List of Muslim educational institutions

The following is a list of institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter.

Historical (surviving) institutions

Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Pakistan
• Al-Azhar University, Cairo
• Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
• Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
• Jamia Hashmia, Bijapur, India^[1]
• Jamia Nizamia, HYD, India
• Nizamiyya
• University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia

Colonial-era institutions (non-seminaries)

These are institutions founded during colonial era that are not religious seminaries. Most are universities with a broad charter for comprehensive education in the Muslim communities they serve.

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Pakistan ^[2]
• Aligarh Muslim University^[3]
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi^[4]
• Jamia Osmania
• Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Colonial-era seminaries (usually madrasas)

Institutions of religious educations (most are classified as "madrasas", a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during colonial era:

• Darul Uloom^[5]
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India^[6]

Post-colonial seminaries (usually madrasas)

Religious institutions (or madrasas) founded since the end of colonial rule in the respective countries:

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Pakistan ^[7]
• Ahsan ul uloom, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen^[8]
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi
• Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah
• Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
• Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris, Multan
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi
• Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode
• Umm al-Qura, Makkah
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US^[9]

Post-colonial institutions (non-seminaries)

Educational institutions founded since end of colonial rule that are not religious seminaries, but have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with Islamic or Muslim culture and history:

Algeria

• Emir Abdelkader University, Constantine^[10]
• Islamic College, Algiers^[11]

Bangladesh

• International Islamic University, Chittagong
• Islamic University of Technology
• Islamic University

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

India

• Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
• Ma'din Adacemy, Malappuram
• Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode
• Indian Institute Of Technology, Kodaikanal
• Jamia as adiyyah islamiyya pappinissery kannur

Indonesia

• Islamic University of Indonesia
• Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
• Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
• Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
• Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University
• Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
• YARSI University

Jordan

• University of Jordan, Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies)

Kuwait

• Kuwait University, College of Shari'a and Islamic Studies

Malaysia

• Al-Madinah International University
• Insaniah University College
• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Selangor International Islamic University College
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Pakistan

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Gujrat
• Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
• Hamdard University, Karachi
• International Islamic University, Islamabad
• Islamia University, Bahawalpur
• Minhaj International University
• University of the Punjab

Palestine

• Islamic University of Gaza

Philippines

• Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao

Russia

• Russian Islamic University

Saudi Arabia

• Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
• Umm al-Qura University

Sudan

• Omdurman Islamic University
• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences

Syria

• Damascus University, Faculty of Shari'a

UAE

• University of Sharjah, College of Sharia'a and Islamic Studies

Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

See also

• List of Islamic Universities
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Medieval university

References

1. "Al Jamia Tul Hashmia – Bijapur, Karnataka | Ahlus Sunnah Organisation". www.alhashmi.org. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
2. http://umi.edu.pk/
3. "Aligarh Muslim University". amu.ac.in.
4. http://jmi.nic.in/
5. "Darul Uloom Deoband - INDIA". darululoom-deoband.com.
6. "Wel Come Jamia Nizamia Hyd, India.". jamianizamia.org.
7. http://umi.edu.pk/
8. http://www.daralmustafa.org/
9. "ZAYTUNA COLLEGE - Home". zaytuna.org.
10. http://www.univ-emir.dz/
11. http://www.fac-islamique-alger.dz/

External links

• List of Best Muslim Educational Institutions in India