Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University

Faculty of Arts is one of the faculties of Aligarh Muslim University comprising 10 departments. The faculty of Arts offers a number of courses in different language courses in the respective departments. The faculty is situated on the opposite side of Maulana Azad Library.

Faculty of Arts
Front view of Faculty of Arts, AMU 2014
TypePublic
Established1944
DeanProf. S. Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
Location
Aligarh
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India
AffiliationsAligarh Muslim University
WebsiteOfficial Website

Programs and departments

The faculty of Arts offers different programs in respective departments which include:[1]

  • Three years honours program in Bachelor of Arts i.e. B.A. (Hons.)
  • Two years program in Master of Arts (M.A.)
  • Research programs for M.Phil. and Ph.D. and
  • Number of diploma courses

The faculty has various departments of Arabic, English, Fine Arts, Hindi, Linguistics, Modern Indian Languages, Persian, Philosophy, Sanskrit and Urdu.[2]

In 2013, the department of Fine Arts was ranked 10th in India's Best Fine Arts colleges listed by India Today.[3]

Department of English

Department of English is the oldest department of the university. The department dates back from the days of Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College- the predecessor of Aligarh Muslim University.[4] Sir Walter Raleigh, the first professor of English at Oxford, had already worked as a professor of English at Mohammadan Anglo- Oriental College from 1885 to 1887.[4] ‘Raleigh Literary Society’ regularly organises performances of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.[4]

Alumni and faculty

Philosopher Syed Zafarul Hasan was a professor of Philosophy and had been the dean of the faculty of Arts.[5]

Facilities

The faculty has Wi-Fi, Lift for the physically disabled and library in every department and a canteen.

References

Notes
  1. Bhatt, Shankarlal C. (2005). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Uttar ... - Google Books. ISBN 9788178353845. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. Kumar, Ashish (2006). Handbook of Universities - Ameeta Gupta, Ashish Kumar - Google Books. ISBN 9788126906079. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "Rank 10: Department of Fine Arts, Aligarh Muslim University". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. "Aligarh and its Shakespeare wallahs". The Hindu. 22 April 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. Prof. M. Hasan (2007). SUFISM AND ENGLISH LITERATURE : Chaucer to the Present Age. Adam Publishers. p. 336. ISBN 9788174355232. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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