The University of Mumbai was established in 1857, is a state university situated in Maharashtra state of India. It is one of the oldest and premier Universities in India. It has been given a five-star ranking by NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council).
The name of the University has been changed from "University of Bombay " to "University of Mumbai " ,vide notification issued by the Government of Maharashtra and published in the Government Gazette dated 4th September, 1996. The independence of the country led to the re-organization of the functions and powers of the University with the passing of the Bombay University Act of 1953.
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.
It has two campuses of area 230 acres and 13 acres, with 1.25 million square feet of built-up area, 22 thousand sq. feet of class-rooms and 84 thousand sq feet of laboratory space. It has two post-graduate centers, 354 affiliated colleges and 36 Departments. It has established its name in industrial collaborations and runs various professional courses.
| Established: | 1857 |
| Chancellor: | S.C. Jamir |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Dr. Vijay Khole |
| Asian Rankings: | 130 |
| Indian Ranking: | 9 (top three universities) |
| Location: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Campus: | Urban(230 acres and 13 acres, with 1.25 million square feet of built-up area) |
| Affiliations: | UGC |
| Website: | www.mu.ac.in |
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.
Departments:
| 1. Adult and continuing education and extension 2. African Studies 3. Applied Psychology 4. Arabic 5. Biotechnology 6. Chemistry 7. Civics & Politics 8. Commerce 9. Computer Science 10. Dramatic Arts 11. Economics 12. Education 13. English Literature 14. Mural Studies 15. French 16. Geography 17. German 18. Geology (At Saint Xavier's College) 19. Gujarati 20. Hindi | 21. History 22. Information Technology(UDIT) 23. Kannada 24. Library Science 25. Life Science 26. Linguistics 27. Marathi 28. Mathematics 29. Music 30. Persian 31. Philosophy 32. Physics 33. Russian 34. Sanskrit 35. Sindhi 36. Sociology 37. Statistics 38. Urdu |
Institutes of University:
1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR - Deemed Institute of Univ of Mumbai)
2. Tata Memorial Hospital (Centre for Cancer Research)
3. Nalanda Nritya Kala Mahavidyalaya (Performing arts wing)
4. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS - deemed institute of Mumbai Univ)
5. Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology (MUICT - formerly UDCT)
6. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai, Management Institute)
7. J.J.College of Architecture
8. J.J. school of Arts (college of Fine arts)
9. Govt. Law College (Law school)
10. GS medical college (Medicine Research)
11. Garware Institute of Career Education & Development (Career Development Institute)
12. Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences (Medical research)
Contact Us:
For General Enquiry Contact
Fort Campus: 2265 2819 / 2265 2825.
Kalina Campus: 2652 6091 / 2652 6388.
Contact Address:
Registrar
University of Mumbai
M.G. Road
Fort
Mumbai-400 032.
For University Website Enquiry Contact:
University Computerisation Centre
sanket@ucc.mu.ac.in