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| campus  = Urban
| campus  = Urban
| address = Osmania University Main road, Amberpet
| address = Osmania University Main road, Amberpet
| students = 23,368<ref name="OU">{{cite web |title=University Student Enrollment Details |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=36&Unitype=2 |website=ugc.ac.in |access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>
| academic_staff              = 445<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| undergrad = 10,308<ref name="OU"/>
| students                   = 10,280<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web|title=NIRF 2022|url=https://www.osmania.ac.in/statisticalcell/pdf/OU%2020220302-NIRF2022-OVERALL.pdf|publisher=Osmania University|access-date=10 July 2022|archive-date=10 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710054706/https://www.osmania.ac.in/statisticalcell/pdf/OU%2020220302-NIRF2022-OVERALL.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| postgrad = 9,325<ref name="OU"/>
| undergrad                   = 1,989<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 2,615<ref name="OU"/>
| postgrad                   = 5,091<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral                   = 3,200<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| founder = [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]
| founder = [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]
| chancellor ={{plainlist|
| chancellor = [[Tamilisai Soundararajan|Dr.  
* [[Tamilisai Soundararajan|Dr.  
Tamilisai Soundararajan]] <br />([[Governor of Telangana]])
Tamilisai Soundararajan]] ([[Governor of Telangana]])
| vice_chancellor = Prof. D Ravinder Yadav  
}}
| accreditation ={{hlist | [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] | [[National Board of Accreditation|NBA]]}}
| vice_chancellor = {{plainlist|
| academic_affiliations ={{hlist | [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] | [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]| [[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]]| [[Bar Council of India|BCI]]}}
* Prof. D Ravinder Yadav  
| website = {{url|https://www.osmania.ac.in/}}
}}
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]], [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]
| website = {{url|http://www.osmania.ac.in}}
| footnotes =  
| footnotes =  
}}
}}
[[File:Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg|thumb| The Nizam [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] at the inauguration of "Osmania University Arts College", c. 1937.|alt=]]
'''Osmania University''' is a [[collegiate university|collegiate]] [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India. [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]], the 7th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], issued a ''[[firman]]'' calling for its creation on 29 August 1917.<ref name="R.L.Geiger">{{cite book| title=Curriculum, accreditation, and coming of age of higher education| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc4gszrwUBQC&q=formation+osmania+university&pg=PA154| pages=154–155| author=Roger L. Geiger| publisher=Transaction Publishers| isbn=978-1-4128-1031-9| year=2009| access-date=16 October 2011| archive-date=22 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822181514/https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc4gszrwUBQC&q=formation+osmania+university&pg=PA154| url-status=live}}</ref> It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/InfoAct/Item01.pdf |title=H.E.H. Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913214921/http://www.osmania.ac.in/InfoAct/Item01.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.oucde.ac.in/abcde00.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222085632/http://oucde.ac.in/abcde00.htm |date=22 February 2008 }} oucde.ac.in</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=n93-1132 |title=INSA |publisher=Insaindia.org |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221202709/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=n93-1132 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the first Indian university to use [[Urdu language|Urdu]] as a language of instruction,<ref name="R.L.Geiger" /> although with [[English language|English]] as a compulsory subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/osmania-university-first-to-teach-in-blend-of-urdu-amp-english/articleshow/57366802.cms|title=Osmania University first to teach in blend of Urdu & English|access-date=27 May 2021|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717015530/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/osmania-university-first-to-teach-in-blend-of-urdu-amp-english/articleshow/57366802.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/osmania-tells-foreign-students-to-keep-off-drugs/286849-62-131.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902082400/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/osmania-tells-foreign-students-to-keep-off-drugs/286849-62-131.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2012|title=Hyderabad: Osmania University tells foreign students to keep off drugs |publisher=ibnlive.in.com|access-date=1 September 2011}}</ref>
'''Osmania University''' is a [[collegiate university|collegiate]] [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], India. The university was founded by and named after [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]], the 7th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] in 1918.<ref name="R.L.Geiger">{{cite book| title=Curriculum, accreditation, and coming of age of higher education| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mc4gszrwUBQC&q=formation+osmania+university&pg=PA154| pages=154–155| author=Roger L. Geiger| publisher=Transaction Publishers| isbn=978-1-4128-1031-9| year=2009| access-date=16 October 2011}}</ref> It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile [[Hyderabad State|Kingdom of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/InfoAct/Item01.pdf |title=H.E.H. Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913214921/http://www.osmania.ac.in/InfoAct/Item01.pdf |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.oucde.ac.in/abcde00.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222085632/http://oucde.ac.in/abcde00.htm |date=22 February 2008 }} oucde.ac.in</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=n93-1132 |title=INSA |publisher=Insaindia.org |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref> It was the first Indian university to have [[Urdu language|Urdu]] as a medium of instruction<ref name="R.L.Geiger"/> — but with [[English language|English]] as a compulsory subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/osmania-university-first-to-teach-in-blend-of-urdu-amp-english/articleshow/57366802.cms|title=Osmania University first to teach in blend of Urdu & English}}</ref> As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/osmania-tells-foreign-students-to-keep-off-drugs/286849-62-131.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902082400/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/osmania-tells-foreign-students-to-keep-off-drugs/286849-62-131.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 September 2012|title=Hyderabad: Osmania University tells foreign students to keep off drugs |publisher=ibnlive.in.com|access-date=1 September 2011}}</ref>


The O.U. is one of the [[List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment|largest university systems in the world]] with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The [[Osmania Medical College]] was once a part of the O.U. System.<ref>{{cite web|title=About OMC|url=http://osmaniamedicalcollege.org/about-omc/|publisher=Osmania Medical College|access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> However, it is now under the supervision of [[Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Modi-accorded-warm-welcome-in-Telangana/article14558605.ece|title=Modi accorded warm welcome in Telangana|date=8 August 2016|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-starts-disaffiliation-of-colleges-under-NTR-health-university/articleshow/50940157.cms|title=Telangana starts disaffiliation of colleges under NTR health university|work=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/hyderabad/warangal-prison-will-now-host-a-university-2159032.html|title=Warangal prison will now host a university|date=21 July 2016}}</ref>
Osmania is one of the [[List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment|largest university systems in the world]] with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The [[Osmania Medical College]] was once a part of the Osmania University System.<ref>{{cite web|title=About OMC|url=http://osmaniamedicalcollege.org/about-omc/|publisher=Osmania Medical College|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214204/http://osmaniamedicalcollege.org/about-omc/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, it is now under the supervision of [[Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Modi-accorded-warm-welcome-in-Telangana/article14558605.ece|title=Modi accorded warm welcome in Telangana|date=8 August 2016|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=14 October 2018|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822181515/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Modi-accorded-warm-welcome-in-Telangana/article14558605.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-starts-disaffiliation-of-colleges-under-NTR-health-university/articleshow/50940157.cms|title=Telangana starts disaffiliation of colleges under NTR health university|work=The Times of India|access-date=14 October 2018|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220130339/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Telangana-starts-disaffiliation-of-colleges-under-NTR-health-university/articleshow/50940157.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/hyderabad/warangal-prison-will-now-host-a-university-2159032.html|title=Warangal prison will now host a university|date=21 July 2016|access-date=14 October 2018|archive-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617093303/https://www.oneindia.com/hyderabad/warangal-prison-will-now-host-a-university-2159032.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Hyderabad_City_IB1142.jpg|thumb|Students dressed in ''[[sherwani]]'' at the University College of Arts, c. 1939–1945.]]
[[File:Hyderabad_City_IB1142.jpg|thumb|Students dressed in ''[[sherwani]]'' at the University College of Arts, c. 1939–1945.]]
[[File:Dr._Vijayam,_professor_at_Osmania_University,_Hyderabad,_India,_1973_(16444420594).jpg|thumb|[[B. E. Vijayam]] addresses students with the arts college in the background, c. 1973.]]
[[File:Dr._Vijayam,_professor_at_Osmania_University,_Hyderabad,_India,_1973_(16444420594).jpg|thumb|[[B. E. Vijayam]] addresses students with the arts college in the background, c. 1973.]]
The Osmania University was brought into existence in 1918 through a ''[[firman]]'' of ''[[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]'', the last [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. The need for a university in Hyderabad State was felt for a long time, and in 1917, [[Akbar Hydari|Sir Akbar Hydari]], in a memorandum to the Education Minister, emphasized the need to establish a university with [[Urdu]] as the medium of instruction "as it is the language of the widest currency in India".
In 1917, [[Akbar Hydari|Sir Akbar Hydari]], in a memorandum to the Education Minister, emphasized the need to establish a university in Hyderabad with [[Urdu]] as the medium of instruction, "as it is the language of the widest currency in India".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ou-architect-was-nizams-emissary-before-merger/articleshow/58323078.cms|title=OU architect was Nizam's emissary before merger|date=23 April 2017|first=Syed|last=Akbar|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105153309/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ou-architect-was-nizams-emissary-before-merger/articleshow/58323078.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 26, 1917, the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] issued a [[firman]] to establish the Osmania University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2019-01-28 |title=How the Osmania University came about |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/how-the-osmania-university-came-about/article26112585.ece |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ou-architect-was-nizams-emissary-before-merger/articleshow/58323078.cms|title=OU architect was Nizam's emissary before merger|date=23 April 2017|first=Syed|last=Akbar|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>


After independence and the [[Indian annexation of Hyderabad|accession of Hyderabad State]] in 1948, the university fell under the purview of the state government. English replaced Urdu as the medium of instruction, and the Nizam's crown was also removed from the university seal.
The university began functioning in 1918 in a building adjacent to the Nizam College at [[Basheerbagh]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-02-22 |title=Osmania University first varsity in India to introduce Urdu medium |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/osmania-university-first-varsity-in-india-to-introduce-urdu-medium/articleshow/57283475.cms |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Arts and theology were the only two faculties offered, and the first batch consisted of 225 students and 25 faculty members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohan |first=Saadhya |date=2022-05-06 |title=In Limelight for Denying Entry to Rahul, Osmania University Has a Rich History |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/education/on-the-docket-for-denying-entry-for-rahul-osmania-university-has-a-rich-history-controversy-telangana |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref>
 
The government invited [[Patrick Geddes]] and Edwin Jasper to set up a permanent campus of the university.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-04-08 |title=Arts College building, a hand-me-down architectural gem |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/arts-college-building-a-hand-me-down-architectural-gem/article17895207.ece |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Geddes surveyed prospective locations and presented his report in 1923.<ref name=":0" /> Jasper drew up the building plans and the Nizam laid the foundation stone for the campus on July 5, 1934.<ref name=":0" /> After Jasper left Hyderabad, the state architect [[Zain Yar Jung]] supervised the construction of the campus.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-10-08 |title=Arts College: a historic masterpiece |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/education/college-and-university/Arts-College-a-historic-masterpiece/article12550064.ece |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
 
=== Post-Independence (1947-present) ===
After independence and the [[Indian annexation of Hyderabad|accession of Hyderabad State]] in 1948, the university fell under the purview of the state government. After the election of the first state government, the central government announced plans to convert Osmania University into a [[Central university (India)|central university]] with [[Hindi]] as the medium of instructions. However, this led to protests and with pressure from the [[1952 Mulkhi Agitation (Telangana)|Mulki agitation]], the plan was dropped.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-03-18 |title=When Nehru dropped Hindi bombshell & Osmania University erupted |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/when-nehru-dropped-hindi-bombshell-osmania-university-erupted/articleshow/57699058.cms |access-date=2023-06-11 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Eventually, English replaced Urdu as the medium of instruction, and the Nizam's crown was also removed from the university seal.
 
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| NIRF_U_2022 = 22
}}
[[File:Hydari_ViceChancellor_InaugurationArtsCollege-OsmaniaUni_1937.jpeg|thumb| The Nizam [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]] at the inauguration of "Osmania University Arts College", c. 1937.|alt=]]
In 2022 the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Osmania University 22nd among Indian universities.


== Seal ==
== Seal ==
The original seal featured the Nizam's crown as the crest, along with the phrase ''Noorun Ala Noor''. It also contained the [[hadith]], "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220117/dispute-over-logo-at-hyderabads-osmania-university.html|title=Dispute over logo at Hyderabad's Osmania University|date=22 January 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
The original seal featured the Nizam's crown as the crest, along with the phrase ''Noorun Ala Noor''. It also contained the [[hadith]], "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220117/dispute-over-logo-at-hyderabads-osmania-university.html|title=Dispute over logo at Hyderabad's Osmania University|date=22 January 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=9 October 2019|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009153020/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/220117/dispute-over-logo-at-hyderabads-osmania-university.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


The present emblem contains inscriptions in Telugu and Sanskrit. The new logo has the Urdu letter Ain in between.[[File:OsmaniaUniv PostalStamp.jpg|right|thumb|The university postage stamp released by the government of India on 15 March 1969]]
The present emblem contains inscriptions in Telugu and Sanskrit. The new logo has the Urdu letter Ain in between.[[File:OsmaniaUniv PostalStamp.jpg|right|thumb|The university postage stamp released by the government of India on 15 March 1969]]
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==Campus==
==Campus==
[[File:OsmaniaUnivArtsCollege.JPG|thumb|The University College of Arts and Social Sciences has an architectural heritage structure similar to [[Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan|College of Sultan Hassan]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/14/stories/2011021462500400.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519180448/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/14/stories/2011021462500400.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 May 2011| title=A slice of Egypt in Hyderabad| date=14 February 2011| access-date=12 December 2011| work=[[The Hindu]]| location=Chennai, India}}</ref>|alt=]]
[[File:OsmaniaUnivArtsCollege.JPG|thumb|The University College of Arts and Social Sciences has an architectural heritage structure similar to [[Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan|College of Sultan Hassan]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/14/stories/2011021462500400.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519180448/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/14/stories/2011021462500400.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=19 May 2011| title=A slice of Egypt in Hyderabad| date=14 February 2011| access-date=12 December 2011| work=[[The Hindu]]| location=Chennai, India}}</ref>|alt=]]
The Main campus is a chief intellectual centre in Hyderabad, and its [[List of Osmania University people|alumni and faculty members]] include many distinguished individuals, including former [[Prime Minister of India]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]. Admission to Main campus departments of Genetics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Management, and Law is highly competitive.<ref name="PV Narasimha Rao">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162710/http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm |title=P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile |work=Indian PM's official website |archive-date=28 March 2009 |url-status=dead|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm }}</ref> The state government has appointed Prof S.Ramachandram as vice chancellor of the University. The University is accredited by the NAAC with an 'A<sup>+</sup>' Grade and conferred with the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the UGC, New Delhi.<ref name="Ranking of OU">{{cite news |url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/Pressnote-OU6thRanking.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610003727/http://www.osmania.ac.in/Pressnote-OU6thRanking.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2012 |title=Osmania University ranked 6th among top ten universities |access-date=21 August 2012 }}</ref>
The Main campus is a chief intellectual centre in Hyderabad, and its [[List of Osmania University people|alumni and faculty members]] include many distinguished individuals, including former [[Prime Minister of India]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]. Admission to Main campus departments of Genetics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Management, and Law is highly competitive.<ref name="PV Narasimha Rao">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162710/http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm |title=P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile |work=Indian PM's official website |archive-date=28 March 2009 |url-status=dead|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pm_rao.htm }}</ref> The state government has appointed Prof S.Ramachandram as vice chancellor of the university. The university is accredited by the NAAC with an 'A<sup>+</sup>' Grade and conferred with the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the UGC, New Delhi.<ref name="Ranking of OU">{{cite news |url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/Pressnote-OU6thRanking.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610003727/http://www.osmania.ac.in/Pressnote-OU6thRanking.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2012 |title=Osmania University ranked 6th among top ten universities |access-date=21 August 2012 }}</ref>


The University Colleges are located within the main campus of the university. There are eight such colleges: the University College of Arts and Social Sciences, [[University College of Commerce & Business Management]], University College of Technology, [[University College of Engineering, Osmania University|University College of Engineering]], University College of Law, University College of Science, Institute of Advance Study in Education, and PG College of Physical Education. The university offers courses in Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. In 2001, Osmania was awarded five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news |author=Team indiaresultszone.com |url=http://indiaresultszone.com/ranking.html |title=Ranking of University &#124; India |publisher=Indiaresultszone.com |date=25 November 2007 |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605010942/http://indiaresultszone.com/ranking.html |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The University Colleges are located in begumpet university. There are ten such colleges: the University College of Arts and Social Sciences, [[University College of Commerce & Business Management]], University College of Technology, [[University College of Engineering, Osmania University|University College of Engineering]], University College of Law, University College of Science, Institute of Advance Study in Education, and PG College of Physical Education. The university offers courses in Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. In 2001, Osmania was awarded five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news |author=Team indiaresultszone.com |url=http://indiaresultszone.com/ranking.html |title=Ranking of University &#124; India |publisher=Indiaresultszone.com |date=25 November 2007 |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605010942/http://indiaresultszone.com/ranking.html |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The university has a campus of nearly 1600 acres (6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) with 300,000 students (counting all the campuses, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres) making it one of the largest higher education systems in India.  Nearly 5000 faculty and staff are employed at Osmania.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Osmania University|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/index-more.htm|publisher=Osmania University|access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> It attracts students from across the nation as well as from other countries.<ref>{{cite news|author=Aarti Dhar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3640561.ece |title=News / National : Still a small global campus |work=The Hindu|date=15 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
The university has a campus of nearly 1600 acres (6&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) with 300,000 students (counting all the campuses, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres) making it one of the largest higher education systems in India.  Nearly 5000 faculty and staff are employed at Osmania.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Osmania University|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/index-more.htm|publisher=Osmania University|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232758/http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/index-more.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It attracts students from across the nation as well as from other countries.<ref>{{cite news |author=Aarti Dhar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3640561.ece |title=News / National : Still a small global campus |work=The Hindu |date=15 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |location=Chennai, India |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817144406/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3640561.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Organisation and administration ==
== Organisation and administration ==
[[File:OsmaniaUniv EnggCollege.jpg|right|thumb|[[University College of Engineering, Osmania University]] is one of the top 15 engineering schools in the country<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ghrdc.org/pdfs/overall_results11.pdf |title=Overall Ranking of Top Engineering Colleges |access-date=21 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Special Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3672257.ece |title=Cities / Hyderabad : Osmania University computer science students placed high |work=The Hindu|date=23 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>]]
[[File:OsmaniaUniv EnggCollege.jpg|right|thumb|[[University College of Engineering, Osmania University]] is one of the top 15 engineering schools in the country<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ghrdc.org/pdfs/overall_results11.pdf |title=Overall Ranking of Top Engineering Colleges |access-date=21 August 2012 |archive-date=31 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531045035/http://ghrdc.org/pdfs/overall_results11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Special Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3672257.ece |title=Cities / Hyderabad : Osmania University computer science students placed high |work=The Hindu |date=23 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2012 |location=Chennai, India |archive-date=29 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829014706/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/article3672257.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>]]


===Constituent colleges===
===Constituent colleges===
Osmania University is a confederation of university colleges, constituent colleges, and affiliated colleges. The constituent colleges of the university includes:<ref>{{cite web |title=Osmania University Constituent Colleges |url=https://www.osmania.ac.in/academics-consticolleges.php |website=osmania.ac.in |access-date=29 June 2019}}</ref>
Osmania University is a confederation of university colleges, constituent colleges, and affiliated colleges. The constituent colleges of the university include:<ref>{{cite web |title=Osmania University Constituent Colleges |url=https://www.osmania.ac.in/academics-consticolleges.php |website=osmania.ac.in |access-date=29 June 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226212741/http://www.osmania.ac.in/academics-consticolleges.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Nizam College]]
*[[Nizam College]]
*Post Graduate College of Law, Basheerbhagh
*Post Graduate College of Law, Basheerbhagh
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===Affiliated engineering colleges===
===Affiliated engineering colleges===
The affiliated engineering colleges of the university are scattered in [[Telangana]](mainly [[GHMC]] area) and offer various undergraduate and post-graduate engineering courses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated Colleges List Under Osmania University|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/ALLCOLLEGES2010.htm|publisher=Osmaina University|access-date=1 October 2013}}</ref>
The affiliated engineering colleges of the university are mostly scattered throughout the [[GHMC]] area and offer various undergraduate and post-graduate engineering courses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affiliated Colleges List Under Osmania University|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/ALLCOLLEGES2010.htm|publisher=Osmaina University|access-date=1 October 2013|archive-date=15 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915034811/http://www.osmania.ac.in/ALLCOLLEGES2010.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
The affiliated engineering colleges include (in no particular order):
The affiliated engineering colleges include (in no particular order):
* [[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology]]
* [[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology]]
* [[Vasavi College of Engineering]]
* [[Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[Deccan College of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[Deccan College of Engineering and Technology]]
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* [[Methodist College of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[Methodist College of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women]]
* [[Stanley College of Engineering and Technology for Women]]
* [[Vasavi College of Engineering]]
* [[Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology]]
* [[ISL Engineering College|Islamia Engineering College]]
* [[ISL Engineering College|Islamia Engineering College]]
* Neil Gogte Institute of Technology
* Keshav Memorial Engineering College
===Departments===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
; College of Arts and Social Sciences
* Ancient history, culture & Archeology
* Arabic
* Communication & Journalism
* Economics
* English 
* French 
* German 
* Hindi
* History
* Islamic Studies
* Kannada
* Library & Information Science
* Linguistics
* Marathi 
* Persian 
* Philosophy
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Public Administration
* Russian
* Sanskrit
* Sociology
* Tamil 
* Telugu
* Urdu
* Theatre Arts
; College of Commerce and Business Management
* Commerce
* Business Management
; College of Engineering
* Biomedical Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Electronics and Communication Engineering
*Electronics and Electrical Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Automobile Engineering
* Production Engineering
{{col-2}}
; College of Law
* Law
; College of Science
* Astronomy
* Biochemistry
* Biotechnology
* Botany
* Computer Science
* Chemistry
* Environmental Science
* Forensic Science
* Genetics
* Geochemistry
* Geography
* Geo-informatics
* Geology
* Geophysics
* Mathematics
* Microbiology
* Physics
* Statistics
* Zoology
; College of Technology
* Chemical Engineering
* Chemical Technology
* Materials Science & Technology
* Biochemical Engineering
* Biotechnology
* Textile Technology
* Food Technology
* Pharmacy
; Institute of Advanced Study in Education
* Education
{{col-end}}


[[File:Main_Entrance_CBIT.png|thumb|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology]] is affiliated to the Osmania University]]
[[File:Main_Entrance_CBIT.png|thumb|[[Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology]] is affiliated to the Osmania University]]
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==Academics==
==Academics==
===Admissions===
===Admissions===
Osmania is a non-profit university which is funded and managed by the government. Admissions into the Bachelor of Engineering, Masters and Doctoral programs in main campus is on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations ([[Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test|EAMCET]], [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]], BCFSBTGMES-N&D, TSLAWCET, O.U. PhD Entrance Exam etc.) for each of the courses offered.  
Osmania is a non-profit university which is funded and managed by the government. Admissions into the Bachelor of Engineering, Masters and Doctoral programs in main campus is on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations ([[Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test|EAMCET]], [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering|GATE]], BCFSBTGMES-N&D, TSLAWCET, O.U. PhD Entrance Exam, [[Degree Online Services Telangana|DOST]] etc.) for each of the courses offered.
{{Further|Osmania University Common Entrance Test}}


===Library===
===Library===
[[File:OsmaniaUniv Library.jpg|thumb|The University Library|left]]
[[File:OsmaniaUniv Library.jpg|thumb|The University Library|left]]
The University Library is the main library of the university and it was founded in 1918 along with the university. It has close to 500,000 books and more than 6000 manuscripts, which includes rare palm leave manuscripts. It also has various journals, government documents, etc. The main library coordinates a library system, which connects the libraries in the entire campus and other constituent college libraries.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Library|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/studentsup-Library.htm|publisher=Osmania University|access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Parasa">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/180519/osmania-university-renames-library-after-dr-b-r-ambedkar.html|title=Osmania University renames library after Dr B R Ambedkar|last=Parasa|first=Rajeswari|date=18 May 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="Ramu">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/pil-against-changing-name-of-osmania-varsity-library/article27527857.ece|title=PIL against changing name of Osmania varsity library|last=Ramu|first=Marri|date=6 June 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 September 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
The University Library is the main library of the university and it was founded in 1918 along with the university. It has close to 500,000 books and more than 6000 manuscripts, which includes rare palm leave manuscripts. It also has various journals, government documents, etc. The main library coordinates a library system, which connects the libraries in the entire campus and other constituent college libraries.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Library|url=http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/studentsup-Library.htm|publisher=Osmania University|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-date=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013051/http://www.osmania.ac.in/new/studentsup-Library.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Parasa">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/180519/osmania-university-renames-library-after-dr-b-r-ambedkar.html|title=Osmania University renames library after Dr B R Ambedkar|last=Parasa|first=Rajeswari|date=18 May 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=14 September 2019|archive-date=6 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606084440/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/180519/osmania-university-renames-library-after-dr-b-r-ambedkar.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Ramu">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/pil-against-changing-name-of-osmania-varsity-library/article27527857.ece|title=PIL against changing name of Osmania varsity library|last=Ramu|first=Marri|date=6 June 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 September 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822181556/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/pil-against-changing-name-of-osmania-varsity-library/article27527857.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Rankings ===
=== Rankings ===
{{Infobox India university ranking
{{Infobox India university ranking
| QS_INDIA_2020 = 32
|NIRF_O_2023=64|NIRF_U_2023=36}}
| QS_A_2020 = 301–350
 
| THE_W_2020 = 801–1000
| THES_A_2021 = 251–300
| THES_E_2021 = 201–250
| NIRF_U_2020 = 29
|QS_W_2022=1001–1200}}
Osmania University has ranked 1001–1200 in the world by the [[QS World University Rankings]] of 2022,<ref name="Rankings_QS_W_2022" />  301–350 among universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2020<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2020" /> and ranked on 32 in QS India Ranking in 2020.<ref name="Rankings_QS_INDIA_2020" />
Osmania University has ranked 1001–1200 in the world by the [[QS World University Rankings]] of 2022,<ref name="Rankings_QS_W_2022" />  301–350 among universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2020<ref name="Rankings_QS_A_2020" /> and ranked on 32 in QS India Ranking in 2020.<ref name="Rankings_QS_INDIA_2020" />
The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked it 801–1000 globally in the 2020 ranking<ref name=Rankings_THE_W_2020/> 251–300 in Asia in 2021<ref name=Rankings_THES_A_2021/> and 251–300 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021.<ref name=Rankings_THES_E_2021/>
The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked it 801–1000 globally in the 2020 ranking<ref name=Rankings_THE_W_2020/> 251–300 in Asia in 2021<ref name=Rankings_THES_A_2021/> and 251–300 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021.<ref name=Rankings_THES_E_2021/>
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==Notable alumni and faculty==
==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{main|List of Osmania University people}}
{{main|List of Osmania University people}}
Notable alumni of Osmania University include major politicians of India, including 9th [[Prime Minister of India]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<ref name="PV Narasimha Rao"/> and [[Jaipal Reddy]], cabinet minister, 16th and last Chief Minister of united [[Andhra Pradesh]] with [[Telangana]] [[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]], current CEO Adobe systems [[Shantanu Narayen]] and senior advocate [[Subodh Markandeya]]. Other alumni includes former Indian Cricket team captain [[Mohammed Azharuddin]], cricket commentator [[Harsha Bhogle]], novelist [[Venkatesh Kulkarni]], PDSU founder [[George Reddy]], former Union Home Minister [[Shivraj Patil]], former Governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] [[Yaga Venugopal Reddy]], chemist [[Garikapati Narahari Sastry]], Metallurgist and former Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University [[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]] and physicist [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]]. [[Rakesh Sharma]], cosmonaut and the first Indian to travel in space, was a graduate of Osmania.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nizam College fete from tomorrow|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304010048/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2008|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 February 2008}}</ref> [[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria|Karan Bilimoria]], founder of [[Cobra Beer]], Member of the [[House of Lords]], and the seventh Chancellor of the [[University of Birmingham]] earned his [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from Osmania in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2014/05/lord-bilimoria.aspx|publisher=Birmingham University|access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> [[Rafi Ahmed]], a well-known virologist and immunologist graduated from Osmania University in 1968.
Notable alumni of Osmania University include 9th [[Prime Minister of India]] [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]],<ref name="PV Narasimha Rao"/> [[Jaipal Reddy]], cabinet minister, 16th and last Chief Minister of united [[Andhra Pradesh]] with [[Telangana]] [[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy]], CEO Adobe systems [[Shantanu Narayen]] and senior advocate [[Subodh Markandeya]].
 
Other alumni include spiritual guide and founder of [https://www.srmd.org Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur], [[Rakesh Jhaveri|Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Gurudev Rakesh Bhai |url=https://spiritualsciencemuseum.org/Home/Master/223/Gurudev-Rakesh-Bai |website=Spiritual Science Museum |publisher=Puremindz |access-date=21 July 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316233815/http://spiritualsciencemuseum.org/Home/Master/223/Gurudev-Rakesh-Bai |url-status=live }}</ref> pro chancellor of khaja bandanawaz university Syed Muhammad Ali Al Hussaini, former Indian Cricket team captain [[Mohammed Azharuddin]], cricket commentator [[Harsha Bhogle]], novelist [[Venkatesh Kulkarni]], author and poet [[Sneha Narayanan]], PDSU founder [[George Reddy]], former Union Home Minister [[Shivraj Patil]], former governor of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] [[Yaga Venugopal Reddy]], chemist [[Garikapati Narahari Sastry]], Metallurgist and former Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University [[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]] and physicist [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]]. [[Rakesh Sharma]], cosmonaut and the first Indian to travel in space, was a graduate of Osmania.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nizam College fete from tomorrow|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304010048/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/19/stories/2008021958240200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2008|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 February 2008}}</ref> [[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria|Karan Bilimoria]], founder of [[Cobra Beer]], Member of the [[House of Lords]], and the seventh Chancellor of the [[University of Birmingham]] earned his [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from Osmania in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2014/05/lord-bilimoria.aspx|publisher=Birmingham University|access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> [[Rafi Ahmed]], a well-known virologist and immunologist graduated from Osmania University in 1968.


Notable former faculty members of the university include [[Bhadriraju Krishnamurti]], Dravidianist and linguist, and founder of linguistics department at the university, physicist [[Suri Bhagavantam]], and linguist [[Masud Husain Khan]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}.
Notable former faculty members of the university include [[Bhadriraju Krishnamurti]], Dravidianist and linguist, and founder of linguistics department at the university, physicist [[Suri Bhagavantam]], and linguist [[Masud Husain Khan]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}.
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.osmania.ac.in/}}
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* [https://www.facebook.com/OsmaniaUniversityhyderabad Osmania University] on [[Facebook]]
*[https://www.educrib.com/india/university/osmania-university/colleges Colleges under Osmania University]
*[https://www.educrib.com/india/university/osmania-university/colleges Colleges under Osmania University]


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Osmania University
File:Osmania University Logo.png
Motto in English
Lead us from Darkness to Light
TypePublic
Established1918 (107 years ago) (1918)
FounderMir Osman Ali Khan
Academic affiliations
ChancellorDr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
(Governor of Telangana)
Vice-ChancellorProf. D Ravinder Yadav
Academic staff
445[1]
Students10,280[1]
Undergraduates1,989[1]
Postgraduates5,091[1]
3,200[1]
Address
Osmania University Main road, Amberpet
,
Tarnaka, Secunderabad, Hyderabad
,
Telangana
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitewww.osmania.ac.in

Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a firman calling for its creation on 29 August 1917.[2] It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad.[3][4][5] It was the first Indian university to use Urdu as a language of instruction,[2] although with English as a compulsory subject.[6] As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.[7]

Osmania is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Osmania Medical College was once a part of the Osmania University System.[8] However, it is now under the supervision of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences.[9][10][11]

History

Students dressed in sherwani at the University College of Arts, c. 1939–1945.
B. E. Vijayam addresses students with the arts college in the background, c. 1973.

In 1917, Sir Akbar Hydari, in a memorandum to the Education Minister, emphasized the need to establish a university in Hyderabad with Urdu as the medium of instruction, "as it is the language of the widest currency in India".[12] On April 26, 1917, the Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan issued a firman to establish the Osmania University.[13]

The university began functioning in 1918 in a building adjacent to the Nizam College at Basheerbagh.[14] Arts and theology were the only two faculties offered, and the first batch consisted of 225 students and 25 faculty members.[15]

The government invited Patrick Geddes and Edwin Jasper to set up a permanent campus of the university.[16] Geddes surveyed prospective locations and presented his report in 1923.[13] Jasper drew up the building plans and the Nizam laid the foundation stone for the campus on July 5, 1934.[13] After Jasper left Hyderabad, the state architect Zain Yar Jung supervised the construction of the campus.[17]

Post-Independence (1947-present)

After independence and the accession of Hyderabad State in 1948, the university fell under the purview of the state government. After the election of the first state government, the central government announced plans to convert Osmania University into a central university with Hindi as the medium of instructions. However, this led to protests and with pressure from the Mulki agitation, the plan was dropped.[18] Eventually, English replaced Urdu as the medium of instruction, and the Nizam's crown was also removed from the university seal.

University and college rankings
The Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan at the inauguration of "Osmania University Arts College", c. 1937.

In 2022 the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Osmania University 22nd among Indian universities.

Seal

The original seal featured the Nizam's crown as the crest, along with the phrase Noorun Ala Noor. It also contained the hadith, "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate".[19]

The present emblem contains inscriptions in Telugu and Sanskrit. The new logo has the Urdu letter Ain in between.

The university postage stamp released by the government of India on 15 March 1969

Campus

The University College of Arts and Social Sciences has an architectural heritage structure similar to College of Sultan Hassan in Cairo, Egypt.[20]

The Main campus is a chief intellectual centre in Hyderabad, and its alumni and faculty members include many distinguished individuals, including former Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao. Admission to Main campus departments of Genetics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Engineering, Management, and Law is highly competitive.[21] The state government has appointed Prof S.Ramachandram as vice chancellor of the university. The university is accredited by the NAAC with an 'A+' Grade and conferred with the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the UGC, New Delhi.[22]

The University Colleges are located in begumpet university. There are ten such colleges: the University College of Arts and Social Sciences, University College of Commerce & Business Management, University College of Technology, University College of Engineering, University College of Law, University College of Science, Institute of Advance Study in Education, and PG College of Physical Education. The university offers courses in Humanities, Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Commerce and Business Management, Information Technology and Oriental Languages. In 2001, Osmania was awarded five-star status by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission, part of the Government of India.[23]

The university has a campus of nearly 1600 acres (6 km2) with 300,000 students (counting all the campuses, constituent affiliated colleges and district centres) making it one of the largest higher education systems in India. Nearly 5000 faculty and staff are employed at Osmania.[24] It attracts students from across the nation as well as from other countries.[25]

Organisation and administration

File:OsmaniaUniv EnggCollege.jpg
University College of Engineering, Osmania University is one of the top 15 engineering schools in the country[26][27]

Constituent colleges

Osmania University is a confederation of university colleges, constituent colleges, and affiliated colleges. The constituent colleges of the university include:[28]

Other Autonomous Centers

Affiliated engineering colleges

The affiliated engineering colleges of the university are mostly scattered throughout the GHMC area and offer various undergraduate and post-graduate engineering courses.[29] The affiliated engineering colleges include (in no particular order):

Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology is affiliated to the Osmania University
The College of Law is one of the top 15 law schools in the country[30]

Academics

Admissions

Osmania is a non-profit university which is funded and managed by the government. Admissions into the Bachelor of Engineering, Masters and Doctoral programs in main campus is on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations (EAMCET, GATE, BCFSBTGMES-N&D, TSLAWCET, O.U. PhD Entrance Exam, DOST etc.) for each of the courses offered.

Further information: Osmania University Common Entrance Test

Library

File:OsmaniaUniv Library.jpg
The University Library

The University Library is the main library of the university and it was founded in 1918 along with the university. It has close to 500,000 books and more than 6000 manuscripts, which includes rare palm leave manuscripts. It also has various journals, government documents, etc. The main library coordinates a library system, which connects the libraries in the entire campus and other constituent college libraries.[31][32][33]

Rankings

University rankings

Osmania University has ranked 1001–1200 in the world by the QS World University Rankings of 2022,[34] 301–350 among universities in Asia category by the QS Asia Ranking 2020[35] and ranked on 32 in QS India Ranking in 2020.[36] The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 801–1000 globally in the 2020 ranking[37] 251–300 in Asia in 2021[38] and 251–300 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021.[39] The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 29 among universities in 2020.[40]

Research

The research activities are funded by various autonomous agencies of the government of India. Foreign students are also admitted to the university via UFRO (University Foreign Relations Office) that allots admissions with minimum criteria. Indian students living overseas Non-resident Indian are also admitted through UFRO that are usually ineligible to get admissions via the entrance exams quota.

Notable alumni and faculty

Main article: List of Osmania University people

Notable alumni of Osmania University include 9th Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao,[21] Jaipal Reddy, cabinet minister, 16th and last Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh with Telangana Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, CEO Adobe systems Shantanu Narayen and senior advocate Subodh Markandeya.

Other alumni include spiritual guide and founder of Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur, Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji,[41] pro chancellor of khaja bandanawaz university Syed Muhammad Ali Al Hussaini, former Indian Cricket team captain Mohammed Azharuddin, cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle, novelist Venkatesh Kulkarni, author and poet Sneha Narayanan, PDSU founder George Reddy, former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India Yaga Venugopal Reddy, chemist Garikapati Narahari Sastry, Metallurgist and former Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University Patcha Ramachandra Rao and physicist Raziuddin Siddiqui. Rakesh Sharma, cosmonaut and the first Indian to travel in space, was a graduate of Osmania.[42] Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer, Member of the House of Lords, and the seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Osmania in 1981.[43] Rafi Ahmed, a well-known virologist and immunologist graduated from Osmania University in 1968.

Notable former faculty members of the university include Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidianist and linguist, and founder of linguistics department at the university, physicist Suri Bhagavantam, and linguist Masud Husain Khan.[citation needed].

References

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