University of Mumbai, formerly University of Bombay, one of India’s first modern universities, established by the British in 1857.
Who introduced modern university in India?
There is now a scholarly consensus that English as an academic subject was instituted first in colonial India in the 1820s – by Thomas Babington Macaulay, who was then a member of the Supreme Council of India – at a time when the classics still dominated university curricula in England.
Who built Nalanda University?
Nalanda
| Width | 490 m (1,600 ft) |
| Area | 12 ha (30 acres) |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Builder | King Kumaragupta I |
| Founded | 5th century |
Who started the first university in the world?
Guinness World Records names this university the “oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world”. The University of Al-Karaouine, also known as Al-Quaraouiyine University, was founded by Fatima al-Fihri in 859 in Fes, Morocco, as a community mosque with an associated school.
Who is the first university in India?
University of Calcutta
| Seal of the University of Calcutta | |
|---|---|
| Other name | Calcutta University |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | 24 January 1857 |
| Academic affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU, ACU |