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<p>It has been undoubtedly accepted that 4.0 industrial revolution and 5.0 society era have triggered up stakeholders, educators, and society to develop curriculum in Islamic higher education. Such curriculum development needs to accommodate both spiritual and social qualities of graduates. In responding to that challenge, Islamic higher institution has to develop relationship between Islamic values and character strengthening. This paper attempts to describe three interrelated elements which consisting of character education, character strengthening, and curriculum development. As for the first element, character education allows teachers in higher education to build some courses that integrate characters into courses. As for the second element, character is strengthened through implementation of curriculum which consist of related courses, teaching and learning methods, evaluation and assessment. To respond the challenge, the last element, curriculum is developed through an integrated plan which internalizes character strengthening with Islamic values of available courses.</p>