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 Seal of the Aliah University | |
Former name | Calcutta Mohammedan College/Aliah Madrasha/Calcutta Madrasha (1780-2008) |
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| Motto | Advancement of Education and culture |
| Type | Public |
| Established |
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Academic affiliation | |
| Budget | ₹162.6506 crore (US$19 million)(2021–22 est.)[3] |
| Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Rafikul Islam |
Academic staff | 211 (2022)[4] |
| Students | 6,366 (2022)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 3,548 (2022)[4] |
| Postgraduates | 2,426 (2022)[4] |
| 392 (2022)[4] | |
| Address | Action Area ll-A, 27 ,,700160 ,India 22°35′22″N88°29′07″E / 22.5895°N 88.4853°E /22.5895; 88.4853 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | aliah.ac.in |
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Aliah University (AU;Arabic:جامعہ عالیہ,Bengali:আলিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is apublicstate university inNew Town, West Bengal, India. Previously known asMohammedan College of Calcutta,[5] it was elevated to university in 2008.[6]
The Aliah University (AU) is one of the oldest modern-style educational institutes in Asia, and first in India. It was set up in October 1780 byWarren Hastings, the British Governor general ofEast India Company nearSealdah inCalcutta.[7] A number of titles were used for it, such as Islamic College of Calcutta, Calcutta Madrasah, Calcutta Mohammedan College and Madrasah-e-Aliah. Of these, Calcutta Mohammedan College was that used by Warren Hastings.[7]
The original building was completed in 1782 at Bow Bazaar (near Sealdah). The college moved to its campus on Wellesley Square in the 1820s. Initially it taughtnatural philosophy,Arabic,Persian, theology andIslamic law,astronomy, grammar,logic,arithmetic,geometry, rhetoric and oratory.[8] The Calcutta Madrasa followed different models for different subjects, likeDars-i Nizami of Firingi Mahal for Persian and Arabic, and the old Peripatetic School Model for the Logic and Philosophy.[9]
Aliah University has three campuses for different types of curriculum located atNew Town,[10]Park Circus andTaltala.
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of Aliah UniversityNew Town Campus on 15 December 2011.[11] Later on 11 November 2014Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the finished campus. New Town campus contains 156 class rooms with a capacity of 12,000 students and housesScience andTechnology students only. The campus also has separate boy's and girl's hostel. New Town campus also has three annexure buildings dedicated to various laboratories and a central library.
Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Aliah University is granted through written entrance examinations and for B.Tech. programs through WBJEE. Admission toM.S. andPhD programmes is based on a written test and a personal interview.
Admission to undergraduate programmes is based on merit rank of the "Aliah University Admission Test" (AUAT), which consists of a written examination of "Multiple Choice Type Questions" (MCQ), clearing of which leads to an interview and final selection of the candidate. Candidates who qualify for admission through AUAT can apply for admission to LLM. ( Masters of Law ), B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology), Integrated MBA (Master of Business Administration), MCA (Master of Computer Applications), M.Sc. (Master of Science) and M.A (Master of Arts) courses in different Engineering, Business, Science and Arts subjects.[12] Aliah University has also M.Tech. (Master of Technology) program.
The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) accorded recognition to the university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act, in 2019.[13] Aliah University has been awarded a B+ grade by NAAC.
In 2016, a series of protests by the students of theuniversity took place on the main campus (New Town) against the disordering principle of the then vice chancellor, Abu Taleb Khan; because students were experiencing lack of books in library, lack of faculty, bad condition of lab etc. from the beginning of the university. The protest began on 8 November 2016. On 18 November 2016, students insulted their VC Abu Taleb Khan giving a black rose to him. They blockaded the main gates of the university and the students made a loud slogan. With the help of police and security guards of theuniversity, the VC entered in his office.[14][15]
Students were requested by the EC members, Fact Finding Committee and also the Minority and Madrasah EducationMinister Giasuddin Molla to stop the protest and class boycotts. But students said they will continue to boycott classes until the vice chancellor resigns.[16]
