Type | Public |
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Established | 1998 |
Chancellor | Sri Madhukarnath[1] |
Vice-Chancellor | Syed Ainul Hasan[2] |
Students | Approx. 7000 (campus) |
Location | , 17°25′36″N 78°21′37″E / 17.4267669°N 78.3602534°E |
Campus | Urban, 200 acres |
Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU, AICTE |
Website | manuu |
Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, a freedom fighter in India's struggle for independence, and a scholar of Islam and Urdu literature.[3] It was the only Urdu university in India until the Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University was established in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh in 2016.