STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong obtained a permit to implement 4 new study programs, namely the Early Childhood Education, Informatics Education, Physical Education, Health, and Recreation, and Drama, Dance, and Music Arts Education study programs. Thus, until September 22, 2016, STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong has developed 4 (four) departments with 15 study programs.

The history of the establishment of the Hamzanwadi Selong Technology College (STT) began with the establishment of the Wasyrin Najabah Education Institution (LPWN) Hamzanwadi Pancor which is one of the Professional Education Institutions in East Lombok Regency, owned by the Hamzanwadi Education Foundation, Darunnahdlatain NW Pancor Islamic Boarding School (YPH PPD NW Pancor). LPWN since its establishment on March 23, 2002 has 3 (three) departments, namely Computer Informatics, Computer Accounting and Office Management. LPWN until the last graduation in 2014 has educated 851 (eight hundred and fifty one) students, who have been absorbed in the world of work, both government agencies, private and self-employed, as many as 456 people or around 70%.

LPWN, in accordance with its mission, always strives to develop intellectual human resources based on faith and piety towards Allah.