Type Public Website Official Website Founded 1944 | Established 1944 Phone 0571 270 0174 | |
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Dean Prof. S. Kafeel Ahmad Qasmi Location Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Affiliations Aligarh Muslim University Address AMU Campus, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002 Hours Closed today SundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–12:30AMSaturday8AM–5PM Similar Aligarh Muslim University, Mangalayatan University, Jamia Millia Islamia | ||
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.
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Programs and departments
The faculty of Arts offers different programs in respective departments which include:
The faculty has various departments of Arabic, English, Fine Arts, Hindi, Linguistics, Modern Indian Languages, Persian, Philosophy, Sanskrit and Urdu.
In 2013, the department of Fine Arts was ranked 10th in India's Best Fine Arts colleges listed by India Today.
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. 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. ‘Raleigh Literary Society’ regularly organises performances of scenes from Shakespeare’s plays.
Alumni and faculty
Philosopher Syed Zafarul Hasan was a professor of Philosophy and had been the dean of the faculty of Arts.
Facilities
The faculty has Wi-Fi, library in every department and a canteen.