Abstract: The purpose of this study is to make discussion of research policy at the Islamic Higher Education (IHE) in Indonesia. The analytical method used is qualitative analysis that uses the causality approach which describes relations of policy direction from the administrative, normative, substantial viewpoints of the research based on literature review, interview and the researcher’s observation. The result of the research shows that the direction of research policy at IHE has good grade can be performed well although its implementation still has an administrative trouble in particular and the absorption of research results in industrial areas. The researchers recommends that the policy research at IHE in Indonesia needs strengthening with various operational derivatives regulations and facilitating administrative accountability with no distruption for the researcher’s role which is expected to focus more on the substance of the in-progress research.