Sindh Madrasatul Islam
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Motto in English
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Enter To Learn Go Forth to Serve |
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| Type | Public |
| Established |
1885 University Status Granted in 2012 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Sindh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr Muhammed Ali Shaikh |
| Location | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Campus | 8 acres |
| Affiliations | HEC, chartered By the government of Sindh |
| Website | http://smiu.edu.pk |
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Sindh Madressatul Islam University (Urdu: سندھ مدرسۃ الاسلام; Sindhi: سنڌ مدرسته الاسلام, also known as SMI University) is a university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1885, it is one of the oldest education institutes in South Asia.
Sindh Madrasa was founded on the 1st of September 1885 by Hassan Ali Effendi, a Sindhi of Turkish origin who settled in Karachi. It's establishment was supported by Indian Muslim jurists including Syed Ahmad Khan and Syed Ameer Ali. It became a popular school for many Muslims of Sindh and Balochistan. Modeled after a British public school, Sindh Madrasa remained a high school until 1943 when it was elevated to a college, and in February 2012 was chartered as a university by Sindh.
Today, Sindh Madrasa is a publicly funded university located in downtown Karachi, near I. I. Chundrigar Road on an eight-acre estate which is home to several colonial era buildings most of his designed by architect James Strachan. Sindh Madressatul offers four year undergraduate programs and two year master's degrees, however doesn't award doctorate's. The university is constructing a 15-floor academic tower in its current campus. The institute has been associated with several prominet South Asian Muslims including Pakistan's first head of state Mohammed Ali Jinnah who received his matriculation from the school in 1892, apart from Jinnah, Shah Nawaz, Abdullah Haroon, Ghulam Hussain and Ayub Khuhro also studied here.
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