Pembinaan Religiusitas Mahasiswa melalui Ekologi Pendidikan Pesantren: Studi di Pondok Pesantren Mahasiswa Al-Jihad Surabaya

Abstract

University students who live away from family supervision encounter greater autonomy in organizing religious practices, social relationships, and academic life. Student pesantren offer a distinctive educational environment because religious learning is embedded in residential routines, peer interaction, institutional rules, and mentoring. This study examines how Pondok Pesantren Mahasiswa Al-Jihad Surabaya cultivates students’ religiosity and identifies the mechanisms, supporting conditions, and constraints of the process. A descriptive qualitative design was employed using observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Informants were purposively selected from students, administrators, and religious teachers, while institutional records were used to examine participation in routine religious activities. Data were analyzed through reduction, display, and conclusion drawing. The findings indicate that religiosity is cultivated through an interconnected mechanism of institutional discipline, repeated worship, structured religious programs, role modeling, peer support, and gradual development of personal awareness. Daily and weekly routines transform religious practice from externally regulated participation into increasingly habitual conduct. Institutional records also indicate high participation in congregational prayer and increasing attendance in religious programs, although these figures are treated as descriptive institutional evidence rather than causal proof. The study argues that the contribution of student pesantren lies not merely in the number of religious activities provided but in the creation of a religious educational ecology in which rules, routines, social relations, and exemplary behavior operate simultaneously. This ecology provides a transitional structure for university students who must negotiate personal autonomy while maintaining religious commitments. The findings imply that student pesantren should combine discipline with reflective mentoring so that religious compliance can develop into autonomous and meaningful religiosity.