University of Mumbai is the renowned university in the India and the world for its educational quality and diverse course material. Mumbai University founded in 1857 in Mumbai, has 2 postgraduate centers, 354 affiliated colleges and 36 departments; conducts undergraduate, postgraduate, distance education courses, and facilitates research; rewarded 5-star status by NAAC. Currently Governor Shri S M Krishna is the chancellor of Mumbai University. Another well university for women is SNDT Women’s University. It is a statutory university for women with 3 campuses, one in Pune and two in Mumbai; has 32 university departments and 11 constituent colleges apart from 104 affiliated colleges in Maharashtra, Gujarat etc, accredited with five star status by NAAC.
Teacher education research in India is primarily a post-independence incident, which got momentum between 1950 and 1960. By the end of the 1960s, 85 doctoral themes had been approved by various Indian universities, out of which 40% of the researches were undertaken by Bombay University, the first university to institute a doctoral course in education in the country before independence in 1947.
University of Pune is a centre for teaching and research in Pune with 46 academic departments; 269 affiliated colleges; 129 recognized research institutions; 11 faculties; 288 teachers; and with 170,000 students for both under-graduate and post-graduate courses. It has got NAAC’s Five Star status.
Other Important universities in Maharashtra:
North Maharashtra University, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University which is one of the oldest universities in India established in 1923, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Shivaji University, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU).
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