Jamia Millia Islamia was established in 1920 at Aligarh in the United Provinces, moved to Karol Bagh, Delhi, in 1925 and later built its campus at Jamia Nagar. It became a central university by an Act of Parliament in 1988, according to its about page. Its founders included Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim Ajmal Khan and Dr. Zakir Husain.
It has faculties of Sciences, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Education, Humanities and Languages, Architecture and Ekistics, Fine Arts, Law, Dentistry and Management Studies, the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre and over thirty research centres, and also runs schools. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reported 5,888 undergraduate, 2,922 postgraduate and 1,671 PhD students for 2024-25.
