Aligarh Muslim University

? Aligarh Muslim University, with an affluent cumulative past spanning more than a century, was established by the avant-garde social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1877 as Mohammedan Anglo Oriental (MAO) College. ? Fostered to a university in 1920, AMU continues to be one of the paramount universities and a grand seat of learning in the subcontinent. ? An imposing locale of 476.6 urban hectares in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, it offers more than 300 courses, both in the conventional and contemporary fields of study. ? The ever-lively student fraternity includes those from all states, cultures, backgrounds and religions in India as well as from global regions such as Africa, West Asia and Southeast Asia. ? AMU maintains a prolific strength of more than 28,000 students, 1342 teaching staff, and some 5610 non-teaching workforces on its rolls. ? The three regional centers of study at Malappuram (Kerala), Murshidabad (West Bengal) and Kishanganj (Bihar) add to its glorious repute across India. Faculties In AMU: 1. Faculty of Agricultural Science 2. Faculty of Arts 3. Faculty of Commerce 4. Faculty of Engineering and Technology 5. Faculty of Law 6. Faculty of Life Sciences 7. Faculty of Management and Research 8. Faculty of Medicine 9. Faculty of Science 10. Faculty of Social Sciences 11. Faculty of Theology 12. Faculty of Unani Medicine Recent Achievements of AMU: 1. The Aligarh Muslim University is an Institution of National importance (Seventh Schedule, Article 246 of the Indian Constitution). 2. AMU was accredited with Grade 'A' with CGPA 3.35 on the scale of 4 by National Assessment & Accredition Council (NAAC).