Islamic university appoints professor

Islamic university appoints professor

JAKARTA (JP): Koswara, the dean of the Social and Political Sciences school of the Syekh Yusuf Islamic University in Tangerang, was yesterday appointed as the university's first professor of political sciences.

The spokesman for the private university, Eno Suhendy told Antara yesterday that the appointment was contained in a decision made by the Minister of Education and Culture dated Jan. 1, 1995.

Born in Garut, West Java, in Sept. 1952, Koswara gained his doctoral degree in political sciences from the Bandung-based state-run Pajajaran University after successfully defending his thesis.

The official inauguration of Koswara will be carried out in the near future. Minister of Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro is scheduled to attend the inauguration. The Syekh Yusuf Islamic University which was established in 1966 is of one of the country's oldest private universities. (bas)