Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta invited Religious Universities (PTK) throughout Indonesia, to attend the Forum Group Discussion (FGD) for the follow-up of the Merdeka Learning Independent Campus (MBKM) Program, held at Prof. R.H.A. Soenarjo Building, S.H., UIN Suka campus, 9, 10/2021. Through this FGD, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University intends to develop the MBKM Partner Program, which has been mandated in Law Number 12 of 2012, and is based on Permendikbud Number 3 of 2020.

Head of the Quality Assurance Agency (LPM) of Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Dr. Muhammad Fakhri Husein, SE, M. Si., said that the MBKM Partner Program designed by Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University is an effort to facilitate cooperation in off-campus learning activities. Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University under the organizing committee of the Quality Assurance Agency (LPM) Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, will facilitate FGDs, various negotiations, and the signing of agreements between Partner Universities. Partner Universities fill in the format of the Superior Study Program offered. The partners have intensive discussions about the offered study programs. If the study program of interest is approved, then the signing of the cooperation agreement letter, and the realization of cooperation.

In its implementation, coordination, consolidation and socialization at the University leadership level, then extends to the Faculty and Study Program. The principle: Whether we want it or not, whether we are ready or not... we must be willing and ready to enter the new era of MBKM. Regulatory design in the form of MBKM implementation guidelines. The principle: Record (compile documents) what you want to do, do what has been recorded (in accordance with the documents). Develop a set of regulatory documents (guidelines) for the implementation of MBKM and the university ratifies the MBKM course curriculum prepared by Study Department.