Faculty of Social and Political Science (FISIP) University of Muhammadiyah Malang was originally named Faculty of Social Welfare. It was established on 11 of July 1968 as an affiliation from the Faculty of Social Welfare University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta. Two years later (1970), it turned into the Faculty of Social Science (FIS) and at once began to stand on its own apart form the University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta. At that time, FIS was able to develop a department of Social Welfare with status "Registered" based on the Decree of the Minister of Education and Culture Number: 022/A/I/1975 dated April 16, 1975. The campus was on Jl. Bandung No. 1 Malang. In 1998, the Faculty of Social and Political Science University of Muhammadiyah Malang opened Sociology Department with concentration on Industrial Sociology with status "Registered" from the Decree of the Directorate General of Higher Education.