Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University

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Faculty of Arts
Front view of Faculty of Arts, AMU 2014
Front view of Faculty of Arts, AMU 2014
Type Public
Established 1944
Dean Prof. S. Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi
Location , ,
Affiliations Aligarh Muslim University
Website Official Website

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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.

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, library in every department and a canteen.[citation needed]

References

Notes

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