List of Islamic educational institutions
The following is a list of institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter. One of the new institute is Islamic Educational Hub.
Historical institutions in continuous operations[]
Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:
- Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly, UP, India
- 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
- Baqiyat Salihat Arabic College, 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:
- Jamiatur Raza , Bareilly India
- 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 Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi
- Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
- Umm al-Qura, Mecca
- Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US
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[5]
- Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi[6]
- 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:
Afghanistan[]
Algeria[]
Azerbaijan[]
Bahrain[]
Bangladesh[]
- Islamic University of Technology
- Darul Ihsan University
- Dhaka University
- Jahangirnagar University
- Khulna University
- International Islamic University Chittagong
- Islamic University, Bangladesh
- Manarat International University
- University of Rajshahi
- Islamic Arabic University
- Bangladesh Islami University
Bosnia and Herzegovina[]
Burkina Faso[]
Brunei Darussalam[]
Chad[]
Ivory Coast[]
- University of Cocody
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
Ghana[]
Republic of Guinea[]
- University of Conakry
- Julius Nyerere University of Kankan
Indonesia[]
- Islamic University of Indonesia
- University of Indonesia
- Gadjah Mada University
- Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
- Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
- Bandung Islamic University
- Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
- Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
- Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University
- YARSI University
India[]
- Aligarh Muslim University
- Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Uttar Pradesh
- Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
- Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
- Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
- Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
- Jamia Hamdard
- Jamia Millia Islamia
- Jamia Markaz, Kozhikode
- Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly
- Markaz Knowledge City, Kozhikode
- Darul Huda Islamic University
- Ma'din Academy, Malappuram, Kerala
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
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
Ireland[]
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[]
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
- Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic University
- Selangor International Islamic University College
- Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Morocco[]
- Chouaib Doukkali University
- Mohammed V University at Agdal
- Mohammed V University at Souissi
- Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane
Islamic Republic of Mauritania[]
- University of Nouakchott
Republic of Mozambique[]
Netherlands[]
- Islamic University of Rotterdam
Niger[]
Nigeria[]
- Bayero University Kano
- Usman Dan Fodio University
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
- Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
- Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi
- Jamia Naeemia Lahore
- Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad
- Jamia-tul-Madina
- Islamia University of Bahawalpur
- Minhaj International University
- Al Quran Lab[8]
Philippines[]
Qatar[]
- University of Qatar
Russian Federation[]
- Russian Islamic University, Kazan
Saudi Arabia[]
- Islamic University of Madinah
- Umm al-Qura University
- King Saud University
Sudan[]
- International University of Africa
- Sudan University of Science and Technology
- University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences
- 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[]
- Gaston Berger University of Saint Louis
Somalia[]
Suriname[]
Syria[]
- University of Damascus
- Tishreen University
Tunisia[]
- Ez-Zitouna University
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[]
United Kingdom[]
Yemen[]
- Dar al-Mustafa
- University of Aden
- Queen Arwa University
- Taiz University
- Sanaa University
- University of Science and Technology, Sana'a
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Oldest University
- ^ "Medina of Fez". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Aligarh Muslim University". amu.ac.in.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2005-02-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "جامعة الأمير عبد القادر للعلوم الإسلامية قسنطينة". www.univ-emir.dz. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Home | Al Quran Lab". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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