About us
It has been almost 25 years since the philosophy of Hijaz was formulated by its patron and founder His Eminence Shaykh Allama Mohammed Abdul Wahab Siddiqi (1942-94). The Jamia Islamia in Coventry was founded approximately 20 years ago, that produced dozens of graduates who became fully qualified Ulema (scholars of Islam) and then went on to qualify as professionals including doctors, lawyers and engineers with some of them being proficient in over 6 languages.
In 1994 this vision started to take a different shape in the form of Hijaz College Islamic University. Located in Nuneaton on 97,000 Square Feet of beautiful English countryside, Hijaz has as a result grown in many aspects one of them being its exciting expansion project with a projected costing in excess of £5 million. This project aims to expand the dormitory capacity to accommodate the planned increase in student population from 125 to 750. The expansion project also includes extended teaching facilities and resources including a library which will display over 700,000 books. Staffing numbers will increase from a mere skeleton staff, to a fully fledged departmentalisation of staff in each subject. Each member of staff will be trained to the highest levels of teaching and possesses excellent relevant qualification.
Whilst the students of Jamia Islamia were solely educated in Islamic studies and encouraged to pursue secular studies after completing their studies, Hijaz is working on perfecting the formula for delivering simultaneous religious and modern secular education. Hijaz is re-designing the basis of Islamic education that was historically the strength of Muslims, which has now been lost to sub-standard or subservient forms of education and thinking.
The rapidity of its growth, the confidence in which it has developed, is creating hope that with its graduates being trained to the highest standards in religious and professional education, Hijaz will be at the forefront of producing generations of leaders ready to inspire and direct the Ummah into an Islamic renaissance.
The success of the students in their religious and modern subjects is an excellent example of the way our students are expanding their mental and spiritual horizons. The mixture of both international and UK students has ensured enriched student life and creates a diverse social environment.
Hijaz is independent from any governmental organisation and relies upon the quality of its graduates for success and reputation; they are the real ambassadors of Hijaz. This independence provides total flexibility, allowing it to control its own future and plan a greater future for the Ummah.