Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)

Aligarh Muslim University offers over two hundred and fifty courses to Indian and foreign students. It was given the recognition of a full-fledged university years after its inception in the year 1920. Aligarh Muslim University conducts an all India entrance examination every year for the admission of students to the B.Tech and B.Arch courses. Scroll down the page to learn more about Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Engineering Entrance exam 2008.

Overviews
Aligarh Muslim University is a Residential Academic University of international repute, established in 1857 by an Act of India Parliament, and one of the first institutions established during the British Raj
Aligarh Muslim University is located in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, and modeled on the University of Cambridge.

Initially, it was Mahamadan Anglo-Oriental, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a great Muslim social reformer with a view to providing modern education to the people of India in general and Muslim people particularly. Later by an act of India parliament it was transformed into a central university and henceforth it was renamed as the Aligarh Muslim University.
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a residential academic institution, providing education start from school level to higher education level. Now the university offers around 280 courses in traditional and modern branch of education in its 12 faculties viz. . Agricultural Sciences, Arts, Commerce, Engineering & Technology, Law, Life Sciences, Management Studies & Research, Medicine, Science, Theology, Unani Medicine and Social Science.

Currently the University has almost thirty thousand students, and over two thousand faculty members with over eighty departments of study. Aligarh Muslim University is one of the premier central universities in independent India.

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) draws students not only from different corners of India but also from Africa, West Asia and South East Asia. There is reservation for students from SAARC and Commonwealth Countries.

Pattern of Test
Admission to Aligarh Muslim University depends on the performance of the students in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Engineering Entrance exam. Candidates willing to take admission to the B.Tech course will have to sit for the paper I that deals with objective type questions on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Paper I and paper II are both compulsory for the candidates seeking admission to the B.Arch Course. Paper II is specially designed for testing the aptitude of the candidate in architecture.

Important Dates
Last date for receipt of dully completed application form: mid March, 2009
Admission Test Date: 3rd week of May, 2009
Total Seats: 100

AMU Engineering Entrance Exam Procedure
Applicants may send a demand draft along with a requisition letter to the Assistant Controller (Admissions), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202 002
The draft of Rs.100 payable at State Bank of India should be drawn in favour of "the Finance Officer, AMU, Aligarh.
The candidates should also send an envelope (self-addressed) along with a postage (Rs.90) to the above mentioned office address.
The duly filled in application form and draft should be sent to the Admission Section, Office of the Controller of Examination and admissions, AMU, Aligarh.
The drafts to be prepared for B.Tech and B.Arch courses are Rs.250 and Rs.400 respectively.
The name of the course should be properly written on the request letter.

Address
Administrative Block,
Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh-202002 (UP)
Phone Number: +91-571-2703038, 2701807
Or +91-571-2700920, 21- (Ext.) 1109