Aliah University (AU) is a state government controlled autonomous university in New Town, West Bengal, India. Previously known as Mohammedan College of Calcutta, it was elevated to university in 2008. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs in different Engineering, Arts, Science, Management and Nursing subjects.

Campus
Aliah University has three campuses for different types of curriculum located at Park Circus, Taltala and New Town. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal laid the foundation stone of 'Aliah University Campus' at New Town on 15 December 2011. Later on 11 November 2014 Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the finished campus. New Town campus contains 156 class rooms with a capacity of 12000 students and houses Science and Technology students only. The campus also has separate boy's and girl's hostel. New Town campus also has three annexure buildings dedicated to various laboratories and a central library. The Park circus campus is used to house Arts & Nursing students, while the Taltala campus houses the Islamic Theology students and the main office.

Admission
Admission to most undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Aliah University is granted through written entrance examinations and for B.Tech programs through WBJEE. Admission to M.S. and PhD programmes is based on a written test and a personal interview. Admission to undergraduate programmes is based on merit rank of the "Aliah University Admission Test" (AUAT), which consists of a written examination of "Multiple Choice Type Questions" (MCQ), clearing of which leads to an interview and final selection of the candidate. Candidates who qualify for admission through AUAT can apply for admission to LLM. ( Masters of Law ), B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology), Integrated MBA (Master of Business Administration), MCA (Master of Computer Applications), M.Sc (Master of Science) and M.A (Master of Arts) courses in different Engineering, Business, Science and Arts subjects. Aliah University has also M.Tech (Master of Technology) program.

Accreditation
The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) accorded recognition to the university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act, in 2019.

University library
Aliah University has three libraries in its three different campuses. All of them, the library of New Town Campus has a central library including 1.33 lac books. Aliah University has a library rich in collection of literature in Islamic Theology, Islamic Jurisprudence & Law, and Arabic. The library is now diversifying in the areas of Science, Engineering, Management Science, Humanities and Social Sciences.

(Source:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliah_University)