University of Mumbai

The University of Mumbai is one of the outstanding universities of India. It has been rated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with Five star ranking amongst Indian Universities. The name of the University was changed from University of Bombay to University of Mumbai according to Government Gazette dated 4th September, 1996. It is abbreviated as either (UoM) for University of Mumbai or as (MU) for Mumbai University.

Mumbai University Campuses

The University of Mumbai campus is not bound at one location, rather it is spread across the entire city of Mumbai (Bombay). these include:

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• The fort Campus
• The Kalina Campus
• University departments located across Bombay
• Affiliated colleges such as Elphinstone College and Saint Xavier's College

The main campus is in Fort Mumbai, in the southern end of the city of Mumbai. It houses the administrative division of the university. It is built in Gothic style of architecture and also includes a library which holds many original manuscripts. The Fort Campus was established as the University of Bombay in 1857. It was one of the first educational institutions established by the British in India following Sir Charles Wood's Dispatch on Education in 1854.

Related Topics:
Gothic - Manuscript - 1857 - Sir Charles Wood - Dispatch on Education - 1854

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Another large campus is situated in Kalina, Santacruz in western suburban Mumbai. It is 230 acres (930,000 m²) in area, with much of the land kept for development of future disciplines. It has much of the social sciences and behavioural sciences departments offering masters and doctoral program, which includes department of economics and department of psychology amongst others. The Kalina campus also includes certain science departments including department of Biotechnology and department of Mathematics, and has most of the humanities and language departments of Mumbai University at the masters and doctoral level. It also has the Jawaharlal Nehru Library, the largest library in Bombay.

Related Topics:
Santacruz - Social sciences - Behavioural sciences - Biotechnology - Mathematics - Humanities

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Several Departments of the University of Mumbai are located at different places other than the fort campus or Kalina campus. These include the Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, formerly (UDCT), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). The department of Medicine and medical research are spread out across several prominent hospitals in Bombay (Mumbai). Chief amongst these are the Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay Hospital and G.S. medical college of the University of Mumbai. St. Xavier's College was the first degree-granting college affiliated to the University.

Related Topics:
UDCT - JBIMS - TIFR - St. Xavier's College

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