About
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. It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad. It was the first Indian university to use Urdu as a language of instruction, although with English as a compulsory subject. As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.
Osmania University is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Main campus is ranked 7th among public state universities, and 30th among Indian universities by the NIRF 2025 Rankings.
Its alumni and faculty members include many notable individuals, including P. V. Narasimha Rao, former Prime Minister of India.
Osmania University is a non-profit university which is funded and managed by the Government of Telangana. Admissions into the Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral programs in main campus is on a merit basis, evaluated by national entrance examinations such as TG-EAPCET, TG-CPGET, TG-LAWCET, TG-PGLCET, GATE, Osmania PhD Entrance Exam, DOST, and Osmania University Common Entrance Test for each of the courses offered.
The university is accredited by the NAAC with an 'A+' Grade and conferred with the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by the UGC, New Delhi.