List of Islamic educational institutions
The following is a list of institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter.
Historical institutions in continuous operations
Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:
Makkah Saudi Arabia
madinah Saudi Arabia
Deoband saharanpur up. India
saharanpur up India
saharanpur up India
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India
Patna Bihar India
patna bihar
munger bihar
- University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco,the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records.[1][2]
- Al-Azhar University, Cairo
- Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Azamgarh India
- Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly city India
- Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
- Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
- Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
- Jamia Hashmia, Bijapur, India[3]
- Jamia Nizamia, HYD, India
- Jamiya Baqiyathusswalihath, Velloor, India
- Nizamiyya
- University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia
Seminaries
Colonial era
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:
- Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India[4]
Post-colonial era
Religious institutions (or madrasas) founded since the end of colonial rule in the respective countries:
- Jamia Abi Bakr, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
- Jamiatur Raza , Bareilly India
- Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen[5]
- Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
- Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi
- Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
- Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi
- Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode
- Al Maqar, Darul Aman, Kannur, India
- Umm al-Qura, Mecca
- Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US[6]
- Bukhari Islamic dawa college, Malappuram, India
Non-seminaries
Colonial era
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.
- Aligarh Muslim University[7]
- Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi[8]
- Jamia Osmania
- Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Post-colonial era
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
Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Islami University
- International Islamic University, Chittagong
- Islamic University of Technology
- Islamic University
Ghana
India
- Al Maqar, Darul Aman, Kannur, Kerala, India
- Darul Huda Islamic University, Chemmad, malappuram, Kerala
- Ma'din Academy, Malappuram, Kerala
- Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode, kerala
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
- Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
- Hamdard University, Karachi
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Islamia University, Bahawalpur
- Minhaj International University
- University of the Punjab
Palestine
Philippines
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Syria
- Damascus University, Faculty of Shari'a
UAE
- University of Sharjah, College of Sharia'a and Islamic Studies
Uganda
Canada
Sweden
Great Britain
United States of America
Members of FUIW
This is a list of Members of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), an organisation working whose stated aim is to support universities and higher education institutions in the Islamic world.[11]
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Islamic University of Technology
- Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
- Bangladesh Agricultural University
- BRAC University
- Darul Ihsan University
- Dhaka University
- Jahangirnagar University
- Khulna University
- International Islamic University Chittagong
- Islamic University, Bangladesh
- Manarat International University
- North South University
- Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
- University of Rajshahi
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
Brunei Darussalam
Chad
Ivory Coast
Egypt
- Al-Azhar University
- Assiut University
- Minia University
- Suez Canal University
- Helwan University
- Tanta University
- Zagazig University
- Cairo University
- Mansoura University
- Minufiya University
- Ain Shams University
- Alexandria University
The Gambia
Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow India
Ghana
Republic of Guinea
Indonesia
- Islamic University of Indonesia
- University of Indonesia
- Islamic University of Riau
- Gadjah Mada University
- Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
- Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
- Bandung Islamic University
India
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Jamia Hamdard
- Jamia Millia Islamia
- Nadwatul Ulama Lucknow India
- Darul Huda Islamic University
- Jamia Nadwiyya Edavanna
Iran
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Islamic Azad University
- K. N. Toosi University of Technology
- Payame Noor University (Distance Education)
- Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
- Sharif University of Technology
- Shiraz University
- University of Tehran
- Tarbiat Moallem University
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Bu-Ali Sina University
- Allameh Tabatabai University
- Gorgan University
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- University of Isfahan
- Alzahra University
- Amirkabir University of Technology
- Isfahan University of Technology
- Iran University of Science and Technology
- Al Mustafa International University
Iraq
- University of Basrah
- University of Technology
- University of Mosul
- University of Baghdad
- Al Qadissiya University
- Kufa University
- Mustansiriyah University
- Iraqi University in Baghdad
- University of Anbar
- Babylon University
Jordan
- Al al-Bayt University
- Al-Balqa` Applied University
- Ajloun National Private University
- Al-Ahliyya Amman University
- Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
- Al-Isra University
- Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
- American University of Madaba
- Applied Science Private University
- German-Jordanian University
- Hashemite University
- Irbid National University
- Jordan University of Science and Technology
- Jerash Private University
- Jadara University
- Mutah University
- Petra University
- Philadelphia University
- Princess Sumaya University for Technology
- Tafila Technical University
- University of Jordan
- World Islamic Sciences and Education University
- Yarmouk University
- Zarqa Private University
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
- Beirut Arab University
- Islamic University of Lebanon
- Lebanese University
Libya
- Al-Arab Medical University
- University of Garyounis
- Sebha University
- Seventh of April University
- Al-Tahadi University
Malaysia
- International Islamic University Malaysia
- University of Science Malaysia
- University of Malaya
- Universiti Utara Malaysia
- University of Technology, Malaysia
- University Malaysia Sabah
- Al-Madinah International University
Morocco
- Chouaib Doukkali University
- Mohammed V University at Agdal
- Mohammed V University at Souissi
- Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Republic of Mozambique
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Palestine
- Al-Azhar University, Gaza
- An-Najah National University
- Al-Quds University
- Al-Quds Open University
- Birzeit University
- Islamic University of Gaza
Pakistan
- Hamdard University
- University of the Punjab
- NED University of Engineering and Technology
- Quaid-i-Azam University
- Shah Abdul Latif University
- Sindh Agriculture University
- University of Sindh
- Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
- University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- Bahauddin Zakariya University
- Gomal University
- International Islamic University, Islamabad
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro
Qatar
Russian Federation
- Russian Islamic University, Kazan
Saudi Arabia
- Islamic University of Madinah
- Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
- Umm Al-Qura University
- King Saud University
Sri Lanka
- Jamiah Naleemiah
Sudan
- International University of Africa
- Sudan University of Science and Technology
- University of Gezira
- Blue Nile University
- Al-Neelain University
- Kordofan University
- Sinar University
- University of Juba
- Khartoum University
- Nile Valley University
- Alzaiem Alazhari University
- Omdurman Islamic University
Senegal
Somalia
Suriname
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
- Ajman University of Science and Technology
- College of Islamic and Arabic Studies
- United Arab Emirates University
- University of Sharjah
United States
Uzbekistan
Yemen
- University of Aden
- Queen Arwa University
- Taiz University
- Sanaa University
- University of Science and Technology, Sana'a
See also
References
- ^ Oldest University
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- ^ "Al Jamia Tul Hashmia – Bijapur, Karnataka | Ahlus Sunnah Organisation". www.alhashmi.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
- ^ "Wel Come Jamia Nizamia Hyd, India". jamianizamia.org.
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