01Two-year programme
Diploma in Islamic Studies
A sustained course in Arabic and the Islamic sciences, with the liberal arts embedded throughout its study of texts, argument and the ordered world.
Birmingham · September 2026
Study at CAIS.
Begin a larger journey.
Our inaugural programmes establish the first stage of a Muslim liberal-arts education. A proposed BA pathway is now in development, subject to university validation.
A shared foundation
Programmes for
serious formation.
Each programme begins from the same conviction: Arabic, the Islamic sciences and the liberal arts belong in one education. The proposed BA builds on this foundation, subject to validation.
02One-year programme
Philosophy, Politics & Economics
A rigorous liberal-arts encounter with philosophy, political order and economic life, grounded in the Islamic tradition and the Great Books.
03Coming soon · subject to validation
BA (Hons) Islamic Studies & Liberal Arts
A proposed three-year undergraduate pathway, bringing the Islamic and liberal-arts traditions into a single course of study.
September 2026
Take your place
at the beginning.
Applications are now open for the founding cohort. Begin your application for September 2026.
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