Aligarh Muslim University - Academics

Academics

Aligarh Muslim University is a residential academic institution offering 280 courses in traditional and modern branches of education. It has almost 30,000 students, and over 2,000 faculty members with over 80 departments of study. It draws students from a number of countries, especially those in Africa, West Asia and South East Asia. In some courses, seats are reserved for students from SAARC and Commonwealth countries.

The 12 faculties are:

  • Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Commerce
  • Faculty of Engineering and Technology
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Life Sciences
  • Faculty of Management Studies and Research
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Education & Research
  • Faculty of Theology
  • Faculty of Unani Medicine

The university maintains interdepartmental research centres such as:

  • Interdisciplinary Unit of Biotechnology
  • Centre of Excellence in Material Science/Nanotechnology
  • Centre for Comparative Study of Indian Languages and Culture
  • Centre of West Asian Studies
  • Centre of Woman Studies
  • Centre of Nehru Studies
  • Centre for Qur'anic Studies (Named in the Honour of Prof. K.A. Nizami)
  • Centre for Distance Education

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