UIN Online - "I expect that the government gives a mandate to open Medicine Faculty at UIN Alauddin in the end of this year," said Prof. Qadir Gassing, rector of UIN Alauddin Makassar. The professor of Islamic Legal Studies also stated that Medicine Faculty was the mandate of the Stake Holders (Academic Scholars) when IAIN was converted into UIN Alauddin. Samata, Wednesday (03/05).

He also added that the preparation of UIN Alauddin to present Medicine Faculty has been running for four years. At the same time, the doctor of concentration degree of Shariah/Islamic law of IAIN Syarif Hidayatullah said that UIN Alauddin had already fulfilled three requirements to establish Medicine Faculty.

"We already have a basic lab, and also we have prepared the graduates from prestigious universities. The last, even it is quite slow because of the funding case, we are also building the hospital at the campus 1," he stated it when a visit of BPK to UIN Alauddin.

Cak Ali, the nickname of BPK-RI deputy, said that he would convey the expectation of UIN Alauddin to MORA (Ministry of Religious Affairs) and MONE (Ministry of National Education). "Science is a major qualification of civilization. So, it is compulsory for UIN Alauddin to open Medicine Faculty," he said.