Indian Top Schools : Aligarh Muslim University

By admin on April 3rd, 2009

Aligarh Muslim University is a Residential Academic Institution. It was established in 1875 by the Indian Muslims and in 1920 it was granted a status of Central University by an Act of Indian Parliament. It is located in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Modelled on the University of Cambridge, it was among the first institutions of higher learning set up during the British Raj. Originally it was Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College, which was founded by a great Muslim social reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. Many prominent Muslim leaders, and Urdu writers and scholars of the subcontinent have graduated from the University. Aligarh Muslim University offers more than 250 Courses in traditional and modern branch of Education. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a great social reformer of his age felt the need for modern education and started a school in 1875 which later became the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College and finally Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.

Aligarh Muslim University is a residential academic institution offering more than 280 Courses in traditional and modern branches of Education[citation needed]. It has currently currently composed of 12 Faculties viz.

* Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
* Faculty of Arts
* Faculty of Commerce
* Faculty of Engineering & Technology
Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Life Sciences
* Faculty of Management Studies & Research
* Faculty of Medicine
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Sir Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College
* Faculty of Science
* Faculty of Social Sciences
* Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Unani Medicine
Ajmal Khan Tibbiya College

Different Schools and colleges:

* Women’s College
* Senior Secondary School (Boys/Girls)
* University Schools
S. T. High School (Minto Circle)
City High School
Abdullah Girls High School
Ahmadi School for Blind

The university also maintains some interdepartmental research centres such as:

* Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit
* Centre of Excellence in Material Science/Nanotechnology (Soon to be established)
* Centre for Comparative Study of Indian Languages & Culture
* Centre of West Asian Studies

Aligarh Muslim University is planning to set up five regional centres in the country which are Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Pune (Maharashtra), Murshidabad (West Bengal), Malappuram (Kerala) and Katihar (Bihar).

Aligarh Muslim University is one of the premier central universities in independent India.

The University held its 58th annual convocation on June 18, 2008. Its chief guest was the former president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam and business and Azim Hashim Premji, the chairman of Wipro Technologies Limited.