Institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter include:
Historical institutions in continuous operations
Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:
- 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-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
- University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia
- University of Timbuktu
- Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
Seminaries
Colonial era
Institutions of religious education (most are classified as "madrasas", a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during the colonial era:
- Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India[3]
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, PAKISTAN
- Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi, PAKISTAN
- Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi, PAKISTAN
- Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi, PAKISTAN
- Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
- Umm al-Qura, Mecca
- Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US
- Al-Ishlah Mosque, Bengkalis, Indonesia
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[4]
- Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi[5]
- 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
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
Egypt
Ghana
Republic of Guinea
Indonesia
- 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
- Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic University
- International Islamic University of Indonesia
India
- Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh
- Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
- Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
- Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, 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
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
Lebanon
Libya
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
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Republic of Mozambique
Netherlands
Niger
Nigeria
Palestine
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
Russian Federation
- Russian Islamic University, Kazan
Saudi Arabia
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
Somalia
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States
- Cordoba University Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences
- Zaytuna College
- Islamic University of Minnesota
United Kingdom
Yemen
See also
References
- ↑ Oldest University
- ↑ "Medina of Fez". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wel Come Jamia Nizamia Hyd, India". jamianizamia.org.
- ↑ "Aligarh Muslim University". amu.ac.in.
- ↑ "Jamia Millia Islamia". Archived from the original on 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2005-02-28.
- ↑ "جامعة الأمير عبد القادر للعلوم الإسلامية قسنطينة". www.univ-emir.dz. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ↑ "Universidade Eduardo Mondlane". fumi-fuiw.org. The Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ↑ "Home | Al Quran Lab". Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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