Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

About The University:

Jamia Millia Islamia is a comprehensive research-intensive Central (Public) University. The university made a modest beginning in 1920 at Aligarh, and later moved to Delhi in 1925. It is the result of the tireless efforts of its founders; Shaikhul Hind Maulana Mahmud Hasan, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Jenab Hakim Ajmal Khan, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, Jenab Abdul Majeed Khwaja, and Dr. Zakir Hussain to create an institution that would manifest indigenous ethos and spirit of plurality. Jamia Millia Islamia, in 1988 became a Central University by an Act of Parliament. It is a national institution that offers progressive education and nationalist ideals to students from all communities, particularly the Muslims, providing them with cutting edge learning experience, internationally benchmarked education, intellectual freedom and research opportunities in frontier areas of contemporary concern. Today Jamia Millia Islamia is ranked at 6th position in the country amongst universities in NIRF 2021 rankings issued by the Ministry of Education, Govt of India. It was accredited with the highest grade of ‘A++’ by the NAAC, Ministry of Education in the second cycle of assessment in 2021. The university has also been consistently ranked amongst leading universities in the
world by the renowned international ranking agencies as a comprehensive research-intensive institution. The university has received the prestigious “Research award of President of India” twice and many of its students are recipients of Prime Minister’s research fellowship. Several researchers of the university figure in the recent list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists issued by the Stanford University.

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