A sociological analysis on the transition experience of madrasah graduates to the academy

Compared to earlier times, madrasa graduates are now more in demand by universities, particularly those with theology faculties. Indeed, it is evident that the number of madrasa graduates enrolled in doctorate and master's programs in theological faculties has been rising annually. The current state of affairs increases the visibility of madrasas within theological faculties. The transition of people who attended traditional madrasas to universities is the subject of this study, which employs a qualitative approach. As a result of observations made, the situation was analyzed from various perspectives and assessed from a sociological standpoint. In general, the study's goals are to ascertain the factors that led our participants to switch from madrasah to university education, the extent to which they engaged in modern education while receiving their madrasah education, and the nature of the changes that transpired during this process. Additionally, the participants' concerns about the university being a different institution from the madrasah were discussed from various angles, as were the effects of the responses they received from graduates of the madrasah during the transition process, the dimensions of their social relations at the university, and their level of belonging.