Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh Muslim University abbreviated as AMU is a public central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally develop by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as a Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920, following the Aligarh Muslim University Act. It has three off-campus centres in AMU Malappuram Campus Kerala, AMU Murshidabad centre West Bengal, & Kishanganj Centre Bihar. The university enables more than 300 courses in traditional and innovative branches of education, together with is an institute of national importance as declared under seventh schedule of the Constitution of India at its commencement.

The university has been ranked 801–1000 in the QS World University Rankings of 2021, and 10 among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2021. Various clubs and societies function under the aegis of the university and it has various notable academicians, literary figures, politicians, jurists, lawyers, and sportspeople, among others, as its alumni.

Student life

AMU Journal is an self-employed person student and alumni-run educational community and media organization, it was started in the year 2016 by a group of AMU Students to raise campus issues and to supply News and information about Happening Events inside the university but later it became an educational community. On 17 October 2021 AMU Journal website was re-launched by Public relations officer, Proctor and Deputy Proctor, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with the Training and Placement Office, AMU.

Sherwani is worn by male students of the university and is a traditional attire of the university. it is so-called to be worn during official everyone The university allows sherwanis at a subsidized price. In early 2013, Zameer Uddin Shah, the then Vice Chancellor of the university, insisted that male students pull in to wear sherwani whether they wanted to meet him.

The AMU Tarana or anthem was composed by poet and university student Majaz. it is for an abridged report of Majaz's 1933 poem "Narz-e-Aligarh". In 1955, Khan Ishtiaq Mohammad, a university student, composed the song and it was adopted as the official anthem of the university. The song is played during every function at the university along with the National Anthem.

Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union AMUSU is the university-wide deterrent example body for students at the university. it is an elected body.

The university has sports and cultural clubs functioning under its aegis. The Siddons Union Club is the debating club of the university. It was establish in the year 1884 and was named after Henry George Impey Siddons, the first principal of the MAO college. It has hosted a politicians, writers, Nobel laureates, players, and journalists, including the Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi, Abul Kalam Azad, Jawahar Lal Nehru. Sporting clubs add the Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University and the Muslim University Riding Club.

The Raleigh Literary Society of the university hosts competitive events, plays, and performances, including performances of Shakespeare's plays. The society is named after Shakespeare critic Sir Walter Raleigh, who had served as the English professor at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College from 1885 to 1887.

The Law Society of the university was founded in 1894 as a non-profit student organization. The society publishes law reviews and organizes events, both academic and social, from annual fest to freshers social and farewell party foryear students.

Every year the various clubs of the university organize their own cultural festivals. Two notable fests are the University Film Club's Filmsaaz and the Literary Club's AMU Literary Festival.

Old Boys' connective is the alumni network of the university. It was established in the year 1898 and has been statutory recognition under AMU, Act 1920.