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University of Mumbai
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Established: 1857
Type: Public
Chancellor: S.M. Krishna
Vice-Chancellor: Dr. The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the A public university is a University that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government as opposed to private universities. A Chancellor is the head of a University. Other titles are sometimes used such as President or Rector. Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, generally referred to as S M Krishna (born 1932 is former Governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra and a former A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a University in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Vijay Khole
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Campus: Urban
Affiliations: UGC
Website: www.mu.ac.in

The University of Mumbai (मुंबई विद्यापीठ)(formerly University of Bombay) is a university situated in Maharashtra state of India. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The University Grants Commission of India is a Union government body that provides funds for government-recognised universities and Colleges It A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Maharashtra ( Marathi: mahārāṣṭra, IPA) is a state located on the western coast of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It has been given a five-star ranking by NAAC. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council ( NAAC) is an accreditor and is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government The name of the University was changed from University of Bombay to University of Mumbai according to a Government Gazette dated 4 September 1996. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) It is abbreviated as either (UoM) for University of Mumbai or as (MU) for Mumbai University. Initially, building of Elphinstone College was used for Mumbai University. Elphinstone College is an institution of higher education affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

Most of the colleges in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) and the districts of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg are affiliated to the University of Mumbai. College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Thane ( Marathi / Konkani: ठाणे (formerly Thana) is a city in Maharashtra WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Ratnāgiri ( Marathi:रत्नागिरी is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast Sindhudurg ( Marathi सिंधुदुर्ग is a fortress which occupies an islet in the Arabian Sea, just off the coast of Maharashtra in western The University of Mumbai offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees to students. It has affiliations with several high ranking research institutes in the world, including Institute of Chemical Technology (formerly UDCT), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) a Deemed University of the University of Mumbai and the Tata Memorial Hospital. University Institute of Chemical Technology ( UICT) Mumbai, India, is India's premier chemical engineering and technology research Institute. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR is a premier institution in India for higher education and research Deemed university is a status of autonomy granted to high performing institutes and departments of various universities in India. The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai in India. The UoM is ranked in the top 500 universities in the world by the THES - QS world universities ranking. [1]

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University campuses

A file photo of University of Bombay's Fort Campus taken in 1870s. Rajabai Clock Tower here seen shrouded in scaffolding was completed in 1878.
A file photo of University of Bombay's Fort Campus taken in 1870s. Rajabai Clock Tower here seen shrouded in scaffolding was completed in 1878.
A part of the Fort campus in 2005.
A part of the Fort campus in 2005.
The library
The library

The University of Bombay is modelled after the universities of Britain and primarilly imparts education through its affiliated colleges. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located St. Xavier's College, which was affiliated with the University in 1868, is the first of its colleges. This article is about the college in Mumbai For other schools called St Today, the university campuses serve as administrative centers and centers for some higher education and library facilities. The affiliated colleges are spread throughout the city and the four coastal districts of Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Thane ( Marathi / Konkani: ठाणे (formerly Thana) is a city in Maharashtra WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Ratnāgiri ( Marathi:रत्नागिरी is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast Sindhudurg ( Marathi सिंधुदुर्ग is a fortress which occupies an islet in the Arabian Sea, just off the coast of Maharashtra in western The major main campus locations include:

Fort Campus

The original campus is in Fort, Mumbai, near the southern end of the city of Mumbai. Fort (फोर्ट is the business district of Mumbai, India. It houses the administrative division of the university. It is built in the Gothic style of architecture and also includes a library which holds many original manuscripts. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way The University of Bombay was established at the Fort Campus in 1857. In the same year universities were established in the two other Presidency towns of Calcutta and Madras. The word presidency is often used to describe the administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office It was one of the first educational institutions established by the British in India following Sir Charles Wood's Dispatch on Education in 1854. Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax ( December 20 1800 &ndash August 8 1885) known between 1846 and 1866 as Sir Charles Wood Bt

Kalina Campus

Another large campus is situated in Kalina, Santacruz in suburban Mumbai. For other places named Santa Cruz please see Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz or Santacruz ( Marathi:सान्ताक्रुझ It is 230 acres (930,000 m²) in area, with much of the land kept for development of future disciplines. It has on-campus graduate training and research centers. The most popular courses are in the LIFE SCIENCES & BIOTECHNOLOGY fields. It also has social sciences and behavioural sciences departments offering masters and doctoral program, which includes department of economics and department of psychology. The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including Anthropology, Communication studies Behavioural science (or Behavioral science) is a term that encompasses all the disciplines that explore the activities of and interactions among Organisms in the natural The Kalina campus also includes certain science departments including Department of Biotechnology, Department of Physics, Department of Information Technology and Department of Mathematics, and has most of the humanities and language departments of Mumbai University at the masters and doctoral level. Biotechnology is Technology based on Biology, especially when used in Agriculture, Food science, and Medicine. Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and The humanities are academic disciplines which study the Human condition, using methods that are primarily Analytic, Critical, or Speculative It also has the Jawaharlal Nehru Library, the largest library in Bombay.

Ratnagiri Campus

A minor campus running mostly extramural courses is located in the town of Ratnagiri. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Ratnāgiri ( Marathi:रत्नागिरी is a port city on the Arabian Sea coast The campus is located at the Thibaw Palace, originally built to accommodate the exiled royal family of Burma. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.

Other Campuses

Several departments of the University of Mumbai are located at places other than the fort or Kalina campus. These include the Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, formerly (UDCT). University Institute of Chemical Technology ( UICT) Mumbai, India, is India's premier chemical engineering and technology research Institute. The department of Medicine and medical research are spread out across several prominent hospitals in Bombay (Mumbai). Chief amongst these are the Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay Hospital and G. S. medical college of the University of Mumbai. St. Xavier's College was the first degree-granting college affiliated to the University. This article is about the college in Mumbai For other schools called St

Prominent departments and institutes

Rizvi institute of management studies and Research,Bandra

Mumbai University libraries

The main Library or Central Library is Jawaharlal Nehru Library (JNL) with almost a million books (850,000) documents and Scientific Journals, Thesis, Encyclopedias, along with over 30,000 microfilms and over 1200 rare manuscripts, IMF reports, census records and access to several hundreds of E-Journals through online subscription. Academic publishing describes the subfield of Publishing which distributes academic Research and Scholarship. A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's Research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge Microforms are any form either films or paper containing microreproductions of documents for transmission storage reading and printing The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The (JNL) catalogue is computerised. The Library largely contains books with basic sciences and the social and behavioural sciences.

The technology and applied research journals and books of the University of Mumbai are kept at various other libraries including those at MUICT, TIFR, JBIMS & Tata Memorial Hospital. Together the University of Mumbai collection of Books and Scientific journals gets to over a million documents.

Some departments and institutes of University of Mumbai

  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Dramatic Arts
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Education
  • Department of English Literature
  • Department of Extra Mural Studies
  • Department of French
  • Garware Institute of Career Education & Development (Career Development Institute)
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of German
  • Govt. Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Biotechnology is Technology based on Biology, especially when used in Agriculture, Food science, and Medicine. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Civics is the study of citizenship and government with particular attention given to the role of citizens― as opposed to external factors― in the operation and oversight of government Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from A mural is a Painting on a wall ceiling or other large permanent surface French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Law College (Law school)
  • GS medical college (Medicine Research)
  • Department of Geology (At Saint Xavier's College)
  • Department of Gujarati
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of History
  • Department of Information Technology(UDIT)
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai, Management Institute)
  • J. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Geology (from Greek γη gê, "earth" and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit This article is about the college in Mumbai For other schools called St Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise J. College of Architecture
  • J. The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation J. school of Arts (college of Fine arts)
  • Department of Kannada
  • Department of Library Science
  • Department of Life Science

Other Features and Facilities

The University of Mumbai confers over 1,100 degrees and diplomas every year and over 80,000 students apply for the degrees. The arts is a broad subdivision of Culture, composed of many expressive disciplines. Kannada (kn [[wiktಕನ್ನಡ ಕನ್ನಡ]] Kannaḍa) is one of the major Dravidian languages of India, spoken predominantly in the state Library science is an Interdisciplinary Science incorporating the Humanities, Law and Applied science to study topics related to Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields University Institute of Chemical Technology ( UICT) Mumbai, India, is India's premier chemical engineering and technology research Institute. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence Management (covering theory practice and scope of management and Manager' (covering the people who manage might help clarify and systematise Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR is a premier institution in India for higher education and research The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR is a premier institution in India for higher education and research The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai in India. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled Sindhi ( Arabic script: سنڌي Devanagari script: सिन्धी Sindhī) is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia Sociology (from Latin: socius "companion" and the suffix -ology "the study of" from Greek λόγος lógos "knowledge" Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. Urdu ( ur '''{{Nastaliq اردو}}''' trans Urdū, historically spelled Ordu) is a Central Indo-Aryan language Urdu is a standardised Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute ( VJTI) (established 1887) is one of India's premier engineering and technical institutes located in Mumbai The University of Mumbai has one of the main computer Servers of the city of Mumbai. A server is a Computer dedicated to providing one or more services over a computer network typically through a request-response routine It also provides a large International students Hostel for foreign students. Hostels provide budget-oriented accommodation where guests can rent a bed, sometimes a Bunk bed in a Dormitory and share a bathroom

See also: List of Bombay Colleges - (Most of the colleges, Institutes and Research centres in Mumbai (Bombay), are affiliated to the University of Mumbai)

Prominent Alumni of the University of Mumbai

See also

References and Bibliography

  1. ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/2006/tables/201_520/ (The THES - QS world universities ranking). Aditi Gowitrikar is an Indian model actress and a physician She was born on May 21, 1976. Lal Krishna Advani (लाल कृष्ण आडवाणी لال ڪرشنا آڏواڻي also known as Lal Kishenchand Advani (Sindhi लाल किशनचंद UoM (University of Mumbai) is ranked amongst the top 500 universities in the world. It is placed at the 432nd position. There are 3 other universities that share the position of 432 along with mumbai university these are i)Universite des Sciences et Technologies - France; ii) University of Paris 5 - Rene Descartes - France; iii)Università degli Studi di Pavia - Italy. (The rankings have been published by the London based 'The Times Higher - QS World University Rankings' in partnership with QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd ) THES is a newspaper based in London that reports specifically on issues related to higher education.

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