In 2012 the Directorate General of Higher Education of Indonesia required all higher education institutions (HEI) to implement the Curriculum of Higher Education (CHE). As a part of HEI, English Education Department of UMY (EED of UMY) has been implementing the CHE for five years. CHE has shifted the old paradigm of teacher-centered learning (TCL) to the new pedagogical approach called student-centered learning. In TCL students were regarded as the passive recipients of knowledge. On the other hand, teachers were considered as the purveyor of knowledge who had to transfer their knowledge to students’ mind. In SCL, by contrast, students become active participants and teachers are the facilitators of the learning process. The implementation of the CHE necessitates all study programs in HEI to alter their curriculum oriented to produce competent graduates. EED of UMY has also been making attempts to incorporate the Muhammadiyah values proposed by its founder, KH. Ahmad Dahlan. The research is aimed at exploring how the Ahmad Dahlan’s’ values are implemented in the CHE setting at the EED of UMY. The data were collected by means of interviews with the head of department, two lecturers. The two lecturers’ teaching methods were also observed. The document analysis was deployed. In addition, focus group discussion with 33 students was incorporated. The research found that the principles proposed by Ahmad Dahlan including the curriculum structure, pedagogical techniques, and character education had been successfully incorporated in the implementation of CHE and the Ahmad’s Dahlan values’ correspond to the CHE principles.