جامعة ملیة إسلامية دهلي | |
Motto |
Arabic: عَلَّمَ الاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَم ʻallam al-insān-a mā lam yaʻlam English:He taught man what he knew not |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1920 |
Chancellor | Mohammad Ahmed Zaki |
Vice-Chancellor | Talat Ahmad |
Academic staff
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800+ |
Administrative staff
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1200+ |
Students | 23000+ |
Undergraduates | 12000+ |
Postgraduates | 4000+ |
1000+ | |
Location | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | Jamia |
Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
Website | jmi |
Jamia Millia Islamia (Urdu: جامعہ ملیہ اسلامیہ, Hindi: जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया, translation: Community Islamic University) is a public central university located in Delhi. It was established during British rule in 1920. It became a Central University by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1988.
The University was established by Muslim leaders in 1920, prior to partition. Among the founding leaders, the main were the Ali Brothers, Moulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar and Moulana Shaukat Ali.
The campus is distributed over a large area. Many of its buildings are being modernized. Greenery is supported and advocated. In December 1988 Jamia was accorded the status of a Central University by the parliament under the Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988 (no. 59 of 1988).
In 2006 the Sultan of Saudi Arabia paid a visit to the university and donated $30 million for construction of a library .Now,that library is known as Zakir Husain Library and is one of the finest library of India containing thousands of manuscripts, journals, research papers and books from many fields.
The university's scenic cricket ground (popularly known as the Bhopal Ground) has hosted Ranji Trophy matches and a women's cricket test match. Besides its seven faculties, the Jamia has centres of learning and research, like the Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC), Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Faculty of Fine Arts,Centre for Theoretical Physics and the Academy of Third World Studies (ATWS). The Jamia offers undergraduate and postgraduate information and technology courses.