The University of Mumbai, informally known as Mumbai University (MU) (formally known

as University of Bombay) is a collegiate public state university located in Mumbai,

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 university are now autonomous institutes or universities.

The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world.[3] The university in 2013
had 711 affiliated colleges.[4]

Contents
 1 History
 2 Campuses
o 2.1 Kalina Campus
o 2.2 Thane Campus
o 2.3 Fort Campus
 2.3.1 Rajabai Clock Tower
o 2.4 Ratnagiri Campus
 3 Faculties and departments
o 3.1 Prominent institutes
 4 Libraries
 5 Sports
 6 Vice-Chancellors
 7 Notable alumni
 8 Ranking
 9 Partner universities
 10 See also
 11 References
 12 External links

History[edit]
A building of the University of Mumbai

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.[5] The University of Mumbai was modeled on similar
universities in the United Kingdom, specifically the University of London.[5]: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.[5] Both colleges existed before the
university was founded and surrendered their degree-granting privileges to the university. The
first degrees awarded in 1862 were Bachelor of Arts and Licentiate in Medicine.[5]

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.[6][7]

Until 1904, the university only conducted examinations, awarded affiliations to colleges,
developed curricula and produced guidelines for colleges developing curricula.[5] 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. [8] The name of the University was changed from University of Bombay to University of
Mumbai in 1996.[9]

In 1949, student enrollment was 42,272 with 80 affiliated colleges. By 1975, these numbers had
grown to 156,190 and 114 respectively.[5]

Campuses[edit]
Bombay University Garden, circa 1890.

The University's administration building with the Bombay Stock Exchange in the background

Kalina Campus[edit]

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.

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 academic
depository. [10]
 National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology — a research facility
 Department of Biophysics — the only such department in western India
 Jawaharlal Nehru Library[11][12]
 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 (मस्त) 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[13]
 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Rajabai Clock Tower, located at the Fort campus, was built in 1878.

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.[14] 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.[citation needed] 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.[15]

Ratnagiri Campus[edit]

This minor campus, running mostly extramural courses, is located in the town of Ratnagiri.

Faculties and departments[edit]

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[edit]
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute is one of the first engineering colleges of the region.

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.[16] Tata Memorial Hospital is now affiliated to the Homi Bhabha National Institute.

Similarly, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute was the first Engineering Institute in the
University of Mumbai (1887)[17] 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 .[18]. 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[edit]

The Fort campus library.

Jawaharlal Nehru Library (JNL) is the central library, located on the campus at Kalina. As of
May 2019, it desperately needs restoration [19].
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.

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

Vice-Chancellors[edit]
 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 [20]
 Dr. Suhas Pednekar - April 2018 − Present

 Dr.Rahul R Irabhti - jan 2020

Notable alumni[edit]
Main article: List of University of Mumbai alumni
Ranking[edit]

University and college rankings

General – international

QS (World) (2018)[21] 801–1000

QS (BRICS) (2018)[22] 82

QS (Asia) (2018)[23] 181

General – India

NIRF (Universities) (2018)[24] 151–200

Internationally, the University of Mumbai ranked 801–1000 by the QS World University

Rankings of 2018,[21] 181 in Asia[23] and 82 among BRICS nations.[22]

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it in the 151–200 band among
universities in India in 2018.[24]

Partner universities[edit]
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) have been signed with University of Amsterdam,
University of Bath, Liverpool Hope University, Ryerson University, IESEG School of
Management, Kühne Logistics University, Tianjin University of Technology, Nankai University
in China and Edith Cowan University in Australia.[25]

See also[edit]
 List of universities in India
 Universities and colleges in India
 List of universities by number of billionaire alumni
 Education in India

References[edit]
1. ^ "Hon'ble Vice Chancellor". mu.ac.in. Mumbai University. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "University Student Enrollment Details". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 10
February 2020.
3. ^ "Mumbai University records 60% rise in students" : DNA – Daily News and Analysis
newspaper article, Monday, 21 March 2011.
4. ^ With 811 colleges, Pune varsity 2nd largest in country The Times of India newspaper article : 4
November 2013
5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Aroon Tikekar (2006). The Cloister's Pale: A Biography of the University of
Mumbai (2nd ed.). Mumbai: Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-293-5.