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{{short description|University in West Bengal, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Aliah University
| image = Aliah_University_Logo.png
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| caption = [[Seal (device)|Seal]] of the Aliah University
| motto = ''Advancement of Education and culture''
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| established = {{ubl|{{start date and age|1780}} as Calcutta Mohammedan College/Aliah Madrasha/Calcutta Madrasha|{{start date and age|2007}} as Aliah University}}
| academic_affiliation = {{hlist|[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 Oct 2008|title=UGC Section 22 of UGC Act|url=https://aliah.ac.in//upload/media/02-06-18_1527913559.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923001752/https://aliah.ac.in//upload/media/02-06-18_1527913559.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2020|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[University Grants Commission (India)]]}}</ref>|[[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 June 2020|title=AICTE Extension of Approval for the Academic Year 2020-21|url=https://aliah.ac.in//upload/media/13-07-20_1594659066.PDF|url-status=live|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[AICTE]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923001200/https://aliah.ac.in/upload/media/13-07-20_1594659066.PDF |archive-date=23 September 2020 }}</ref>|[[Indian Nursing Council|INC]]|[[National Council for Teacher Education|NCTE]]}}
| budget = {{INRConvert|162.6506|c}} <small>(2021–22 est.)</small><ref>{{cite web|date=Feb 5, 2021 |title=Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021-22 |url=http://wbfin.nic.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2021_bp3.pdf |access-date=Feb 6, 2021}}</ref>
| chancellor = [[Governor of West Bengal]]
| vice_chancellor = vacant
| academic_staff = 211 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| students = 6,366 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2022 |url=https://aliah.ac.in//upload/media/16-03-22_1647408684.pdf |publisher=Aliah University}}</ref>
| undergrad = 3,548 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 2,426 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 392 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| other =
| address = Action Area ll-A, 27
| city = [[New Town, West Bengal]]
| province =
| country = India
| postcode = 700160
| coordinates = {{coord|22.5895|N|88.4853|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=title,inline}}
| campus = Urban
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| website = {{URL|https://www.aliah.ac.in/|aliah.ac.in}}|
}}

'''Aliah University''' ('''AU'''; {{lang-ur|جامعہ عالیہ}}) is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] in [[New Town, West Bengal]], India. Previously known as '''Mohammedan College of Calcutta''',{{Circular reference|date=March 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Puronokolkata|date=7 January 2014 |url=https://puronokolkata.com/2014/01/07/mohammedan-college-of-calcutta-1848/}}</ref> it was elevated to university in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| title=University Grants Commination|url= https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=35&Unitype=2 }}</ref>

==History==
The Aliah University (AU) is one of the oldest modern-style educational institutes in Asia, and first in India. It was set up in October 1780 by [[Warren Hastings]], the British Governor general of [[East India Company]] near [[Sealdah]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="Muslim Institute">{{cite web| title=The Madrasah University|url= https://musliminstitute.org/freethinking/history/madrasah-university}}</ref> A number of titles were used for it, such as Islamic College of Calcutta, Calcutta Madrasah, Calcutta Mohammedan College and Madrasah-e-Aliah. Of these, Calcutta Mohammedan College was that used by Warren Hastings.<ref name="Muslim Institute"/>

The original building was completed in 1782 at Bow Bazaar (near Sealdah). The college moved to its campus on Wellesley Square in the 1820s. Initially it taught [[natural philosophy]], [[Arabic]], [[Persian language|Persian]], theology and [[Islamic Law]], [[astronomy]], Grammar, [[logic]], [[arithmetic]], [[geometry]], rhetoric and oratory.<ref>{{cite web| title= A historic institution falls on bad days|url= http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/15112002/1511200258.htm}}</ref> The Calcutta Madrasa followed different models for different subjects, like [[Dars-i Nizami]] of Firingi Mahal for Persian and Arabic, and the old Peripatetic School Model for the Logic and Philosophy.<ref name=" Banglapedia">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Calcutta Madrasa, The|author=Khan, B.R.}}</ref>
[[File:Aliah University, Science & Technology Campus, Rajarhat.jpg|thumb|Aliah University, Science & Technology Campus, New Town]]

==Campus==
Aliah University has three campuses for different types of curriculum located at [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Inauguration of Aliah University|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=11_11_2014_009_024&type=A&eid=31812|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225072159/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=11_11_2014_009_024&type=A&eid=31812|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Park Circus]] and [[Taltala]].

Chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] of [[West Bengal]] laid the foundation stone of 'Aliah University Campus' at [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] on 15 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=CM lays foundation of Aliah varsity campus at Rajarhat|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-16/kolkata/30524364_1_haj-house-foundation-stone-haj-pilgrims|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617064613/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-16/kolkata/30524364_1_haj-house-foundation-stone-haj-pilgrims|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=14 January 2013}}</ref> Later on 11 November 2014 [[Mamata Banerjee]] inaugurated the finished campus. New Town campus contains 156 class rooms with a capacity of 12,000 students and houses [[Science]] and [[Technology]] students only. The campus also has separate boy's and girl's hostel. New Town campus also has three annexure buildings dedicated to various laboratories and a central library.

==Academics==
[[File:Kolkata Taltala2.jpg|thumb|Heritage Building, Taltala Campus]]
[[Image:Aliah University City Campus, Park Circus.jpg|thumb|Aliah University City Campus, Park Circus]]

===Admission===
Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Aliah University is granted through written entrance examinations and for B.Tech. programs through WBJEE. Admission to [[Master's degree|M.S.]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] programmes is based on a written test and a personal interview.

Admission to undergraduate programmes is based on merit rank of the "Aliah University Admission Test" (''AUAT''), which consists of a written examination of "Multiple Choice Type Questions" (''MCQ''), clearing of which leads to an interview and final selection of the candidate. Candidates who qualify for admission through AUAT can apply for admission to LLM. ( '' Masters of Law '' ), B.Tech. (''[[Bachelor of Technology]]''), Integrated MBA (''[[Master of Business Administration]]''), MCA (''[[Master of Computer Applications]]''), M.Sc. (''[[Master of Science]]'') and M.A (''[[Master of Arts]]'') courses in different Engineering, Business, Science and Arts subjects.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aliah University, India|url=http://www.studyabroaduniversities.com/UniversityReview.aspx?university=Aliah-University&universityId=13191|publisher=Study Abroad Universities|access-date=12 January 2013}}</ref> Aliah University has also M.Tech. (''[[Master of Technology]]'') program.

===Accreditation===
The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) accorded recognition to the university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act, in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 February 2019|title=Proposal for 12-B Status.|url=https://aliah.ac.in//upload/post_doc/26-02-19_1551155482.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922235750/https://aliah.ac.in//upload/post_doc/26-02-19_1551155482.pdf|archive-date=22 September 2020|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[University Grants Commission (India)]]}}</ref>

==Controversy and criticism==
In 2016, a series of protests by the students of the [[university]] took place on the main campus ([[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]]) against the disordering principle of the then vice chancellor, Abu Taleb Khan; because students were experiencing lack of books in library, lack of faculty, bad condition of lab etc. from the beginning of the university. The protest began on 8 November 2016. On 18 November 2016, students insulted their VC Abu Taleb Khan giving a black rose to him. They blockaded the main gates of the university and the students made a loud slogan. With the help of police and security guards of the [[university]], the VC entered in his office.<ref>{{cite web|title=একাধিক দাবিতে 'কালা দিবস' পালন আলিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে|url=http://www.tdnbangla.com/state/more-demanding-black-day-celebrated-aliah-university/|publisher=TDN Bangla|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=এবার দাবি আদায়ে 'নফল রোজা' করতে চলেছে আলিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ছাত্রছাত্রীরা|url=http://www.tdnbangla.com/state/on-demands-aliah-university-student-go-to-fasting/|publisher=TDN Bangla|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>

Students were requested by the EC members, Fact Finding Committee and also the Minority and Madrasah Education [[Ministry (government department)|Minister]] Giasuddin Molla to stop the protest and class boycotts. But students said they will continue to boycott classes until the vice chancellor resigns.<ref>{{cite web|title=উপাচার্যের পদত্যাগের দাবিতে বিক্ষোভে বেসামাল আলিয়া|url=http://www.inkilab.org/inkilab/2016/11/aliah-demands-vc-resignation/|publisher=ইনকিলাব|access-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116021945/http://www.inkilab.org/inkilab/2016/11/aliah-demands-vc-resignation/|archive-date=16 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
=== Faculty ===
* [[Abu Nasr Waheed]], Islamic scholar<ref>{{cite web |title=Shamsul 'Ulema, Abu Nasar Waheed |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shamsul_%E2%80%98Ulema,_Abu_Nasar_Waheed |website=Banglapedia}}</ref>

==See also==
{{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* [[List of oldest universities in continuous operation]]
* [[University of Calcutta]]
* [[Colleges and institutes in India]]
* [[List of universities in India]]
* [[University Grants Commission (India)]]
* [[Education in India]]
* [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{official}}

{{Universities in West Bengal}}
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[[Category:Aliah University| ]]
[[Category:Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance]]
[[Category:Universities in Kolkata]]
[[Category:1780 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1780]]
[[Category:Islamic universities and colleges in India]]

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