Aliah University

Aliah University – a State University under the Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education, Government of West Bengal – came into existence through the Aliah University Act (Act XXVII of 2007) passed by the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The Act came into force on 5 April 2008. However, its parent institution from which it was upgraded to a University – was usually mentioned in various old Government records varyingly as Mohomedan College of Calcutte or Calcutta Madrasah or Madrasah Aliah which was established at the behest of the British Governor-General Warren Hastings in 1780. The newly-upgraded University started its glorious journey from the 2008-09 academic session with the hope that there would be a symbiosis of heritage and modernization here and through the participation and co-operation of people irrespective of race, caste, creed, or class, this University would play a leading role in the advancement of higher education especially of the Minorities who have for various historical reasons remained socially and educationally backward.

The spirit of Aliah University engraved in its motto, ‘Advancement of Education and Culture’ in Arabic “Taqdeem-ut-Ta’leemwa-as Saqafah” which is very significant and suggestive and breaks all the barriers which comes to acquire modern and scientific education. It urges its students for unabating quest for acquiring higher education along with creating sensible human being with imbedded cultural and ethical values.