Coordinates: 18°58′30″N 72°49′33″E

University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai (also known by its former name
University of Mumbai
University of Bombay, the official name until 1997, or Bombay
University), informally known as (MU), is one of the earliest Mumbaī Vidyapīṭha
state universities in India and the oldest in Maharashtra. It offers
bachelors, masters and Doctoral courses, as well as diplomas and
certificates in many disciplines like the Arts, commerce, Science,
Medical and Engineering. The language of instruction for most
courses is English.

The University of Mumbai was established in 1857. The

university has two campuses across Mumbai (Kalina Campus and
Fort Campus) and two outside Mumbai, one of them being Thane
Sub Campus. The Fort campus carries out administrative work
only. Several institutes in Mumbai previously affiliated to the Former names University of
university are now autonomous institutes or universities. Bombay

The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the Type Public
world. In 2011, the total number of enrolled students was Established 18 July 1857
549,432.[2] The university in 2013 had 711 affiliated colleges.[3] Founder John Wilson
Chancellor Governor of
Maharashtra
Contents Vice-Chancellor Suhas
Pednekar[1]
History
Location Mumbai,
Campuses
Maharashtra,
Kalina Campus
India
Thane Campus
18°58′30″N
Fort Campus
72°49′33″E
Rajabai Clock Tower
Campus Urban
Ratnagiri Campus
Colors Blue
Faculties and departments
Prominent institutes Affiliations UGC, NAAC,
AIU
Libraries
Website mu.ac.in (http://
Sports
mu.ac.in/)
Vice-Chancellors
Notable alumni
Ranking
Partner universities
See also
References
External links
History
In accordance with "Wood's despatch", drafted by Sir Charles
Wood in 1854, The University of Bombay was established in
1857 after presentation of a petition from the Bombay
Association to the British colonial government in India.[4] The
University of Mumbai was modeled on similar universities in the
United Kingdom, specifically the University of London.[4]:188

The first departments established were the Faculty of Arts at

Elphinstone College in 1835 and the Faculty of Medicine at
Grant Medical College in 1845.[4] Both colleges existed before
the university was founded and surrendered their degree-granting
privileges to the university. The first degrees awarded in 1862 A building of the University of
were Bachelor of Arts and Licentiate in Medicine.[4] Mumbai

Initially, the Town Hall in Mumbai was used as the university's

offices.

Cornelia Sorabji, who later studied law at Somerville College becoming Oxford's first female law student
and India's first female advocate, was the university's first female graduate in 1888.[5][6]

Until 1904, the university only conducted examinations, awarded affiliations to colleges, developed
curricula and produced guidelines for colleges developing curricula.[4] Teaching departments, research
disciplines and post-graduate courses were introduced from 1904 and several additional departments
were established. After India achieved independence in 1947, the functions and powers of the university
were re-organised under The Bombay University Act of 1953. [7] The name of the University was
changed from University of Bombay to University of Mumbai in 1996.[8]

In 1949, student enrollment was 42,272 with 80 affiliated colleges. By 1975, these numbers had grown to
156,190 and 114 respectively.[4]

Campuses

Kalina Campus
The Kalina campus in suburban Mumbai covers an area of 93
hectares (230 acres) and houses graduate training and research
centres. Departments offering courses in the sciences, technology,
commerce, and humanities are located here. Most colleges of
engineering and medicine affiliated to the University of Mumbai,
though, are privately owned. The university does not have its
own engineering or medicine departments. Bombay University Garden, circa
1890.
Centres and institutes located in the Kalina Campus include:
 Examination House, also known as Mahatma Jyotirao
Phule Bhavan houses the office of the Controller of
Examinations. Centralized assessment of answer books
for various departments is carried out in a separate
four-storey annex. Examination processes were made
more efficient by the introduction of online delivery of
question papers for examinations, and assessment of
answer books by scanning at remote examination
centers. The academic depository of the university was
started in collaboration with CDSL in 2015. The
university is the first university in the country to start an The University's administration
academic depository. [9] building with the Bombay Stock
Exchange in the background
National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
— a research facility
Department of Biophysics — the only such department in western India
Jawaharlal Nehru Library[10][11]
Garware Institute of Career Education and Development, whose courses include medical
transcription and management courses such as agriculture business management, pharma
management and tourism management
MAST (म त) FM, the campus radio station of the university operating at 107.8 MHz
frequency modulation
Alkesh Dinesh Mody Numismatic Museum which houses displays of currency from around
the world
Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute for Financial and Management Studies (ADMI) which offers
BMS, MFSM and MMS programmes[12]
Department of Extra Mural Studies which conducts weekend courses in many disciples
including astronomy, astrophysics, plant and animal taxonomy, hobby robotics, and hobby
electronics
The Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL) which offers courses in humanities,
sciences, commerce, computer science, and information technology
Western Regional Instrumentation Centre (WRIC) — a research and training facility for
instrumentation engineering and science
Centre for African Studies
Centre for Eurasian Studies
A rose garden where more than a hundred varieties of rose have been cultivated
Marathi Bhasha Bhavan Centre which conducts academic and cultural activities associated
with the Marathi language

Thane Campus
The Thane Campus, established in 2014, spans an area of 2.4 ha (6 acres) and is a modern, two-storey
complex. It houses administrative offices, the School of Law, University of Mumbai and also undertakes
management courses.

Fort Campus
The University of Bombay was established in 1857 at the Fort campus, which is located near the
southern end of Mumbai island. It houses the administrative division of the university on a 5.3 ha (13
acres) site. It has 116,000 m2 (1.25 ×106 sq ft) of built-up area, 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) of classrooms,
and 7,800 m2 (84,000 sq ft) of laboratory space. There are two post-graduate centres, 354 affiliated
colleges, and 36 departments. It is built in the Gothic style and the Rajabai Clock Tower stands on the
lawns of the campus.

Rajabai Clock Tower

One of Mumbai's landmarks, the Rajabai Clock Tower was completed in
the 1870s and houses the University of Mumbai's library. Sir George
Gilbert Scott modeled the Rajabai Clock Tower on the clock tower of the
Palace of Westminster in London.[13] Local businessman Premchand
Roychand contributed to the cost of construction and named the tower in
memory of his mother, Rajabai. The tower is 85 m (280 ft) tall and has
five storeys. At a height of 9.1 m (30 ft) from the ground, there are eight
statues representing the Indian castes. The tower clock is reported to have
played 16 tunes including Rule, Britannia. On the initiative of the then
Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rajan Welukar, the first phase of restoration of
Rajabai Clock Tower started in 2013 and was completed in May 2015.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) gave a Rs 4 crore grant for this phase
of the restoration project.[14]
Rajabai Clock Tower,
located at the Fort campus,
Ratnagiri Campus
was built in 1878.
This minor campus, running mostly extramural courses, is located in the
town of Ratnagiri.

Faculties and departments

The University of Mumbai has several hundred affiliated colleges offering undergraduate and post-
graduate education, and conducting research in areas of science, commerce, arts, engineering,
management, law, etc. Each college has its own campus and specialized departments/centres.

Prominent institutes
Several departments of the University of Mumbai are located
away from the three Mumbai campuses. These include the
departments of Medicine and Medical Research located in several
prominent hospitals in Mumbai, such as the Tata Memorial
Hospital, Bombay Hospital and G.S. Medical College and King
Edward Memorial Hospital. The Institute of Chemical
Technology, then known as the UDCT, was originally an
institution of MU, but later gained university status.[15] Tata Veermata Jijabai Technological
Memorial Hospital is now affiliated to the Homi Bhabha National Institute is one of the first
Institute. engineering colleges of the region.

Similarly, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute was the first

Engineering Institute in the University of Mumbai (1887)[16] and Thadomal Shahani Engineering
College was the first Engineering college in the University of Mumbai to start courses in Computer
Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. Sardar Patel
College of Engineering is another engineering college affiliated to the University .[17]. Further, K.J.
Somaiya College of Engineering is additional engineering college affiliated to the University. Along with
these, D.Y.Patil's Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology & SIES Graduate School of Technology are also
affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

The Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies was established in 1965 in collaboration with
Stanford Graduate School of Business of Stanford University. Sophia College for Women was
established in 1941.

Libraries
Jawaharlal Nehru Library (JNL) is the central library, located on
the campus at Kalina. As of May 2019, it desperately needs
restoration [18].

The technology and applied research journals and books of the

University of Mumbai are kept in the libraries of the Institute of
Chemical Technology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and Tata
Memorial Hospital.
The Fort campus library.

Sports
The university's cricket team is the most successful in the Rohinton Baria Trophy, with 28 wins.

Vice-Chancellors
John Wilson – 1857
Raymond West
Alexander Kinloch Forbes
Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet – 1863–1868
William Guyer Hunter – 1869
Herbert Mills Birdwood
Rev Dugald Mackichan – 1888-91
Kashinath Trimbak Telang – 1892–1893
Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar – 1893–1894
N. G. Chandavarkar – 1911−1912
John Heaton – 1912–1915
Pherozeshah Mehta – 1915
Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (Chancellor) - 1927
Mirza Akbar Khan – 1930–31
R. P. Paranjpe – 1934
Sir Rustom Pestonji Masani - 1941
Pandurang Vaman Kane
John Matthai – 1955–1957
V. R. Khanolkar – 1960–1963
Shashikant Karnik
 Trimbak Krishna Tope – 1971–1977
M. D. Bengalee – 1986
Snehlata Deshmukh – 1995–2000
Bhalchandra Mungekar – 2000–2005
Vijay Khole – 2005 – September 2009
Chandra Krishnamurthy – September 2009–July 2010, Acting Vice-Chancellor
Rajan Welukar – July 2010 – July 2015
Sanjay V. Deshmukh – July 2015 – October 2017 [19]
Dr. Suhas Pednekar - April 2018 − Present

Dr.Rahul R Irabhti - jan 2020

Notable alumni

Ranking
Internationally, the University of Mumbai ranked 801–1000 by
University and college
the QS World University Rankings of 2018,[20] 181 in Asia[22]
rankings
and 82 among BRICS nations.[21]
General – international
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it QS (World) (2018)[20] 801–
in the 151–200 band among universities in India in 2018.[23] 1000
QS (BRICS) (2018)[21] 82
Partner universities QS (Asia) (2018)[22] 181
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with General – India
University of Amsterdam, University of Bath, Liverpool Hope NIRF (Universities) 151–200
University, Ryerson University, IESEG School of Management, (2018)[23]
Kühne Logistics University, Tianjin University of Technology,
Nankai University in China and Edith Cowan University in Australia.[24]

See also
List of universities in India
Universities and colleges in India
List of universities by number of billionaire alumni
Education in India

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External links
Official website (http://www.mu.ac.in/)

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