Malikussaleh University was founded by taking the great name of the first King of the Samudera Pasai Kingdom, which was based on the spirit of the baton of leadership and development that he had laid through his pioneering nature, dynamism, and patriotism of Sultan Malikussaleh. The Islamic Kingdom of Samudera Pasai in history was recorded as the first Islamic Kingdom in the Archipelago which became the forerunner of the center for the development and spread of Islam in the Archipelago and Southeast Asia, was a renowned center of Islamic Education and Science that inherited the spirit of fighters for the next generation in developing Islam, science, technology, art, and culture that had produced Syech (Professors) and other scientists. So that the brilliance of their thoughts at that time had a major impact on the Era of Prosperity and Glory (Welfare State) "Baldatun Thayyibatun Wa Rabbun Ghafur" a Beautiful, Just, and Prosperous Country that was Blessed by Allah SWT.