Aligarh Muslim University, popularly known as AMU, is one of the oldest Central Universities of the Country. It is renowned for not only its excellent teaching and research but also for its unique traditions. For the uplift of the educationally and economically backward society, a school was started by one of the greatest visionaries and great social reformer, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. It became the famous Mohammedan Anglo Oriental (MAO) College in 1877. Finally, the MAO College was upgraded to AMU in 1920. It is the largest residential University in the Country. It is the only University in India where teaching is imparted from classes Nursery to Postgraduate. It offers more than 280 courses at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels.  It has very active M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in a large number of disciplines