TA’ALLUM: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam Volume 07, Nomor 02, November 2019, Halaman 311-336 p-ISSN: 2303-1891; e-ISSN: 2549-2926 DOI: 10.21274/taalum.2019.7.2.311-336 INOVASI KURIKULUM PAI UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI MAHASISWA Muhammad Zaini IAIN Tulungagung, Jl Mayor Sujadi Timur No. 46 Tulungagung mzaini.ishaq@gmail.com Abstract: Innovation is defined as renewal dealing with a change or an improvement. A change is shifting of position or situation that enables to lead to significant improvement. Practically curriculum is changed because of some factors, forexample science and technological development. There is a possibility that the advantages on pre-determined or pre-expected of curriculum change can be wrong. A curriculum change in a very short period in certain case is supposed as a failure, however it is also believed as an efford to achieve improvement. A curriculum renewal involves some components or some factors. A curriculum change cannot be successful without being equipped by those supported components system. A change that is partial in nature automatically wastes energy, time, fund, and also power. Moreover, a curriculum change which is focused more on a curriculum itself and it ignores other aspects; such as teacher/lecturer, student, method, media fund, etc will be potential to be fail. That is why it needs a serious consideration and plausible reasons with a total eagerness and involvement of components of educational system, so it can enhance students’ competencies. Keywords: Innovation, curriculum, students’ competencie