Somaiya Vidyavihar University is a private university located in the
Vidyavihar
Vidyavihar is a small suburb of Mumbai. It has a Vidyavihar railway station, railway station with the same name on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway (India), Central Railway line. The area consists of mainly the Somaiya Vidyavi ...
suburb of
Mumbai
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. It is the second largest campus in Mumbai, superseded only by the
Powai
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campus of the
Indian Institute of Technology
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. Its campus is approximately .
The entire campus is owned and operated by the 'Somaiya Trust'. It is also has a sister campus in
Sion
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People
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Plac ...
, another suburb of Mumbai, called Somaiya Ayurvihar.
Colleges
It hosts a number of reputed educational institutions with country-wide recognition.
Some of the same are:
*K.J. Somaiya Polytechnic Institute
*K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce
*K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce
*S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce
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K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
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K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research
*K.J. Somaiya Junior College of Arts & Commerce
*S.K. Somaiya Vinay Mandir
Apart from the above-mentioned colleges it has 45 different courses it offers to students, it also hosts The Somaiya School, a
Central Board of Secondary Education
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affiliated school operated by the same educational trust. The campus also facilitates hostels for both boys and girls.
Somaiya Vidyavihar University
On 26 August 2019, Somaiya Vidyavihar announced that it would be "the first ever private university in Mumbai". Apart from K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce & S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce, all the others would be included in the newly formed private university while these would retain their current status with the
University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai is a collegiate university, collegiate, State university (India), state-owned, Public university, public research university in Mumbai.
The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the un ...
.
This means that K.J. Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce will still enjoy the 'autonomous' status which it has been granted earlier. While the other institutes, S.K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science & Commerce and K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce, will remain as University of Mumbai affiliated institutes. These above mentioned chose to remain in the University of Mumbai because of the aid that they receive from it.
See also
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List of Mumbai Colleges
This is a list of notable colleges in Mumbai. Many of the colleges iare Autonomous universitys while others are affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Colleges and are spread throughout the city as well as the suburbs.Poplar courses include B ...
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K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering
References
External links
Somaiya Vidhyavihar(Official Website)
K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering(Official Website)
S.K.Somaiya College(Official Website)
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