"On April 1 1970, the Samdura Education Foundation began providing higher education in Langsa City, Aceh Province. Initially, this foundation established the College of Law and Public Knowledge and the College of Economics. After running for fifteen years, in 1985, the Samudra Education Foundation obtained permission to merge the two high schools into a private university called Samudra Langsa University. On October 22 1985, the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia Number 0477/0/1985 authorized the establishment of Samudra Langsa University. Over the next twenty eight years, Samudra Langsa University continued to develop well in providing higher education in the Eastern Aceh region."