University of Mumbai

The University of Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई विद्यापीठ), (formerly University of Bombay), is a state university situated in Maharashtra state of India. It has been given a five-star ranking by NAAC. The name of the University was changed from University of Bombay to University of Mumbai according to a Government Gazette dated 4 September 1996. 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.

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. 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. The UoM is ranked in the top 500 universities in the world by the THES - QS world universities ranking. It also is one of the top three universities of the country.

University campuses

The University of Mumbai is modelled after the universities of Britain and primarily imparts education through its affiliated colleges. St. Xavier's College, which was affiliated with the University in 1868, is the first of its colleges. 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. The major main campus locations include:

Fort Campus

The original campus is in Fort, Mumbai, near the southern end of the city of Mumbai. 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. 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. It was one of the first educational institutions established by the British in India following Sir Charles Wood's Dispatch on Education in 1854.

Kalina Campus

Another large campus is situated in Kalina, Santacruz in suburban Mumbai. 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 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. It also has the Jawaharlal Nehru Library, the largest library in Mumbai.

Ratnagiri Campus

A minor campus running mostly extramural courses is located in the town of Ratnagiri. The campus is located at the Thibaw Palace, originally built to accommodate the exiled royal family of Burma.near finolex academy college sub divisional office is situated.

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). 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.

Prominent departments and institutes

Annasaheb Chudaman Patil College Of Engineering, Kharghar.
Anjuman I Islam's Allana Institute of Management Studies (AIAIMS), CST.
Asian Institute of Communication and Research AICAR Business School, Karjat [http://www.aicar.net/]
Atharva College of Engineering (ACE)
Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering
Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management and Information Technology[Belapur]
Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences (Medical research)
Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce - Kalyan
Center for Excellence In Basic Sciences, Mumbai [http://www.cbs.ac.in], A autonomous institute of Dept. of atomic Energy(India)
Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College (C.H.M) - [Hyderabad Sindh Trust], Ulhasnagar[http://www.chm.edu]
Datta Meghe College of Engineering
Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Dr. D.Y. Patil College Of Architecture
Terna Engineering College Nerul Navi Mumbai [TPCT] (University of Mumbai)
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering (DJSCOE)
Elphinstone College, Fort, Mumbai-32
Finolex Academy of Management and Technology http://www.famt.ac.in
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Bandra [Fr Agnel College]
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, Navi Mumbai (FCRIT)
[http://www.glc.edu/ Government Law College] [Government Law College, Mumbai (Law School)]
[http://www.mu.ac.in/garware/ Garware institute of career education and development]
GS medical college (Medicine Research)
H.R. College of Commerce and Economics
Institute of Management and Computer Studies (IMCOST), Thane (West).
Institute of Science (ISc)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai, Management Institute)
[http://www.sirjjarchitecture.org/ J.J.College of Architecture] Sir J. J. College of Architecture
J.J. school of Arts (college of Fine arts)
Jai Hind College (Arts, Science & Commerce)
Jawaharlal Nehru Library (largest Library in Mumbai)
K.E.S. Engineering College [KESEC]
K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering [KJSCE]
K. J. Somaiya Institute Of Engineering & Information Technology [http://www.somaiya.edu/kjsieit/ (KJSIEIT)]
KC College of Engineering, Thane
Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering, Karjat(K.G.C.E) Karjat[http://www.kgce.org/]
Konkan Gyanpeeth Rahul Dharkar College of Pharmacy & Research Institute, Karjat [http://www.kgrdcp.org/]
K.V.Pendharkar college of Science, Arts & Commerce.
Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering LTCOE
Mandar Education Society, Rajaram Shinde College of Engineering (RSCOE)(www.mandaredusoc.org)
Malini Kishore Sanghvi College of Commerce and Economics
M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering [MHSSCOE]
[http://www.mgmmumbai.com/mgmcet/index.html Mahatma Gandhi Mission's College of Engineering and Technology, Navi Mumbai] MGMCET
[http://met.edu/ Mumbai Educational Trust Institute of Management, Bandra] MET IOM
Mumbai University Department of Economics (National centre for advanced studies)
Mumbai University Department of Mathematics
Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology (MUICT)
Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya (Centre for Dance research) - founded by Kanak Rele
[http://www.nmcollege.in Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics], Vile Parle (West)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies (NMIMS - Now an Independent Deemed University)
Parshvanath Collage of Engineering [PCT COE]
[http://www.pvppcoe.ac.in/ Padmabhusan Vasantdada Patil Prathistans College of Engineering] [PVPPCOE]
[http://www.piit.ac.in/ Pillai's Institute Of Information Technology, Engineering, Media Studies & Research] (PIIT)
[http://www.mes.ac.in/ Pillai's College of Architecture] PICA
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai‎ [http://mctrgit.ac.in/ RGIT]
Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology RAIT
[http://www.rdnational.edu Rishi Dayaram National college of Arts and Commerce And Sheth Wassaimull Assomull Science college]
Ramnarain Ruia college of arts and sciences, Matunga, Mumbai
Rizvi College of Engineering, Bandra
Rizvi institute of management studies and Research, Bandra
S. K. Somaiya College of Arts, Science and Commerce [SKSAC]
[Sophia College for Women][http://www.sophiacollegemumbai.com]
Sardar Patel College of Engineering [SPCE]
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology [SPIT]
Shivajirao S. Jondhale College Of Engineering [SSJCOE]
Shah and Anchor Kutchi Engineering College, Chembur [SAKEC]
[http://www.siesnetcampus.org/siesgst/index.html S.I.E.S Graduate School Of Technology (SIESGST)], Nerul
[http://www.siescoms.edu/ S.I.E.S College of Management Studies (SIESCOMS)], Nerul
[http://www.sigce.net/ Smt Indira Gandhi College of Engineering], Koparkhairane
St. Francis Institute of Technology (SFIT) [http://www.sfitengg.org/]
St. John College of Engineering and Technology (SJCET) [http://engineering.aldel.in/]
St. Xavier's College
Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE) - Churchgate
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR - Deemed univ of University of Mumbai)
Tata Memorial Hospital (Centre for Cancer Research)
[http://www.vjti.ac.in/ Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute VJTI] (autonomous Engineering Institute of Mumbai Univ)
Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (TSEC) [http://www.tsec.edu/]
Thakur College of Science & Commerce,Kandivali(E),Mumbai-400101 (TCSC) [http://www.tcsc.org.in/]
Tolani College of Commerce
[http://www.vcet.info/newvcet/vcetmain.htm Vidyavardhini College of Engineering and Technology]
Vidyavardhini college of Arts, Science and Commerce, Vasai road (West).
Vidyalankar Institute of Technology
Viva College Of Art, Commerce & Science
Viva College of Institute Of Management Studies
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology (VESIT)
Watumull Institute Of Electronic Engineering & Computer Technology
Xavier Institute of Engineering (XIE) [http://www.xavierengg.com/]
Y.M.T College of Management -Kharghar

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. 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 ICT, TIFR, JBIMS & Tata Memorial Hospital. Together the University of Mumbai collection of Books and Scientific journals gets to over a million documents.

Departments and institutes of University of Mumbai

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Department of African Studies
Department of Applied Psychology
Department of Arabic
Department of Biotechnology
Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences (Medical research)
Centre for Central Eurasian Studies
Department of Chemistry
Department of Civics & Politics
Department of Commerce
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. 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

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Department of Information Technology(UDIT)
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai, Management Institute)
J.J.College of Architecture
J.J. school of Arts (college of Fine arts)
Department of Kannada
Department of Library Science
Department of Life Science
Department of Linguistics
Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology (MUICT - formerly UDCT)
Department of Marathi
Department of Mathematics
Department of Music
Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya (Performing arts wing)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS - deemed institute of Mumbai Univ)
Department of Persian
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physics
Department of Russian
Department of Sanskrit
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR - Deemed Institute of Univ of Mumbai)
Tata Memorial Hospital (Centre for Cancer Research)
Department of Sindhi
Department of Sociology
Department of Statistics
Department of Urdu
VJTI (autonomous Engineering Institute of Mumbai Univ)

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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 University of Mumbai has one of the main computer Servers of the city of Mumbai. It also provides a large International students Hostel for foreign students.

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

Mahatma Gandhi - Father of the Indian nation.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Indian nationalist leader.
B. R. Ambedkar - Architect of modern India & Author of the Constitution of India, social reformist and thinker.'''
Mahadev Govind Ranade - Indian lawyer, reformer and author, first batch graduate
Iskander Mirza, last Governor-General of the Dominion of Pakistan and the first President of Pakistan
Kona Prabhakara Rao - Governor of Maharashtra, Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, Governor of Sikkim, Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Speaker of AP State Assembly
Man Mohan Sharma - Fellow Royal Society, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Former Director of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Jagdish Bhagwati - University Professor of Economics at Columbia University
Nissim Ezekiel - Acclaimed Indian poet (English language)
Anil Kakodkar - Director of BARC and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy
Barinder Singh Gill - Managing Director, New Patiala Transport Co.
Klaus Klostermaier, F.R.S.C., Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, Scholar of Indian Studies
Aishwarya Rai - Miss World in 1994 and leading Indian actress
P. V. Narasimha Rao - former Indian prime minister
Amrit Nagpal, Businessman (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
R.A. Mashelkar - Fellow Royal Society, General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Mukesh Ambani - Managing Director, Reliance Industries (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Anji Reddy, Founder, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Padma Shri (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Keki Hormusji Gharda, Founder, Gharda Chemicals (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
B.D.Tilak, former Director National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Padma Bhushan, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
V.B.Samant, President and CEO, Vical, former COO Merck Vaccine Division (He is an alumnus of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Anant Pai - Major publisher of Indian books for children especially the series Amar Chitra Katha
Dwarkanath Kotnis - A well-known doctor in China who helped Chinese communists army during the World War II.
Lara Dutta - Miss Universe in 2000
Anand Patwardhan - Indian documentary film-maker
Sunil Gavaskar - Legendary Indian cricketer (Attended St. Xavier's College)
Smita Patil - Legendary Indian actress (Attended St. Xavier's College)
Shabana Azmi - Acclaimed Indian Actress (Attended St. Xavier's College)
Edward Hamilton Aitken - humorist, naturalist
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar - Oriental scholar and social reformer, first batch graduate, later vice-chancellor
Acacio Gabriel Viegas - medical practitioner credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Bombay, India in 1896.
Georg Bühler - eminent scholar of ancient Indian languages and law - fellow of University of Mumbai.
John Samuel Malecela - Prime Minister of Tanzania from 1990 –1994.
Indira Viswanathan Peterson - Professor of Asian Studies and editor of the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.
G.S. Maddala - American economist and mathematician
Harish Kapadia - distinguished Himalayan Mountaineer and recipient of Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographic Society
Mehli Mehta - Indian conductor of European classical music and father of acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta.
Manil Suri - Indian mathematician and writer.
Kashinath Trimbak Telang - Indian judge and oriental scholar.
B.N. Srikrishna Indian jurist and a Judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta - Indian political leader and social activist.
Madhav Das Nalapat - holder of the UNESCO Peace Chair.
Bhulabhai Desai - Indian freedom fighter and acclaimed lawyer.
Vasundhara Raje - Chief Minister of the state of Rajasthan, India.
Vidya Balan - Indian actress based in Mumbai, India.
Gangadhar Gadgil - Marathi fiction writer.
Rafiq Zakaria - late Indian politician and Islamic scholar.
Pandurang Vaman Kane - notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar and former Vice Chancellor of university of Mumbai.
Mancherjee Bhownagree - British politician of Indian Parsi heritage.
Nanabhoy Palkhivala - noted Indian jurist and economist.
Sucheta Dalal - renowned business journalist from Mumbai, India.
Thrity Umrigar - noted journalist and author from Mumbai, India.
Aditi Govitrikar- Mrs World 2000
Lal Krishna Advani - Leading Indian politician
Dinanath Rege - Prominent food scientist, technologist and former director of MUICT(formerly known as UDCT)
Zakir Naik - Prominent Muslim scholar on comparative religion

Translation

The phrase "University of Mumbai" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German.

Translation(s) in other languages: Hindi: मुंबई विश्वविद्यालय, Marathi: मुंबई विद्यापीठ, Swedish: Mumbaiuniversitetet, Ukrainian: Мумбайський університет.