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. It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad. It was the first Indian universi…
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. It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad. It was the first Indian university to use Urdu as a language of instruction, although with English as a compulsory subject. As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.
Established: 1918
Founder: Mir Osman Ali Khan
Motto in English: Lead us from Darkness to Light
Accreditation: NAAC · NBA
Academic affiliations: UGC · AIU · AICTE · BCI
Chancellor: Governor of Telangana
Vice-Chancellor: Prof. Kumar Moglaram Senior Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Former Director, RCUES-HYD
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