UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH PONTIANAK ( UM PONTIANAK ) is one of 178 Muhammadiyah Universities in Indonesia. The establishment was initiated by the Head of the Muhammadiyah Region of West Kalimantan for the period 1985 - 1990, and then the establishment was formalized by the Head of the Muhammadiyah Community Center represented by the Chairman of the Muhammadaiyah Higher Education Council Drs. Djazman Al-Kindi on October 3, 1990. UMP was given an establishment permit according to the Decree (SK) from the Department of n Education and Culture Number: 0518/O/1990 with registered status for 3 (three) faculties, namely: Faculty of Economics Department of Management, Faculty of Agriculture Department of Aquaculture, and Faculty of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering. At the beginning of the establishment (1990 – 1991) administrative activities and lectures were carried out at Muhammadiyah College Complex (Muhammadiyah High School building) Street A. Yani Pontianak. Furthermore, at the end of 1991 UMP purchased a sports building located at Jalan A. Yani No. 111 Pontianak, adjacent to the Provincial Election Commission (KPU) Building and the West Kalimantan Governor's Office, so that at the end of the same year all administrative and lecture activities were carried out in the building after renovation. In 1991, UMP established the Tarbiyah Faculty of the Department of Islamic Education in accordance with the Decree of the Minister of Religion Number: 125 of 1991 dated July 12, 1991. Then in 1996. In accordance with the Decree of the Minister of Religious Affairs Re indonesian public Number 499 of 1996, the Faculty (FAI) Tarbiyah changed its name to the Faculty of Islamic Religion, then in the same year the Faculty of Agriculture changed to the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences. In 2002, the FAI established the Diploma II Program in Islamic Kindergarten Teacher Education (PGTKI) in accordance with the Decree of the Coordinator of Cooperation in Region XI Kalimantan Number: C/II/07/2002, and closed in 2006 because UMP established the Diploma II Study Program in Child Education at the Age of DIN i. In 2003 UMP established the Faculty of Health with a Public Health Science Study Program in accordance with the letter of the Ministry of National Education and Higher Education Directorate General of Higher Education Number 1621/D/T/2003 dated July 31, 2003. In 2007, the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) was established because 2 (two) proposed study programs were given operational permits based on the Decree of the Directorate General of Higher Education (DIKTI) No. 2929/D/T/ 2007, namely the Early Childhood Education Study Program (PAUD) and Chemical Education to both for strata one (S1) level.