Ibn Khaldun International Institute of Advanced Research
ISTAC, November 2025 | |
Other name | ISTAC; ISTAC-IIUM |
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Former names | Ibn Khaldun International Institute of Advanced Research International Institute of Islamic Civilization and Malay World (2017–2019) |
| Established | 1987 |
| Founder | Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas |
Parent institution | International Islamic University Malaysia |
| Location | Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 3°09′57″N 101°40′27″E / 3.1659049°N 101.6741484°E |
| Campus | Persiaran Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Bukit Tunku |
| Website | institute |
The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation (ISTAC or ISTAC – IIUM; Malay: Institut Pemikiran dan Tamadun Islam Antarabagsa; Arabic: المعهد الدولي للفكر والحضارة الإسلامية; briefly known as Ibn Khaldun International Institute of Advanced Research and International Institute of Islamic Civilization and Malay World) is a postgraduate institute in the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
Founded in 1987 by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, ISTAC is an Islamic research institute that is dedicated towards engaging in advanced-level study and research about Islamic thought and civilisation at the national and global levels, with the goal to nurture comparative, cultural, and civilisational studies that is devoted to the renewal of Islam and human civilisation. The institute is located at Taman Duta, Kuala Lumpur, about 20 kilometers from the main campus of IIUM in Gombak, Selangor.