List of Islamic educational institutions

Institutions that have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter include:

Historical institutions in continuous operations

Further information: List of Islamic seminaries § List of oldest Islamic seminaries

Institutions founded before the colonial era and which are still in operation:

• University of al-Qarawiyyin, Morocco, the oldest existing, continually operating and the first degree-awarding educational institution in the world according to UNESCO and Guinness World Records.^[1][2]
• Al-Azhar University, Cairo
• Al-Mustansiriya University, Baghdad
• University of Ez-Zitouna, Tunis, Tunisia
• University of Timbuktu
• Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow

Seminaries

Main article: List of Islamic seminaries

Colonial era

Institutions of religious education (most are classified as "madrasas", a term that means "school" or, literally, "place where lessons are given") founded during the colonial era:

• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India^[3]

Post-colonial era

Religious institutions (or madrasas) founded since the end of colonial rule in the respective countries:

• Al Jamiatul Ashrafia

India

• Markazu Saqafathi Sunniyya

India

• Darul Uloom Deoband India
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama India
• Dar al-Mustafa, Tarim, Yemen
• Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, PAKISTAN
• Darul Uloom Karachi, Korangi, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Jamia Faridia, Sector E-7, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Jamia Binoria, S.I.T.E Industrial Area, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Allama Binori Town, Karachi, PAKISTAN
• Darul Huda Islamic University, Malappuram
• Umm al-Qura, Mecca
• Zaytuna College, Hayward, California, US
• Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly India
• Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah, Supaul

Non-seminaries

Colonial era

These are institutions founded during colonial era that are not religious seminaries. Most are universities with a broad charter for comprehensive education in the Muslim communities they serve.

• Aligarh Muslim University^[4]
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi^[5]
• Jamia Osmania
• Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Post-colonial era

Educational institutions founded since end of colonial rule that are not religious seminaries, but have an Islamic or Muslim identity or charter, or devoted to sciences and arts usually associated with Islamic or Muslim culture and history:

Afghanistan

• Kabul University

Algeria

• Emir Abdelkader University, Constantine^[6]

Bangladesh

• Jamia Ahmadiyya Sunnia Kamil Madrasa, Chittagong
• Islamic University of Technology
• Darul Ihsan University
• International Islamic University Chittagong
• Islamic University, Bangladesh
• Manarat International University
• Islamic Arabic University
• Bangladesh Islami University

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• University of Sarajevo

Brunei Darussalam

• Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University

Egypt

• Al-Azhar University

Ghana

• Islamic University College, Ghana

Indonesia

• Islamic University of Indonesia
• Muhammadiyah University of Magelang
• Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
• Bandung Islamic University
• Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
• Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
• Sunan Kalijaga Islamic University
• YARSI University
• Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic University
• International Islamic University of Indonesia

India

• Darul Uloom Deoband, Uttar Pradesh
• Jamia Razvia Manzar-e-Islam
• Al Jamiatul Ashrafia, Mubarakpur
• Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband
• Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow
• Mazahir Uloom, Saharanpur
• Jamia Nizamia, Hyderabad, India
• Jamiatul Qasim Darul Uloom Al-Islamiah, Supaul
• Jamia Islamia Ishaatul Uloom, Akkalkuwa
• Aligarh Muslim University
• Al-Jame-atul-Islamia, Raunahi
• Jamia Al Barkaat Aligarh, Aligarh
• Darul Uloom Mau, Mau
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia, Ghosi
• Jamiatur Raza, Bareilly
• Jamia Hamdard, Delhi
• Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
• Jamia Markaz, Kozhikode
• Markaz Knowledge City, Kozhikode
• Darul Huda Islamic University
• Ma'din Academy, Malappuram, Kerala

Iran

• Islamic Azad University

Iraq

• Mustansiriyah University

Ireland

• Al-Mustafa Islamic Cultural Centre Ireland

Jordan

• World Islamic Sciences and Education University

Malaysia

• International Islamic University Malaysia
• Al-Madinah International University
• Selangor International Islamic University College
• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Morocco

• University of al-Qarawiyyin

Netherlands

• Islamic University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam

Niger

• Islamic University of Niger

Palestine

• Islamic University of Gaza

Pakistan

• International Islamic University, Islamabad
• Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies
• Jamia Amjadia Rizvia Karachi
• Jamia Naeemia Lahore
• Jamia Nizamia Ghousia Wazirabad
• Jamia-tul-Madina
• Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Philippines

• Jamiatu Muslim Mindanao

Russian Federation

• Russian Islamic University, Kazan

Saudi Arabia

• Islamic University of Madinah
• Umm al-Qura University

Sudan

• University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences
• Omdurman Islamic University

Tunisia

• University of Ez-Zitouna

Uganda

• Islamic University in Uganda

United States

• American Islamic College
• Cordoba University Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences
• Zaytuna College

United Kingdom

• Cambridge Muslim College
• Jamia Al-Karam

Yemen

• Dar al-Mustafa

See also

• Madrasa
• List of Islamic seminaries
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• Medieval university