page_title: Aligarh Muslim University
section_title: Academic profile
hierarchical_section_title: Aligarh Muslim University / Academic profile
caption_attribution_description: English: Aligarh Muslim University has established Law Department in Kerala namely, AMU Malappuram Campus at Malappuram Centre
context_page_description: Aligarh Muslim University is a public central university in Aligarh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the 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 Malappuram, AMU Murshidabad centre, and Kishanganj Centre.
  The university offers more than 300 courses in traditional and modern branches of education, and is an institute of national importance, under the 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 2018, and 18 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017. Various clubs and societies function under the aegis of the university and it has various notable academicians, literary figures, politicians, jurists, lawyers, sportsperson, among others as its alumni.
context_section_description: Aligarh Muslim University is a fully residential university having 13 faculties, 7 constituent colleges (5 colleges academic programs), 15 Centres, 3 Institutes, 10 schools. Recently the university opened faculty of International Studies The university's Faculty of Theology has two departments, one for the Shi'a school of thought and another for the Sunni school of thought.
  Aligarh Muslim University has established three centres at Malappuram (Kerala; the AMU Malappuram Campus), Murshidabad (West Bengal) and Kishanganj (Bihar), while a site has been identified for Aurangabad, (Maharashtra) centre.
caption: The Law Department at the Malappuram campus, in Kerala
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