Full time: 4 years
1 year Arabic intensive at EC or ability to demonstrate equivalent competency in the Arabic language. Applicants must be able to read, understand and translate the Arabic texts taught in year 1 of the Alimiyyah programme.
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| Arabic Language & Grammar 1 | Arabic Language & Grammar 2 | Arabic Language & Grammar 3 |
| Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur’an | Arabic Literature 1
Hadith |
Arabic Literature 2
Mixed Genre’s (mukhtaraat) |
| Tafsir Tahleeli 1 | Tafsir Tahleeli 2 | Tafsir Tahleeli 3 |
| Islamic Jurisprudence 1 | Islamic Jurisprudence 2 | Islamic Jurisprudence 3 |
| Tajweed 1 | Tajweed 2 | Aqeedah Al-Tahawiyyah |
| Introduction to Usul al-Fiqh | Introduction to uloom al-hadith | Seerah |
| English composition | Intro to Philosophy of Religion |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| Tafsir Tahlili 4 | Tafsir Tahlili 5 | Tafsir Tahlili 6 |
| Uloom al-Qur’an | Tajweed 3 | Tajweed 4 |
| Hadith 1
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
Hadith 2
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
HHadith 3
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
| Uloom al-Hadith | Uloom al-Hadith | The history of the Khulafa |
| Jurisprudence
Hidayah 1 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 2 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 3 |
| Islamic Theology | Islamic Theology | Understanding world Religions |
| Academic writing and research skills | Introduction to Balaghah | Understanding Muslim Sects and Groups |
| Usool al-Fiqh al-Islami 1 | Usool al-Fiqh al-Islami 2 | Usool al-Fiqh al-Islami 3 |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| Tafsir Tahlili 7 | Tafsir Tahlili 8 | Tafsir Tahlili 9 |
| Tajweed 5 | Tajweed 6 | Qur’an, hadith and the Orientalists |
| Hadith 4
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
Hadith 5
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
HHadith 6
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
| History of Muslim Dynasties | History of Britain | Muslims in Britain |
| Jurisprudence
Hidayah 4 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 5 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 6 |
| Understanding Takhreej and its application | Understanding Da’wah and Islamic Movements | Introduction to Mantiq |
| Academic writing and research skills | Developing effective translation skills | Speaking and composing in modern standard Arabic |
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| Tafsir Tahlili 10 | Tafsir Tahlili 11 | Tafsir Tahlili 12
(completion of the Qur’an) |
| Al-Tafsir al-Mawdu’i
Understanding Tafsir and the Mufassirun 1 |
Al-Tafsir al-Mawdu’i
Understanding Tafsir and the Mufassirun 3 |
Understanding Fiqh al-Fuqaran |
| Hadith 7
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
Hadith 8
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
HHadith 9
Mishkaat al-Masabih |
| History of Ideas | History of Ideas | Critical thinking |
| Jurisprudence
Hidayah 7 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 8 |
Jurisprudence
Hidayah 9 |
| Women in Islamic Society | Philosophy of Shari’ah | Dissertation 1 (English) |
| Fiqh al-Aqaliyyaat | Leadership and Imamah in the community | Dissertation 2 (Arabic) |