Aliah University came into existence in the year 2007 as a minority autonomous university with the main aim of overall educational development to Muslims in the state of West Bengal. Being established very recently, it is the youngest government aided state university in the state of West Bengal. The university offers multiple modern day professional UG and PG courses in different science and arts subjects. The university came into existence as Aliya Madrasah and right from its inception, it has been preserving the theological, cultural and traditional courses. The university came into existence through Aliah University Act 2007 and during its inception the university was conferred the status of minority educational institution.

The faculties of education dealt by Aliah University are Faculty of Theology, faculty of medical sciences, faculty of management sciences, faculty of engineering, faculty of commerce and business, faculty of natural sciences, faculty of languages and faculty of humanities and social sciences. Some of the departments functioning under these faculties are department of nursing, department of financial management, marketing and retail management, hospital management, civil engineering, vocational studies, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics & communication engineering, computer engineering, insurance, finance and Islamic banking, commerce, geography, bioscience, statistics, etc… The list of courses offered by the Aliah University is given below:

Courses Offered:

• 2-Year Kamil (General) in Islamic Theology

• 3-Year Kamil (Hons) in Islamic Theology

• 2-Year Mumtazul Muhaddethin (M.M.) in Islamic Theology

• 3-Year (Hons) in Arabic

• 5-Year integrated Master of Arts in English

• 2-Year Master of Arts in

o English

o Bengali

o History

• 2-Year Master of Science in Geography

• 5-Year integrated Master of Science in

o Geography

o Economics

o Computer Science

o Chemistry (with specialization in Medicinal Chemistry)

o Physics (with specialization in Engineering Physics)

o Mathematics & Computing

o Statistics & Informatics

• 4-Year B.Tech. / 5-year dual-degree Master of Technology in

o Computer Science & Engineering

o Electronics & Communication Engineering

o Electrical Engineering

o Civil Engineering

o Mechanical Engineering

• 5-Year integrated Master of Business Administration with specialization in

o Hospital

o Retail

o Financial Management

• 5-Year integrated Master of Computer Applications

• 2-Year M.A./M.Sc. in Journalism & Mass Communication

Aliah University is a University Grants Commission institution working under the Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education of Government of West Bengal. The university has a rich library with a collection of Arabic, law, Islamic Jurisprudence, literature in Islamic Theology and it has diversified collection in the areas like social sciences & humanities, management science, engineering and science. The main mission of the university is to promote innovation in education leading to restructuring of existing courses in Arabic and Islamic theology and introduction of new courses in Islamic insurance, Islamic finance and banking and Islamic studies.