Replica of University of Mumbai at Gift museum of Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Founded in 1857, the University of Bombay is one of the first three oldest public state universities in India, located in the city of Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra. The other two, also founded in 1857, are the University of Calcutta and the University of Madras located in the Presidency towns of Calcutta and Madras[citation needed]. It is abbreviated as either UoM, standing for University of Mumbai or MU for Mumbai University. The University Of Mumbai is one of the premier universities in India. The University of Mumbai primarily imparts education through its numerous affiliated colleges, which are located in Mumbai city, Mumbai suburbs, and six coastal districts in Maharashtra: Navi Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Konkan, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.[4] It offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral