Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University

Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University
Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
Other name
 جامعة السّلطان الشّريف عليّ الإسلاميّة
Motto Observe your duty to God and it is God that teaches you (al-Baqarah:282)
Type National
Established January 1, 2007
Founder Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Religious affiliation
 Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama'ah
Chancellor Chancellor-Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Rector Dr Haji Norarfan bin Haji Zainal
Location Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Muara, Brunei Darussalam
Campus urban
Language Arabic, English, Malay
Colors          Green and White
Sports
Website www.unissa.edu.bn
Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
Simpang 347, Jalan Pasar Baharu, Gadong
Bandar Seri Begawan BE1310, Negara Brunei Darussalam

Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (Malay: Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali; Malay, abbreviated: UNISSA; Arabic: جامعة السّلطان الشّريف عليّ الإسلاميّة) is Brunei's second university. It was established in 2007 as the first national Islamic university in Brunei.

The idea to open a second university in Brunei was first addressed by His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in his Titah delivered at UBD's 16th convocation in 2004 and again in 2005 at UBD's 17th convocation whereby His Majesty had stated that the second university shall be an Islamic university. The overall aim of the new university is to become a centre for the spread of Islam in the region.[1]

The university took its name from the Sharifate of Mecca, Barkat Ali ibnu Sharif Ajlan ibnu Sharif Rumaithah, known as Sultan Sharif Ali, who was a descendant of Islamic Prophet Muhammad and appointed as the third Sultan of Brunei after marrying the daughter of the previous Sultan. He was the first sultan to build a mosque in Brunei; it was destroyed during Allied bombing in 1945/46.[2]

On 11 Zulhijjah 1427AH (1 January 2007), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali was established. UNISSA received its first batch of students in August 2007.[3] 125 undergraduates and 27 postgraduate students were admitted. On its launch UNISSA absorbed academic and non-academic staff as well as its students from the Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Institute of Islamic Studies (IPI SHOAS) which had hitherto been a part of UBD. At the time, UNISSA did not have their own premises, and had to use IPI SHOAS as their base.

In February 2009 the university moved to a new campus in Gadong at the former Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah College of Nursing to allow more room for expansion and facilities [4]

Vision

Become a world-class Islamic university that is progressive and dynamically based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

Programmes

National Diploma

Bachelor Degree

Master

Doctorate

Faculty

There are four academic faculties and six centres in the university:[5]

Administration

As of 2016:

Rectors

Deputy Rector

Assistant Rector

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://www.aseanfocus.com/asiananalysis/article.cfm?articleID=1030
  2. ↑ http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cebn/eng/wlxw/t289143.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cebn/eng/wlxw/t347012.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.unissa.edu.bn/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=1&Itemid=64
  5. ↑ "Faculties & Centres – Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA)". www.unissa.edu.bn. Retrieved 2016-07-11.

Coordinates: 4°54′20.5″N 114°54′47.8″E / 4.905694°N 114.913278°E / 4.905694; 114.913278

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