List of Islamic educational institutions

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

Further information: Madrasa

Historical institutions in continuous operations

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

• Umm Al-Qura University

Makkah Saudi Arabia

• Islamic University of Madinah

madinah Saudi Arabia

• Darul Uloom Deoband

Deoband saharanpur up. India

• Mazahir Uloom Waqf saharanpur

saharanpur up India

• Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur

saharanpur up India

• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh India

• Imarat shariyah Patna

Patna Bihar India

• Al-Mahad Al-Aali patna

patna bihar

• khanqah Rahmani munger

munger bihar

• 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
• Jamiya Baqiyathusswalihath, Velloor, India
• Nizamiyya
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia

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:

• Jamia Nizamiak

Hyderabad, India[4]

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
• Jamiatur Raza , Bareilly India
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen[5]
• 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
• Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode
• Al Maqar, Darul Aman, Kannur, India
• Umm al-Qura, Mecca
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US[6]
• 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[7]
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi[8]
• 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[9]
• Islamic College, Algiers[10]

Bangladesh

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

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

India

• Al Maqar, Darul Aman, Kannur, Kerala, India
• Darul Huda Islamic University, Chemmad, malappuram, Kerala
• Ma'din Academy, Malappuram, Kerala
• Markazu Ssaqafathi Ssunniyya, Kozhikode, kerala

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

Sweden

• Abu Dawud Al Muslim Science and Research Institute ®

Great Britain

• Tayyibun Institute

United States of America

• Zaytuna College

Members of FUIW

This is a list of Members of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), an organisation working whose stated aim is to support universities and higher education institutions in the Islamic world.[11]

Afghanistan

• Kabul University

Azerbaijan

• Baku State University

Bahrain

• University of Bahrain
• Arabian Gulf University

Bangladesh

• Islamic University of Technology
• Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
• Bangladesh Agricultural University
• BRAC University
• Darul Ihsan University
• Dhaka University
• Jahangirnagar University
• Khulna University
• International Islamic University Chittagong
• Islamic University, Bangladesh
• Manarat International University
• North South University
• Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
• University of Rajshahi

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• University of Sarajevo

Burkina Faso

• University of Ouagadougou

Brunei Darussalam

• Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (UNISSA)]

Chad

• University of N'Djamena

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

The Gambia

• Islamic Online University

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

Republic of Guinea

• University of Conakry
• Julius Nyerere University of Kankan

Indonesia

• Islamic University of Indonesia
• University of Indonesia
• Islamic University of Riau
• Gadjah Mada University
• Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
• Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
• Bandung Islamic University

India

• Aligarh Muslim University
• Jamia Hamdard
• Jamia Millia Islamia
• Darul Huda Islamic University
• Jamia Nadwiyya Edavanna

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
• Al Mustafa International University

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

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

• Kuwait University

Kyrgyzstan

• International University of Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

• Beirut Arab University
• Islamic University of Lebanon
• Lebanese University

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

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

• Eduardo Mondlane University

Netherlands

• Islamic University of Rotterdam

Niger

• Islamic University of 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

Qatar

• University of Qatar

Russian Federation

• Russian Islamic University, Kazan

Saudi Arabia

• Islamic University of Madinah
• Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
• Umm Al-Qura University
• King Saud University

Sri Lanka

• Jamiah Naleemiah

Sudan

• International University of Africa
• Sudan University of Science and Technology
• 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

• Somali National University
• Mogadishu University

Suriname

• Anton de Kom University of Suriname

Syria

• University of Damascus
• Tishreen University

Tunisia

• Ez-Zitouna University

Turkey

• Selçuk Üniversitesi
• Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi
• Gazi University

Uganda

• Islamic University in 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

• Islamic Online University
• Cordoba University Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences

Uzbekistan

• Tashkent Islamic University

Yemen

• University of Aden
• Queen Arwa University
• Taiz University
• Sanaa University
• University of Science and Technology, Sana'a

See also

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

References

1. Oldest University
2. "Medina of Fez". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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External links

• Isesco
• FUMI-FUIW

• List of Best Muslim Educational Institutions in India

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