Faculty of Arts, Aligarh Muslim University

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 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Affiliations Aligarh Muslim University
Website Official Website

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]

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.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Uttar ... - Google Books". Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Handbook of Universities - Ameeta Gupta, Ashish Kumar - Google Books". Books.google.co.in. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. ↑ "Rank 10: Department of Fine Arts, Aligarh Muslim University". India Today. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Aligarh and its Shakespeare wallahs". The Hindu. 2016-04-22. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  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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