context: The North Sumatra IAIN, which was established in 1973 in Medan, has a background and is supported by several factors of objective consideration. First, Islamic Universities with the status of the State at that time did not yet exist in North Sumatra Province, even though Private Islamic Higher Education Institutions already existed. Secondly, the growth of pesantren, madrasas and religious universities equal to high school in the North Sumatra region is growing and developing rapidly, which of course requires appropriate further education, namely the existence of Islamic Higher Education with State status.
question: In what year was the North Sumatra State Islamic University established?
answers.text: 1973