Editing East Java (section)

== Education ==
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East Java is the province with the highest number of public universities in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bps.go.id/statictable/2015/09/14/1839/jumlah-perguruan-tinggi-mahasiswa-dan-tenaga-edukatif-negeri-dan-swasta-di-bawah-kementrian-pendidikan-dan-kebudayaan-menurut-provinsi-2013-2014-2014-2015.html |title=Jumlah Perguruan Tinggi, Mahasiswa, dan Tenaga Edukatif (Negeri dan Swasta) di Bawah Kementrian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Menurut Provinsi tahun ajaran 2013/2014-2014/2015 |last=Statistics Indonesia|author-link=Statistics Indonesia |website=www.bps.go.id|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317172550/https://www.bps.go.id/statictable/2015/09/14/1839/jumlah-perguruan-tinggi-mahasiswa-dan-tenaga-edukatif-negeri-dan-swasta-di-bawah-kementrian-pendidikan-dan-kebudayaan-menurut-provinsi-2013-2014-2014-2015.html|archive-date=2019-03-17|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> Three major cities for universities are [[Surabaya]], [[Malang]], and [[Jember]]; there is also a university at [[Bangkalan]] on Madura island. Among them, notable university which are:
* [[Airlangga University]]
* [[Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology]]
* [[Brawijaya University]]
* [[State University of Surabaya]]
* [[State University of Malang]]
* [[Trunojoyo University]]
* [[University of Jember]]
* [[Sunan Ampel State Islamic University Surabaya|UIN Sunan Ampel]]
* [[Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University Malang|UIN Malang]]
* [[University of Surabaya]]
* [[Wijaya Kusuma University, Surabaya|Wijaya Kusuma University]]
* [[Widya Mandala Catholic University]]
* [[Petra Christian University]]

Another important form of education that is available in most cities in East Java is the ''[[pesantren]].'' This is a kind of socio-education organized by [[Ulama|Islamic clerics]], and associated with local or national Muslim organizations. [[Jombang Regency|Jombang]] and [[Ponorogo Regency|Ponorogo]] is a famous region for its pesantren.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfDFAAAAQBAJ&q=famous+pesantren&pg=PA66 |title=A Peaceful Jihad: Negotiating Identity and Modernity in Muslim Java |last=Lukens-Bull |first=R. |date=2005-05-12 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4039-8029-8 |language=en |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501012204/https://books.google.com/books?id=qfDFAAAAQBAJ&q=famous+pesantren&pg=PA66 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Indonesian Naval Academy (''Akademi Angkatan Laut'') located in Surabaya.