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.
Type | Public |
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Established | 1944 |
Location | , , |
Affiliations | Aligarh Muslim University |
Website | Official Website |
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 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]
Philosopher Syed Zafarul Hasan was a professor of Philosophy and had been the dean of the faculty of Arts.[5]
The faculty has Wi-Fi, Lift for the physically disabled and library in every department and a canteen.[citation needed]