Enhancement of Islamic higher education management: a study at Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya Indonesia and Canal Suez University Ismaili Egypt

This article aims to explain the enhancement of education management at the Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya Indonesia and the University of Canal Suez Egypt focused on education and teaching, research, community service, and cooperation. The two universities have been developing it based on their visions, missions, and objectives as well as their grand designs, strategic issues, grand strategies, or strategic agendas. The enhancement of the two Islamic universities has een conducted through the development of resource management, academic program, quality assurance, and cooperation. The success of the management development can be seen in the implementation of efficient and effective organization, the functioning of the integrated data recording and management system, the functioning of the administrative system and the academic program management, the functioning of transparent financial management system, the functioning of procurement and inventory of goods and assets system, the functioning of human resource management system, and the functioning of quality assurance system effectively. Both universities have been and will be conducting the development of education management to become excellence, competitive, integrative, and innovative universities with international standard.