Impact of the Islamic Higher Education Quality Improvement Project

. The study on the impact of the project supported by foreign grants / loans in Indonesian Islamic higher education (IHE) is very limited, especially which is connected to the quality of education using the perspective of curriculum development and expert training programs. The aim of the study is to explore “The Islamic higher education quality improvement project” in an effort to improve the quality of IHE. Policy Research method is used to answer the research problems. Data collection through documents and records also interview. The study is located in four IHE: UIN North Sumatra, UIN Raden Fatah, UIN Walisongo and UIN Mataram. The analysis technique used is an exploratory descriptive. The results show that “The Islamic higher education quality improvement project” implemented by UIN North Sumatra, UIN Raden Fatah, UIN Walisongo and UIN Mataram through the development of curriculum programs and expert training programs are impact in improving the quality of IHE as showed by the improving of their ranking in the global university ranking agency and also showed the increase in the performance of IHE as assessed by local agency through Strategic Management System (SMS).