The Department of Islamic Studies was established in 2010. It launched Masters and MPhil/PhD programs in the same year. These academic programs offer the students the opportunity to gain comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of Islam in both historical and modern contexts. These programs offer a diverse set of courses to familiarize the students with the main sources of Islam. Through these courses the students can learn the history of Islam and modern trends in Islamic thought with a further option of comparative studies. The department is also responsible for teaching Islamic Studies (Comp) included in the BS courses of all faculties in the university.