List of Islamic educational institutions

Institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter include:University of Madinah

Historical institutions in continuous operations

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

• 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-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia
• University of Timbuktu
• Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow

Seminaries

Colonial era

Institutions of religious education (most are classified as "madrasas", a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during the colonial era:

• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India^[3]

Post-colonial era

Religious institutions (or madrasas) founded since the end of colonial rule in the respective countries:

• Darul Uloom Deoband India
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama India
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, PAKISTAN
• Darul 'Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
• Umm al-Qura, Mecca
• Zaytuna Institute, Hayward, California, US
• Jamiatur Raza , Bareilly India
• Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah, Supaul

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^[4]
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi^[5]
• 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:

Afghanistan

• Kabul University

Algeria

• Emir Abdelkader University, Constantine^[6]

Bahrain

• University of Bahrain
• Arabian Gulf University

Bangladesh

• Islamic University of Technology
• Darul Ihsan University
• Dhaka University
• Jahangirnagar University
• Khulna University
• International Islamic University Chittagong
• Islamic University, Bangladesh
• Manarat International University
• University of Rajshahi
• Islamic Arabic University
• Bangladesh Islami University

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• University of Sarajevo

Burkina Faso

• University of Ouagadougou

Brunei Darussalam

• Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University

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

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

Republic of Guinea

• University of Conakry
• Julius Nyerere University of Kankan

Indonesia

• Islamic University of Indonesia
• Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
• Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
• Bandung Islamic University
• Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
• Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
• Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University
• YARSI University
• Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic University
• International Islamic University of Indonesia

India

• Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh
• Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India
• Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah, Supaul
• Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom, Akkalkuwa
• Aligarh Muslim University
• Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Uttar Pradesh
• Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
• Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
• Darul Uloom Mau, Mau
• Jamia Miftahul Uloom, Mau
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
• Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
• Jamia Hamdard ,Delhi
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
• Jamia Markaz, Kozhikode
• Manzar-e-Islam, Bareilly
• Markaz Knowledge City, Kozhikode
• Darul Huda Islamic University
• Ma'din Academy, Malappuram, Kerala

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

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

Ireland

• Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

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

Lebanon

• Beirut Arab University
• 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
• Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah International Islamic University
• Selangor International Islamic University College
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

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^[7]

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
• Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi
• Jamia Naeemia Lahore
• Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad
• Jamia-tul-Madina
• Islamia University of Bahawalpur
• Minhaj International University
• Al Quran Lab^[8]

Philippines

• Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao

Qatar

• University of Qatar

Russian Federation

• Russian Islamic University, Kazan

Saudi Arabia

• Islamic University of Madinah
• Umm al-Qura University
• King Saud University

Sudan

• International University of Africa
• Sudan University of Science and Technology
• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences
• 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
• University of Somalia

Syria

• University of Damascus
• Tishreen University

Tunisia

• Ez-Zitouna University

Turkey

• Selçuk Üniversitesi
• Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi

Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

United Arab Emirates

• Ajman University of Science and Technology
• United Arab Emirates University
• University of Sharjah

United States

• Cordoba University Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences
• Zaytuna College
• Islamic University of Minnesota

United Kingdom

• Cambridge Muslim College
• Jamia Al-Karam

Yemen

• Dar al-Mustafa
• University of Aden
• Queen Arwa University
• Taiz University
• Sanaa University
• University of Science and Technology, Sana'a

See also

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

References

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