USU PR – Prof. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si., was lawfully and legitimately re-elected as Rector of Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) in the Rector Election Process for the 2026–2031 Term, organized by the USU Board of Trustees (Majelis Wali Amanat/MWA) on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections Building, Jakarta.

In the democratic election, Prof. Muryanto Amin prevailed with 22 votes, while the other two candidates, Prof. Poppy Anjelisa Zaitun Hasibuan, S.Si., M.Si., Apt., and Prof. Dr. Isfenti Sadalia, S.E., M.E., each received 4 votes, with one abstention.

The Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, represented by the Vice Minister, Prof. Dr. Fauzan, M.Pd., stated in his remarks that the Rector Election is an important and strategic five-year organizational ritual. Although it is not an extraordinary event within the governance cycle of higher education institutions, it always carries significant responsibility for all stakeholders.

“The Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology consistently reminds us that rapidly changing social dynamics demand mindsets and ways of thinking that are far from ordinary. Therefore, whoever is entrusted with the role of rector must not think routinely or conventionally. Indonesia already has enough ordinary individuals, while universities should be spaces for extraordinary people,” said Prof. Dr. Fauzan.

The Chair of the USU Board of Trustees, Police General (Ret.) Drs. Agus Andrianto, S.H., M.H., expressed his hope that the elected rector, Prof. Dr. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si., will lead USU to become a university that is proud, progressive, at the forefront, and capable of providing significant benefits to the nation and the state.

“The rector is expected to build synergy with all elements of the academic community and stakeholders to guide USU toward achieving its major goals and aspirations, namely becoming a higher education institution with academic excellence that serves as a benchmark for scientific advancement and is able to compete at the global level,” he stated.

The USU Board of Trustees explained that the Plenary Meeting for the Rector Election of Universitas Sumatera Utara for the 2026–2031 Term was conducted after the Chair of the Board received a letter from the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology through the Secretary General of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Letter Number 2959/A/HM.00.03/2025 dated November 10, 2025, concerning the submission of the schedule for the implementation of the USU Rector Election for the 2026–2031 Term.

Previously, the Academic Senate had submitted three (3) names of Rector Candidates to participate in the Rector Election Process, proposed by the Academic Senate to the Board of Trustees, namely Prof. Dr. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., M.Si.; Prof. Dr. Poppy Anjelisa Zaitun Hasibuan, S.Si., M.Si., Apt.; and Prof. Dr. Isfenti Sadalia, S.E., M.E.

In the election process, the Minister’s vote accounted for 35 percent, while the remaining 20 members of the Board of Trustees held a total of 65 percent of the votes. The vote counting was witnessed by three (3) members of the USU Board of Trustees appointed by the Chair of the Board.

Prof. Muryanto Amin, S.Sos., is the incumbent rector who has made a significant impact on the advancement of USU and has successfully elevated USU to the international level. The re-election of Prof. Muryanto Amin marks a phase of continuity and further development of the quality of higher education at Universitas Sumatera Utara.