Aligarh Muslim University (AMU, Aligarh)

Well-established over around 468 Hectares of serene and lush green land in the city of Aligarh, magnificent Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a highly opulent public central university in India regarded as being one among the most prestigious and top universities of the country, with nationwide and worldwide prominence. This university was originally set up highly ambitiously by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (MAO College) in 1877, who was a great visionary and social reformer. In 1920, MAO College was given its present name as AMU, and later on it achieved the status of being an Institute of National Importance under the seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution.

Accredited Grade 'A' by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) and a dynamic member of AIU, today AMU is a globally-renowned institution of excellence in higher studies and counted among the best and top universities in India. Offering over 300 high-quality courses at all academic levels to Indian and global students and professionals without any discriminations in respect of caste, creed, race, religion, and gender, this Aligarh Muslim University is a living symbol of the composite culture and secular principles of India. Its range of educational and professional disciplines and subjects is rather broad and all-encompassing, and includes the modern and specialized learning in various technical, vocational, and inter-disciplinary fields, in addition to the conventional higher education in arts & humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Separate and exclusive information about these all courses and aligarhmuslim university admission 2020 is provided below. Noteworthy here also is the fact that this well-resourced and highly prestigious amuuniversity also offers some distance learning courses at diverse academic levels. This magnanimous central university of India draws numerous students and professionals every year from many foreign countries worldwide, mostly from the countries of Southeast Asia, West Asia, Africa, SAARC countries, and the Commonwealth countries.

Though the medium of teaching and instruction at AMU is primarily English, it also offers superlative courses in many Indian, Oriental, and Western languages. To maintain its various professional courses at par with international standards, AMU has bolstered promising MOUs and Collaborations with numerous Indian and foreign universities and institutions, the majority of these being located in USA, Iran, Dubai, UK, Azerbaijan, Thailand, Canada, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Indonesia, and in India (its Indian associate universities and institutions are mainly in the cities of New Delhi, Aligarh, Lucknow, Tiruchirappalli, Kochi, Ghaziabad, Mathura, etc. Ever-growing and huge popularity of its courses had necessitated AMU to establish its many educational centers at Malappuram (Kerala), Murshidabad (West Bengal), Kishanganj (Bihar), and Aurangabad (Maharashtra), besides its main highly-opulent campus in Aligarh; the detailed aligarhmuslim university address is provided below.Lastly, the central library of AMU, named as the Maulana Azad Library has been world-famous owing to the great credit that it contains a huge collection of books, manuscripts, magazines and journals of national and international importance, and research materials in various fields. This affluent library has a rich collection of manuscripts and rare books in oriental languages, and the hugest collection of Urdu books in India.

Courses Offered by AMU - Admission Open 2020

Almost all various courses and programs offered by AMU at varying academic levels are of high-quality and rather professional and prolific. At present, this giant and rather prosperous university with 13 major and opulent faculties (each faculty containing many disciplinary departments), 7 constituent colleges, 15 centers, 5 institutions, and 10 schools, is imparting enlightening education and professional talents to myriad students, professionals, and scholars of India and the world. Its educational infrastructure is of world-class with ready availability of all necessary and lavish resources and facilities. Its teaching academicians and experts form a large number (around 1400), and the disciplinary departments under its 13 major faculties are about 100 at present. Its 19 halls of residence have 80 hostels for boys and girls.

At present, magnificent and internationally renowned Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) of Aligarh, has the following 13 main and major disciplinary faculties

These 13 faculties collectively have around 100 distinct academic departments. With efficient and dedicated support of these, AMU offers over 300 courses and programs in these disciplines at varying academic levels. Brisk and securealigarhmuslim university online forms for admissions into these courses are also available. Broadly, the courses offered by AMU may be classified into the following major categories

• Certificate and Diploma Courses/Programs
• Advanced Diploma Courses
• Bridge Courses
• Bachelor's Degree Courses
• Integrated Courses
• Master's Degree Courses
• Postgraduate (PG) Diploma
• Post PG Diploma and other Courses
• Doctoral Research Courses (PhD and MPhil)

The amu application form 2020 for finding admission to the desired course, may readily be obtained from the university, both offline and online. Here, it may also be noted that the doctoral research courses of AMU have been highly-admired in various disciplines, and admissions to these courses will be based on the amu entrance exam 2020; information about the date of which may promptly be obtained from its website or through visiting the university.

AMU Admission is done in two ways: Departmental Admission Test (conducted at Aligarh) and Entrance Exam (conducted at designated centres).The interested students or professionals are kindly advised to know the eligibility criteria (with the prescribed percentage of marks by AMU), selection criteria, and application form & fee for admission into the desired course, just through visiting the Official Webpage of AMU, Controller Exams.

In general, the nationwide and worldwide famous Aligarh Muslim University conducts rigorous admissions into its various ace-quality and prolific courses at diverse academic levels, through any of the following three selection criteria

• Entrance Test/Exam, which is conducted by the university at the designated centers in India.
• Departmental Test, which is conducted by the relevant academic department of AMU in Aligarh.
• Merit-based Admission, i.e., based on the merit of the candidate in the last qualifying examination [Indicated by 'N' meaning Non-Test Course].
• Besides these, the valid scores in the following Tests/Exams are also considered for admissions to the relevant courses --- GATE, NEET (NEET PG, NEET MDS), and so on.

Ranking - Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

AMU is accredited by NAAC A Grade.QS World University Rankings as well as Times Higher Education World University Rankings have regularly been ranking this AMU among the 600-1000 best universities in the whole world; and among 150-300 highly prestigious universities in Asia and BRICS countries. According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and India Today, AMU regularly finds place among the 25 best and most renowned universities in India. While its faculties of engineering and management have been highly ranked regularly among the top 25-50 institutes in entire India. Again, in the year 2017, the law and medical faculties of AMU were ranked among the top 10 by India Today. In respect of doctoral research courses, AMU finds place among the top 15 most illustrious universities in India.

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