List of Islamic educational institutions

Further information: Madrasa

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

Historical institutions in continuous operations

Main article: List of oldest madrasahs in continuous operation

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

• Al-Azhar University, Cairo
• Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
• Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
• Jamia Hashmia, Bijapur, India
• Jamia Nizamia, HYD, India
• Nizamiyya
• University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia

Darool Uloom Deoband India

Seminaries

Main article: List of Islamic 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:

• Darul Uloom
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India

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
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi
• 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
• Al-Maqar, Darul Aman, India
• Umm al-Qura, Mecca
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US
• 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
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
• 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

• Emir Abdelkader University, Constantine
• Islamic College, Algiers

Bangladesh

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

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

India

• Al-Maqar, Darul Aman
• Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
• Ma'din Academy, Malappuram
• Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode

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

• 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

Canada

• Quran and Etrat

United States of America

• Zaytuna College

See also

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

External links

• List of Best Muslim Educational Institutions in India

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