Shibli National College, Azamgarh

Shibli National College is an educational institution in Azamgarh of Uttar Pradesh state in India.

Shibli National College, Azamgarh

Established	1883
Founder	Shibli Nomani
Principal	Dr. Afsar Ali
Location	Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 26.0748512°N 83.1844133°E / 26.0748512; 83.1844133
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Maharaja Suhel Dev State University, Azamgarh
Website	www.shiblicollege.ac.in

It was originally established by historian, educationist and social reformer Allama Shibli Nomani in 1883 as National School. Shibli was a great educationist and for a long time a companion and adviser to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the well known scholar and founder of Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India.Shibli Nomani This national school was promoted to Middle school in 1887 and further to High School in 1895, and again an intermediate college in 1942. This College was granted the status of degree College in 1946. In the beginning the college was affiliated with Agra University and in 1956 when Gorakhpur University was established its affiliation linked to that university. Its first principal Mr Basheer Ahmad Siddiqui promoted its image of education leader, however its real development as a center of higher learning was started when Shaukat Sultan became the principal in 1948. Many gold medalists of Gorakhpur university used to be from Shibli College. The Post graduate classes in the college started in 1970 in various disciplines of science and arts. Since 1988 the college is affiliated with VBS purvanchal University jaunpur and is known for its discipline, high standards and highly qualified teachers. The strength of the college is about ten thousand with almost equal number of male and female students.