University of Mumbai

A collegiate, state-owned, public research institution in Mumbai is the University of Mumbai. It dates back to the British Bombay period, making it one of the city's oldest educational institutions.

As a result, it's no surprise that Mumbai's University of Mumbai is one of the biggest in the world. In 2013, there were 711 colleges connected with the institution. The advisory council's chairman has been named as Ratan Tata.

Sir Charles Wood prepared "Wood's dispatch" in 1854, which led to the establishment of the University of Bombay in 1857 when the British colonial authorities in India received a petition from the Bombay Association. This university was based on the University of London, which is one of the most prestigious in the world.

Elphinstone College's Faculty of Arts was founded in 1835, followed by Grant Medical College's Faculty of Medicine in 1845. Both institutions were already in existence prior to the establishment of the university and relinquished their right to award degrees to it. Bachelor of Arts and Licentiate in Medicine were the first degrees granted in 1862. In addition to the university, medical colleges like Sindh Medical School in Hyderabad, Sindh, were also connected with it.

Cornelia Sorabji, who went on to study law at Oxford and become India's first female advocate, graduated from Somerville College as the first female student in 1888.

Prior to 1904, the university's sole activities were the administration of exams, the awarding of affiliations to colleges, the development of curricula, and the production of recommendations for the development of curricula by colleges. Several new departments were founded beginning in 1904, including those for teaching, research, and post-graduate study. The Bombay University Act of 1953 reformed the university's roles and responsibilities after India gained independence in 1947. 1996 saw the renaming of the institution from University of Bombay to University of Mumbai.

There were 42,272 students and 80 associated institutions in 1949. There were 156,190 men and 114 women in these two groups by 1975.