List of Muslim educational institutions

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

Historical (surviving) institutions

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

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Gujrat, Pakistan
• Aliah University, Kolkata, West Bengal
• University of Al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco
• Al-Azhar University, Cairo
• Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad
• Nizamiyya
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia.
• Jamia Nizamia, HYD, India
• Jamia Hashmia, Bijapur, India^[1]

Colonial-era institutions (non-seminaries)

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:

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam^[2]
• Aligarh Muslim University^[3]
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi^[4]
• Jamia Osmania
• Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Jamia Madnia Islamia^[5] Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Colonial-era seminaries (usually "Madarassah"s)

Institutions of religious educations (most are classified as "Madarasa"s, a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during colonial era:

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Gujrat Pakistan^[6]
• Jamia Salfia (Markazi Darul-Uloom) Varanasi, India^[7]
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad India^[8]
• Darul Uloom, Deoband,^[9]
• Darul-uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow^[10]
• Jamiatul Falah, Azamgarh, UP^[11]

Post-colonial seminaries (usually "Madarassah"s)

Religious institutions (or "Madarasah"s) founded since end of colonial rule in the respective countries:

• University of Munawwar-ul-Islam, Gujrat, Gujrat
• Ahsan ul uloom, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi. (The seminary itself is colloquially also known as "Binori Town".)
• Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak
• Jamia Ashrafia, Ferozepur Road, Lahore
• Jamia Khair-ul-Madaris, Multan
• Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah
• Umm al-Qura, Makkah
• Jamia Salfia (Markazi Darul-Uloom) Varanasi, India^[7]
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, USA^[12]
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen^[13]

Post-colonial institutions (non-seminaries)

Educational institutions founded since end of colonial rule that are not religious seminaries, but have a "Islamic" or "Muslim" identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with "Islamic" or "Muslim" culture and history:

Pakistan

• Hamdard University, Madinat-ul-Hikmat, Karachi
• University of Munawwar ul Islam, Gujrat
• International Islamic University, Islamabad
• Minhaj International University
• University of the Punjab
• Islamia University, Bahawalpur
• Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
• Dar Ul Madinah International University, Islamabad
• Sultania Secondary School of Sciences Samror kotli Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

• Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University
• Umm al-Qura University

Indonesia

• Islamic University of Indonesia
• Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
• Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University
• Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
• Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
• Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
• YARSI University

Malaysia

• Al-Madinah International University
• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Selangor International Islamic University College
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
• Insaniah University College

Niger Republic

• International Islamic University Niger

UAE

• University of Sharjah, College of Sharia'a & Islamic Studies.

Syria

• Damascus University, Faculty of Shari'a.

Kuwait

• Kuwait University, College of Shari'a & Islamic Studies.

Jordan

• University of Jordan, Faculty of Shari'a (Islamic Studies).

Sudan

• Omdurman Islamic University
• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences

Bangladesh

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

Palestine

• Islamic University of Gaza

Philippine

• Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao
• King Faisal Islamic Studies-Mindanao State University
• Jamiatul Marawi Al-Islamia
• Mahad Kamilol Al-Islam
• Jamiatul Philippine Al-Islamia
• Jamiatul Waquf Al-Islamia

Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

International

• Harari College Worldwide - The Islamic Centre
• Islamic University of Europe, Rotterdam

Other institutions

Russian Federation

• Russian Islamic University

See also

• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Medieval university

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Islamic schools.

• List of Best Muslim Educational Institutions in India

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