ABSTRACT 
This study aims to analyze and examine the main issues in any
news on the internet related to the challenges of Islamic Religious
Higher Education. Online News is obtained using the Google
Indonesia search engine using the keyword "PTKI Challenge". In this
study, 22 most popular news items were analyzed related to these
keywords. All the news is then coded to find the main topic contained
in the news using NVivo version 12 software. The results of the main
topic analysis show that the PTKI Challenge according to various
news quotes has revealed many things with 58 references obtained by
researchers from 22 online news. The 58 references are divided into
twenty main topics. Of the 20 main topics mentioned above, the most
highlighted challenge was "the curriculum does not fit the needs"
which were quoted from 8 references. Next, the most cited challenge
for PTKI is the “Pandemic” which throughout 2020 is currently hitting
Indonesia with 6 references. Furthermore, the challenge for PTKI that
was highlighted the most was Institutional Strengthening, totaling 6
citations. And also widely quoted is the acquisition of skills and
knowledge in PTKI which is a challenge with as many as 6 references
Keywords: PTKI Challenges; PTKI; Nvivo Software