HJPV+23, 09300 Kuala Ketil, Kedah, Malaysia
Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic University (UniSHAMS) is a private university operating from new official campus in Kedah. INSANIAH started its operations on 2nd January 1996. During that time, it only ran the Islamic Studies programme in partnership with Al-Azhar University, Egypt which offered a first-degree programme in the fields of Usuluddin, Sharia and Arabic. The academicians at that time were only 9 lecturers of Associate Professor level and 6 of them were from Al-Azhar University, one from Indonesia and another 2 were from Malaysia. The first intake amounted to 43 students in the 1995/1996 session.
School Director: Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Al-Aminul
Population: 20000
Population of Teaching Staff: