ABSTRACT Yuyun Nailufar. 2017. A Comparative Analysis of Students’ Motivation in Studying English and Arabic, Thesis, Study Program: English Language Education. Graduate Program. Syiah Kuala University. Advisors: Key Words: Motivation, Language Learning This research is intended to find out motivation types used by English major students and Arabic major students of Ar-Raniry State Islamic University ˂ 4.19. Besides, Arabic students of UIN Ar-Raniry were also dominantly used integrative motivation in learning Arabic. It is based on the result of mean score of instrumental motivation which is lower than integrative motivation 3.09 ˂ 4.29. Based on this result, it can be concluded that the English students and Arabic students of UIN Ar-Raniry have similarities in using types of motivation for learning target language. Both of major students used integrative motivation dominantly than instrumental motivation. ABSTRAK Yuyun Nailufar. 2017. Analisis Perbandingan Motivasi Siswa dalam Belajar Bahasa Inggris dan Bahasa Arab, Thesis. Program Studi: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris. Program Pasca Sarjana. Universitas Syiah Kuala. Pembimbing: Kata Kunci: Motivasi, Pembelajaran Bahasa, Jurusan Bahasa Inggris, Jurusan Bahasa Arab Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui jenis motivasi yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa jurusan bahasa inggris dan mahasiswa jurusan bahasa arab