Aligarh Muslim University

Name

Aligarh Muslim University

Legal name

Aligarh Muslim University

Website

https://amu.ac.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1877

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Islamic Colleges & Sharia/Fiqh Institutes (EDAHAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Engineering & Technology Institutes (Comprehensive) (EDAHAEAA)

Keywords

• Higher education
• Medical education
• Engineering programs
• Law education
• Distance learning

Headquarters

HQ city

Aliganj

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Academic Tuition and Fees: Revenue generated from student tuition fees, examination fees, and related academic charges for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional programmes.
2. Government Funding: Central government-funded university receiving grants for educational operations, research initiatives, and infrastructure development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Aligarh Muslim University is an Indian public central university offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes across multiple disciplines including Medicine (MBBS, MD), Engineering (BTech, MTech), Law (BA LLB, LLM), Sciences, and Humanities. It also delivers credit-ready online courses through the national INI-SWAYAM initiative and conducts annual entrance examinations for admissions.

Product overview

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a comprehensive public university offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs across multiple disciplines. The university's educational portfolio includes traditional academic programs (Engineering via AMUEEE entrance examination, Law, Medical Sciences through Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College), and digital learning initiatives through INI-SWAYAM online courses. AMU operates as a single institutional system with multiple faculties and departments rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AMUEEE Engineering Entrance Examination Annual engineering entrance examination conducted by Aligarh Muslim University for admission to BTech programmes, covering Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, with answer keys and results published through the official exam controller portal.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) Constituent medical college of Aligarh Muslim University offering undergraduate and postgraduate medical education including MBBS, MD, residency programmes, and emergency trauma services.
• INI-SWAYAM Credit-Ready Courses Credit-ready online courses developed by AMU under the Indian National Institute SWAYAM initiative, spanning Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, and Law disciplines, delivered through the national SWAYAM platform.
• On-Campus Academic Programmes (Engineering, Law, Sciences, Humanities) Campus-based undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degree programmes offered across AMU's faculties including Engineering, Law, Sciences, and Humanities, with residential facilities.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• University of HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2026Aligarh Muslim University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Houston to expand joint academic research, faculty development, and instructional programmes. The agreement, supported by the Consulate General of India in Houston, aligns with India's National Education Policy on internationalisation of higher education. Consul General D C Manjunath emphasized sustained academic engagement and urged both institutions to establish a feedback mechanism for monitoring progress.
• BHU (Banaras Hindu University) - INI-SWAYAM InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2026AMU participates in the INI-SWAYAM domain initiative led by BHU as National Coordinator. AMU contributes 48 credit-ready courses alongside BHU's 71 courses and Rashtriya Raksha University's 2 courses, covering Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, and Law disciplines.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jamia Millia Islamia: Another historic central university with minority Muslim heritage, comparable program portfolio (engineering, law, medicine, humanities), and similar civil services coaching track record — the most direct institutional peer of AMU.
• Banaras Hindu University (BHU): Premier Indian central university co-anchoring the INI-SWAYAM initiative with AMU (BHU contributes 71 courses). Comparable scale, multidisciplinary offerings, and central government funding make BHU the closest large public peer.
• University of Delhi: India's flagship central university with comparable comprehensive program offerings (arts, sciences, law, commerce, professional courses) and a similarly large affiliated college network drawing national applicants.
• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU): Indian central university with comparable research-intensive profile, national recruitment base, and government-funded mandate — competes with AMU for top students in social sciences, sciences, and international studies.
• University of Hyderabad: Central university with strong postgraduate and research programmes in sciences, humanities, and law — comparable in scale, governance structure, and federal funding model.
• Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU): Central university focused on Urdu-medium and minority education with nationwide reach through distance learning — overlapping mission and competitive overlap in minority-student recruitment and SWAYAM participation.
• University of Calcutta: One of India's oldest public universities offering comprehensive arts, science, commerce, law, and engineering programmes — comparable heritage scale, public funding, and breadth of program portfolio.
• Osmania University: Large public state university with comparable comprehensive offerings (engineering, arts, science, law, medicine) and historical significance — competes with AMU for southern and central Indian applicants.
• University of Mumbai: Large public state university with broad multidisciplinary portfolio (engineering, law, arts, science, commerce) and affiliated college network — comparable scale and applicant reach.

Broad incumbents

• IIT Delhi: Premier government engineering institution competing with AMU's BTech programmes for top engineering applicants and faculty; comparable in scale and prestige but specialized in engineering/technology rather than multi-disciplinary.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amu_page
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aligarh-muslim-university

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Funding overview

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