Aligarh Muslim University

History

Aligarh Muslim University is located in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Modeled on the University of Cambridge, it was among the first institutions of higher learning set up during British Occupation. Many prominent Muslim leaders, and Urdu writers and scholars of the subcontinent have graduated from the University.

The University grew out of the work of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan who in the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 felt that it was important for Muslims to gain a modern education and become involved in the public life and Government Services in India at that time. Raja Jai Kishan helped Sir Syed a lot in establishing this university. The British decisions to replace the use of the knowledge of Persian in the 1830s for Government employment and as the language of Courts of Law caused deep anxiety among Muslims of the sub-continent. Sir Syed then clearly foresaw the imperative need for the Muslims to acquire proficiency in the English language and "Western Sciences" if the community were to maintain its social and political clout, particularly in Northern India. He began to prepare the road map for the formation of a Muslim University by starting various schools. In 1864, the Scientific Society of Aligarh was set up to disseminate Western works into native languages as a prelude to prepare the community to accept "Western Education".

In 1875, Sir Syed founded the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College in Aligarh and patterned the college after Oxford and Cambridge universities that he had visited on a trip to England. His objective was to build a college in tune with the British education system but without compromising its Islamic values.

It was one of the first purely residential educational institution set up either by the Government or the public in India. Over the years it gave rise to a new educated class of Muslims who were active in the political system of the British Raj and who would serve as a catalyst for change among not only the Muslim population of India, but of the entire subcontinent.

Teaching Staff

·        AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

·        ARTS

·        COMMERCE

·        ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

·        LAW

·        LIFE SCIENCE

·        MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH

·        MEDICINE

·        SCIENCE

·        SOCIAL SCIENCES

·        THEOLOGY

·        UNANI MEDICINE

·        WOMENS COLLEGE

Departments

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF POST HARVEST ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & BUSINESS

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY

FACULTY OF ARTS

THE DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC

CENTER OF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INDIAN LANG. & CULTURE

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

DEPARTMENT OF FINE ART

THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS

THE DEPARTMENT OF MODERN INDIAN LANG.

THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

THE DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT

THE DEPARTMENT OF URDU

FACULTY OF COMMERCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY

THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

THE DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM STUDIES

THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S POLYTECHNIC

FACULTY OF LAW

THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW

FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE SCIENCES

THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MUSEOLOGY

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDY AND RESEARCH

THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FACULTY OF MEDICINE

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF Anesthesiology

THE DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

THE DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY

THE DEPT. OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY (ENT)

THE DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY

THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL MEDICINE

THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

DEPARTMENT OF RADIO-THERAPY

THE DEPARTMENT OF T.B. & RESPIRATORY DISEASES

DENTAL COLLEGE

THE DEPT. OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PERIODONTICS & COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

THE DEPARTMENT OF PEDODONTICS

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY

THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

THE CENTRE OF WEST ASIAN STUDIES

THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

THE DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES

THE DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION

THE DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Department of Physical Health and Education

THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL WORK

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

THE DEPARTMENT OF SUNNI THEOLOGY

FACULTY OF UNANI MEDICINE

THE DEPARTMENT OF AMRAZ-E-NISWAN-WA-ATFAL

THE DEPT OF ILMUL ADVIA, AK TIBBIYA COLLEGE

THE DEPARTMENT OF TASHREEH-WA-MUNAFEUL AZA

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INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOTECHNOLOGY UNIT

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