Jamia Millia Islamia () is a central university located in

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, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day

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, India) during the

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in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in 1935. It was given the deemed status by University Grants Commission in 1962. On 26 December 1988, it became a central university. The foundation committee of the university included Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, Hussain Ahmad Madani, Muhammad Iqbal, Sanaullah Amritsari, Syed Mehmood and others. Its foundation stone was laid by Mahmud Hasan Deobandi, the leader of

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and the first student of Darul Uloom Deoband.

Muhammad Ali Jauhar Muhammad Ali Jauhar (10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931), was an Indian Muslim activist, prominent member of the All-India Muslim League, journalist and a poet, a leading figure of the Khilafat Movement and one of the founders of Jamia Millia ...

served as its first vice-chancellor from 1920 to 1923, and Hakim Ajmal Khan served as the first chancellor from 1920 to 1927. On 26 May 2017,

Najma Heptulla Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian politician. She is the Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia since 2017. She was a six time member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, between 1980 and 2016, and ...

became 11th Chancellor of university, and Najma Akhtar became the 15th Vice Chancellor in April 2019. In 2020, Jamia Millia Islamia was ranked 1st among all central universities in the country in rankings released by Ministry of Education of India. In December 2021, the university received an 'A++' ranking by National Assessment and Accreditation Council.

History

Jamia Millia Islamia 1970 stamp of India

Jamia Millia Islamia was established in Aligarh on 29 October 1920 by Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan,

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Abdul Majeed Khwaja Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885 – 2 December 1962) was an Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter from Aligarh. In 1920, he along with others founded Jamia Millia Islamia and later served its vice chancellor and chancello ...

, and

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under the presidency of Mahmud Hasan Deobandi. It was established mainly in response to the demand of some students of the

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for a new National Muslim University which would be free from government influence as they felt that the administration of

was of pro- British stance. It was conceived as a national institution that would offer

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and an emphasis on

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to students from all communities, particularly

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described "the movement of Jamia Millia Islamia as a struggle for education and cultural renaissance that aims to prepare a blueprint for Indian Muslims which may focus on Islam but simultaneously evolve a national culture for common Indian. It will lay the foundation of the thinking that true religious education will promote patriotism and national integration among Indian Muslims, who will be proud to take part in the future progress of India, which will play its part in the comity of nations for peace and development. The objective of establishment of Jamia Millia Islamia will be to lay down the common curriculum for Indian Muslims taking into account the future challenges and will prepare the children to be masters of future" The emergence of Jamia was supported by

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, who felt that Jamia Millia Islamia could shape lives of hundreds and thousands of students on the basis of a shared culture and worldview. In 1925, Jamia Millia Islamia moved from Aligarh to

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. On 1 March 1935, the foundation stone for a school building was laid at Okhla, then a nondescript village in the southern outskirts of Delhi. In 1936, all institutions of Jamia Millia Islamia except Jamia Press, the Maktaba, and the library moved to the new campus. The University Grants Commission gave Jamia Millia Islamia the deemed status in 1962. Jamia Millia Islamia became a central university by an act of the

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on 26 December 1988. In 2006, the

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, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia paid a visit to the university and donated US$2.90 million for the construction of a library, now known as Dr. Zakir Husain Library (Central Library). In 2019, the university emerged as a centre of the

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after the act was passed by the Parliament. On 13 December 2019,

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tried to forcefully dismiss the protest of students and threw tear gas inside the campus on students to control their agitation. On 15 December 2019, police entered the campus on the pretext of trying to catch the mob that destroyed public peace outside the university campus. Many students sustained injuries because of the police brutality and it sparked protests in several other universities.

Founders

* Mahmud Hasan Deobandi: He laid the foundation stone of Jamia Millia Islamia and was the most aged among all the founders of Jamia. He was president of the opening ceremony of Jamia Millia Islamia at Aligarh, which took place on 29 October 1920. His presidential speech was read by his student Shabbir Ahmad Usmani. * Abul Kalam Azad, the nationalist leader of the

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, was one of its main initial patrons. * Mohammad Ali Jouhar became Jamia's first Vice Chancellor. *

, the leader of Independence Movement and the Father of the Nation, Gandhi was one of the key people in the foundation of Jamia. *

took over the university in its turbulent times in 1927 and guided it through the difficulties. After his death, he was buried on the campus of the university where his mausoleum is open to the public. *

later became the vice chancellor. The main auditorium and Health Centre of the university are both named after him. *

* Abid Hussain (not to be confused with Abid Hussain) * Hakim Ajmal Khan: On 22 November 1920, Hakim Ajmal Khan was elected the first chancellor of Jamia. *

Mohammad Mujeeb Mohammad Mujeeb (1902-1985) was an Indian writer of English and Urdu literature, educationist, scholar and the vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. Early life and education Mujeeb was born in 1902 to Mohammad Naseem, a wealthy barris ...

, under whose leadership Jamia Millia Islamia became a Deemed University on 9 June 1962. The foundation committee of the Jamia Millia Islamia also included Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Hussain Ahmad Madani, Syed Sulaiman Nadwi, Abdul Haq, Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, Sanaullah Amritsari, Muhammad Iqbal, Syed Mahmud and Saifuddin Kitchlew in it.

Campus

The campus is distributed over a large area in the Okhla area of Delhi. Many of its buildings are under renovation. Gulistan-E-Ghalib, Jamia Millia Islamia

The university's scenic cricket ground, Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Sports Complex, has hosted many important Tournaments and Indian women cricket matches. This ground also hosted the University Cricket Championship in 2013 Besides its seven faculties, the Jamia has centres of learning and research, including the Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Faculty of Fine Arts, Centre for Theoretical Physics, and the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Academy of Third World Studies (ATWS). The Jamia offers undergraduate and postgraduate information and technology courses. Jamia Millia Islamia joined the green campaign and installed 2,250-kilowatt solar panels on the campus.

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The governing officials of the university include the ''Amir-i-Jamia'' (

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), the ''Shaikh-ul-Jamia'' (

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), the ''Naib Shaikh-ul-Jamia'' (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) and the ''Musajjil'' (Registrar). The

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is the Visitor of the university. The ''Anjuman'' or University Court is the supreme authority of the university and has the power to review the acts of the ''Majlis-i-Muntazimah'' (Executive Council) the ''Majlis-i-Talimi '' (Academic Council) and the ''Majlis-i-Maliyat'' (Finance Committee). The Executive Council is the highest executive body of the university. The Academic Council is the highest academic body of the university and is responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination within the university. In 2017

was appointed as the Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. In 2019

Najma Akhtar (academic) Najma Akhtar (born 1953) is an Indian academic and academic administrator. Since April 2019, she has been the Vice Chancellor of the Jamia Millia Islamia, an Indian university. She is also the first woman to hold the post in JMI. Education Akht ...

was appointed as the first woman vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia.

Faculties

Jamia Millia Islamia has nine faculties under which it offers academic and extension programs.

Faculty of Law

Established in 1989, the Faculty of Law offered only the three-year LL.B.course until the early 2000s, but started additionally offering the integrated 5 Years B.A.LL.B(Hons.) course for UG students from the academic year 2002–2003. The faculty offers apart from a five-year integrated BA LLB (Honours) programme, a two-year post-graduate programme (LLM) in three specialised streams (personal law, corporate law and criminal law) and a Ph.D. programme. It also offers two year Executive LL.M programme for working professionals. The faculty secured the 9th rank among law schools in India as per NIRF LAW Ranking 2020. * LL. M **Personal Law **Corporate Law **Criminal Law *B.A.LL.B (Hons) *P.G. Diploma **Labour Law **Air and Space Law

Faculty of Engineering and Technology

The Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET) was established in 1985.Departments has *Civil Engineering **Civil Engineering **Environmental Science and Engineering **Earthquake Engineering *Mechanical Engineering **Mechanical Engineering **Thermal Engineering **Machine Design **Production and Industrial *Electrical Engineering **Electrical Engineering **Electrical Power System Management **Control & Instrumentation System *Electronics & Communication Engineering **Electronic and Communication Engineering *Applied Sciences & Humanities **Electronics **Energy Science and Technology **Computational Mathematics *Computer Engineering **Computer Engineering *Aeronautics **Aeronautics/Mechanical **Avionics *Environmental Science **Environmental Science *University Polytechnic degree The faculty offers regular courses and continuing programmes. In the

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Subject Ranking-2020, JMI ranked 401–500 in Engineering and Technology. Within India its rank is 11 among all higher education institutions while among universities it is 2nd position. JMI was placed at 501–600 in computer science, while among Indian Institutions it has been ranked at 16th position and at 7th among Indian universities.

Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics

Jamia Millia Islamia is the only Central university having the full-fledged Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics.The architecture program was started in the Year 2001–2002. This Faculty has the Department of Architecture which offers two degree courses in Bachelor of Architecture, Nine Masters courses and PhD. The courses include undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies in subjects such as *Architecture *Architecture Pedagogy *Health Architecture *Building Services *Urban Regeneration *Ekistics *Master of Planning (M.Plan) *Master of Design (M.Des)

Faculty of Humanities and Languages

This Faculty has ten departments offering programmes in PhD, M Phil (pre-PhD), Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Diploma and Certificate courses. *Arabic *English **English **Translation Proficiency *Tourism and Hospitality Management ** Tourism and Travel Management ** Hotel Management ** Food Production *Hindi **Hindi **Journalism **TV Journalism **English-Hindi Translation **Mass Media Hindi *History and Culture *

Islamic Studies Islamic studies refers to the academic study of Islam, and generally to academic multidisciplinary "studies" programs—programs similar to others that focus on the history, texts and theologies of other religious traditions, such as Easter ...

, Islamic studies has been a subject at Jamia Millia Islamia since its inception. It was instituted as a separate department in 1988. The department has been headed by scholars like Zayn al-Abidin Sajjad Meerthi. The department publishes an annual magazine, ''Sada e Jauhar''. *Persian *Iranology *Urdu *Sanskrit *Foreign Languages ** Turkish Language & Literature ** French & Francophone Studies ** Korean Languages & Literature ** Spanish and Latin American Studies

Faculty of Fine Arts

This Faculty has six departments offering programmes in PhD, Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), diploma and certificate courses. *

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* Art Education * Graphic Art * Art History & Art Appreciation The campus has an art gallery named after the Indian painter M. F. Hussain.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Commerce & Business Management

This Faculty has ten departments *

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Psychology Psychology is the science, scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immens ...

**Psychology **Applied Psychology **Counselling Psychology *

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

**Economics **Banking and Financial Analytics * Adult & Continuing Education & Extension **Development Extension *

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and ...

**Political Science **Human Rights and Duties Education **Public Administration *

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

Social Work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

**Social Work **Human Resource Management **Public Health *

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, natio ...

Business Studies Business studies, often simply called business, is a field of study that deals with the principles of business, management, and economics. It combines elements of accountancy, finance, marketing, organizational studies, human resource management, ...

**Business Management **Business Administration **Commerce * Hospital Management and Hospice Studies **Healthcare and Hospital Management * Library and Information Science SCIENCE BLOCK JAMIA

The College of Social Science is based around Gulistan-e-Ghalib and is commonly referred to as the Main Campus.

Faculty of Natural Sciences

This Faculty has seven departments: *Physics *Chemistry *Mathematics *Geography *Biosciences *Computer Science *Biotechnology In addition, there are four associated centres : *Centre for Theoretical Physics *Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences *Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology *Multidisciplinary Centre Advanced Research in Science

Faculty of Education

This Faculty specializes in quality training and education to budding teachers through two departments: *Educational Studies **Education **Education Planning and Administration **Educational Management *Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (Formerly Dept of Teacher Training and Non-Formal Education). Academics like

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are serving this faculty. **Education **Special Education (Visual Impairment) **Special Education (Learning Disability) **Nursery Education **Elementary Education

Faculty of Dentistry

This faculty offering B. D. S. Programmes Fdn intro(1)

Centers

AJK Mass Communication Research Center

The Mass Communication Research Centre was established in 1982 by Anwar Jamal Kidwai, then vice-chancellor (later chancellor) of Jamia Millia Islamia. *Mass Communication *Convergent Journalism *Development Communication *Visual Effects and Animation *Broadcast Technology *Still Photography & Visual Communication *Acting

Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

The mission of the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) is to promote forefront basic and applied research in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, with potential applications towards fulfilling national strategic needs. The main research focus of the centre includes nano-fabrication and nano-device, nano-materials and nano-structures, nano-biotechnology and nano-medicine, nano-structure characterization and measurements.

Centre for Management Studies

The Centre for Management Studies presently offers three programmes: *Ph.D. in management *M.B.A.(Full-Time) Programme *M.B.A. (International Business) Programme *M.B.A. (Executive) *M.B.A. (Entrepreneurship & Family Business)

Centre for European and Latin American Studies

The Centre for European and Latin American Studies (CELAS) offers Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in five languages viz. *French *Spanish *Italian *Portuguese *Russian All the Language courses offered at CELAS are part-time courses. Apart from the above-mentioned courses, CELAS also offers M.Phil/PhD in European Studies/ Latin American Studies. Occasionally, professors from different countries come and teach the above-mentioned languages. Notable among these is the MA in

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large segments of the population. It is usually understood for relating to various forms of media, as its technologies are used for the dissemination o ...

offered by the AJK Mass Communication and Research Center: * FTK-Centre for Information Technology An internet facility is available for the faculty members, staff, research scholars, and students. MMAJ 1 JAMIA

MMAJ Academy of International Studies

Formerly Academy of Third World Studies, MMAJ Academy of International Studies was established in 1988 under the initiative of the then Prime Minister

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to conduct inter-disciplinary research on social, political and economic issues pertaining to the developing countries. Subsequently, it was renamed after one of the co-founders of Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohamad Ali Jauhar. The Academy offers *M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in International Studies, *M.A. (Politics: International and Area Studies) Language courses in *Uzbek *Chinese. It also has its own library and documentation centre, named after Dr. Abid Husain, another founder of Jamia Millia Islamia.

Other centers

*Dr. Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies *FTK-Centre for Information Technology *Centre for Distance and Open Learning *Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution *Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies *Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations *Centre for West Asian Studies *Dr. K.R. Narayanan Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies *Academy of Professional Development of Urdu Medium Teachers *Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences *Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research *Centre for Theoretical Physics *India - Arab Cultural Centre *Centre for Culture Media & Governance *Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences *Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy *Central Instrumentation Facility *UGC-Human Resource Development Centre *Centre for Coaching and Career Planning *Jamia's Premchand Archives & Literary Centre *Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women's Studies *University Counseling & Guidance Centre *Centre for Early Childhood Development and Research *Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) *Multidisciplinary Centre for Advanced Research and Studies

Schools

Jamia Millia Islamia also imparts education from nursery to senior secondary level. *Balak Mata Centres *Gerda Philipsborn Day Care Centre *Mushir Fatma Jamia Nursery School *Jamia Middle School *Jamia Senior Secondary School *Syed Abid Husain Senior Secondary School *Jamia Girls Senior Secondary School

Academic profile

Rankings

Jamia Millia Islamia has been ranked 438 out of 1100 universities worldwide by

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. Jamia Millia Islamia has been ranked at 3rd position among the top 25 Central Universities and at 17th rank among top 100 universities by '' Outlook''-I Care India University Rankings 2019. The ''

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'' ranked it 501-600 globally in the 2023 ranking 160 in Asia in 2022 and 195 in Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021. It has ranked on 186 position among the top 200 Universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2022, ranked 125 among the universities in BRICS countries by the QS BRICS Ranking 2019 and ranked on 751-800 position in

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in the 2022 list. It was ranked 13th in India overall by the

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(NIRF) in 2022, 3rd among universities, 12th in law ranking, 9th in architecture ranking, 16th in the dental ranking, 26th in the engineering ranking, 19th in Research institutes and 29th in the management ranking. The Faculty of Law was ranked 6th in India by '' Outlook India''s "India's Top 30 Law Colleges In 2019" and 14th in India by ''

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''s "Top Law Colleges 2019".

Library

The main central library of the university is known as Dr. Zakir Husain Library with its collection of about 400,000 artifacts — including books, microfilms, periodicals volumes, manuscripts, and rare books. Certain halls are dedicated to them. The library is open to all bonafide students of Jamia Millia Islamia. Besides this, there are subject collection in libraries of some faculties and centres.

Notable alumni and faculties

Since its inception, Jamia Millia Islamia has produced notable alumni. Notable alumni in Bollywood include

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, Mouni Roy; in journalism include

Arfa Khanum Sherwani Arfa Khanum Sherwani (born 1 November 1980) is an Indian journalist, and the senior editor of ''The Wire''. She was the only Indian journalist to cover the 2014 Afghan presidential elections. She is an alumna of Chaudhary Charan Singh Universi ...

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, Anjana Om Kashyap; in politics include Ampareen Lyngdoh,

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; in Cricket include Virendar Sehwag. It has also produced notable scholars including Moulana

Imran Raza Ansari Imran Reza Ansari (born 7 March 1972) is a Kashmiri politician and a well known Shia cleric succeeding his father Iftikhar Hussain Ansari after later's death. He belongs to the influential Ansari family. He won elections from the Pattan consti ...

and Mohammad Najeeb Qasmi.

References

External links

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