Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), formerly Marathwada University, is located in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. It is named after B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian jurist and politician. The university was established on 23 August 1958. The University is spread in 725 acres making it the largest University in Maharashtra India terms of total area. Since its inception, the university has around 456 colleges affiliated to it in four districts (Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed and Osmanabad) of Maharashtra State.

Namantar Andolan

In 1978, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, the state legislature and University administration approved renaming the university after B. R. Ambedkar. This decision was strongly opposed by other communities resulting in the anti-Dalit pogrom. The Namantar Andolan was the renaming movement organised by Dalits for 16 years. On 14 January 1994 the university was officially renamed as "Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University's".

Organisation and administration

Colleges

University-affiliated colleges are located in Aurangabad District, Jalna, Parbhani Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Bhandara and Vidarbha.

Aurangabad

Beed

Bhandara

Dharmapuri

Jalna

Latur

Osmanabad

Parbhani

Library

Knowledge Resource Centre is the main library of the University. The library was founded in the 1958 as the Varsity library. The University library houses books dating back to the 1600s. Recently, the Knowledge Resource Centre subscribed to the World E-book Library through a Noida-based company, which will enable students to access over 300,000 e-books including journals and other documents.

Student halls of residence

There are separate halls of residence for both males and females enrolled at the university.