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Motto in English | Lead us from Darkness to Light |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1918 |
Founder | Mir Osman Ali Khan |
Accreditation | |
Academic affiliations | |
Chancellor | Governor of Telangana |
Vice-Chancellor | M. Dana Kishore, IAS |
Academic staff | 445[1] |
Students | 10,280[1] |
Undergraduates | 1,989[1] |
Postgraduates | 5,091[1] |
3,200[1] | |
Address | Osmania University Main road, Amberpet , Tarnaka, Secunderabad, Hyderabad , , India 17°24′40″N 78°31′44″E / 17.411°N 78.529°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
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.[2] It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad.[3][4][5] It was the first Indian university to use Urdu as a language of instruction,[2] although with English as a compulsory subject.[6] As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.[7]
Osmania is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Osmania Medical College was once a part of the Osmania University System.[8] However, it is now under the supervision of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences.[9][10][11]