Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is a Central University established at National Level in 1998 by an act of Parliament to promote and develop the Urdu language and to impart vocational and technical education in Urdu medium through conventional and distance modes. The headquarters of the University is at an outstanding central location-Gachibowli, Hyderabad, sprawled over 200 acres. The students and staff of the University are drawn from throughout India. They are attracted by its commitment to excellence in quality Urdu education in all disciplines of knowledge.
To promote and develop the Urdu language.
To provide wider access to people desirous of pursuing programmes of higher education and training in Urdu medium through Campus and Distance modes & to provide focus on women education.
These seven Schools run 24 Departments, which in addition to offering masters programmes, provide research programmes at M. Phil. and Ph D level. These Schools have already churned out a considerable number of M. Phil. Scholars. The focus of all these Schools is to search new areas of knowledge and to advance knowledge through research and application.