Improving the quality of HR managers receives top priority in the development of Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta.
Therefore, every year the university sends about 20 to 30 faculty members for follow-up studies, master's and doctorate, domestically and abroad.
Prof. Dr. Kahar Muzakkir began throwing ideas about the need the establishment of University of Muhammadiyah.
When the Central Leadership Muhammadiyah Teaching Council inaugurated the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education in Yogyakarta on November 18, 1960, its founding charter explicitly included it as part of the Guidance and Counseling, University of Muhammadiyah.
It formally established Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, which evolved to the present.