Mumbai University

The University of Mumbai or University of Bombay as it was previously known, which is one of the first three Universities to have been established in India consequent upon 'Wood's Education Dispatch' is not only one of the oldest Universities in the country, having been established in 1857, but also one of the most prestigious India.

The name of University of Bombay was changed to University of Mumbai as a sequel to the change in the name of the city from Bombay to Mumbai in 1996.

The University of Mumbai has been given a Five Star grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The sprawling university has two campuses of area 230 acres and 13 acres, with 1.25 million square feet of built-up area, 22 thousand sq. feet of class-rooms and 84 thousand sq feet of laboratory space.

The enormity and the diversity of the university can be gauged by the fact that it has two post-graduate centers, 354 affiliated colleges and 36 Departments. Along with it the university also has a large number of tie ups with the industry and conducts many professional courses. The reputation of the university is further enhanced by the number of its teachers who are invited by foreign universities every year for academic activities.

They provide various services & facilities like Virtual Classrooms, Central Computing Facility, Environmental Awareness, Video Services and Webcast of annual Convocation.