(22/07/2021 Excerpt from institution website)

Jamia Hamdard was inaugurated by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi on August 01, 1989. Over a period of last ten years, Jamia Hamdard has emerged as an outstanding institution of higher learning with distinct and focused academic programmes. Graduate programme in Information Technology and Computer Applications and Post-graduate programmes in Information Technology, Computer Applications, Business Management, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy have been started in the last few years. Undergraduate programmes in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy are being introduced from this year. Jamia Hamdard offers postgraduate and doctoral programmes in several disciplines for which advanced facilities are available.

The Jamia Hamdard strives to work with the following vision:

To provide international quality higher education and undertake cutting-edge research in the fields of social, natural science and technology and particularly promote study of modern and traditional medicine systems, especially Unani-tibb, encompassing a holistic and integrative approach to healthcare and to meet societal education needs of underprivileged Indian communities.