Aga Khan University - Institute For The Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC), London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

In 1994, the Chancellor's Commission, a distinguished group of international academics, reviewed several major higher education studies focused on countries with Muslim populations. 

The studies included those undertaken during the preceding decade by the Harvard Committee, the Institute for International Education and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).  

The Commission concluded that Aga Khan University (AKU), an institution of higher learning with its main campus in a region with a majority Muslim population, was uniquely placed to address the challenges faced by Muslims today. 

It felt that AKU could achieve this objective through the establishment of an institute devoted to the study of Muslim civilisations, aiming to produce research and writings that would serve to bring an enlightened understanding of the heritage of Muslim cultures. 

Our Faculty are committed to producing research that is recognised throughout the world for its quality, relevance and influence. Faculty and institutional research projects are oriented around three major themes:

• Understanding Processes of Change in Muslim Cultures and Societies
• The Construction of Knowledge about Muslim Cultures and Societies
• Governance in Muslim Contexts

Within these broad areas, the Institute facilitates and promotes research on a wide range of topics. Current research areas include: the changing role of law in Muslim societies; gender; development; late antiquity; art and architecture; bioethics and Muslims in Western contexts.

The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations is based in London and is operated through the Aga Khan University (International) in the UK.

• ISMC has an arrangement to accommodate students in Opal House, a hall of residence in North London. 
• Each bedroom has a bed, desk, chair, clothes storage and an en-suite shower room/toilet. 
• Each cluster of four to six bedrooms shares a living area with a shared kitchen and food storage facilities, dining table, chairs, sofa and a TV. 
• Opal House also has relaxation rooms, bike storage, laundry facilities as well as a security presence.
• The accommodation includes the cost of hot water, heating, electricity and shared TV in the living area. 
• In the second year, subject to approval by the Director of ISMC, students may be allowed to live in independent accommodation. 

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