Central University of Jharkhand

Central University of Jharkhand
Motto Knowledge to Wisdom
Type Central University
Established 2009
Chancellor Justice V.N.Khare
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nand Kumar Yadav 'Indu'
Location Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
23°26′30″N 85°8′45″E / 23.44167°N 85.14583°E / 23.44167; 85.14583Coordinates: 23°26′30″N 85°8′45″E / 23.44167°N 85.14583°E / 23.44167; 85.14583
Affiliations UGC
Website www.cuj.ac.in

The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) is a teaching and research Central University of India, established by an act of Indian Parliament (Act no. 25 of 2009) in 2009.[1] .The University came to its existence after the then president of India and visitor of the Central University of Jharkhand, Her Excellency, Smt. Pratibha Patil, appointed Prof. Darlando T. Khathing, as its first Vice Chancellor on 1st March 2009.[2][3]

Academics

CUJ offers Masters Program in more than 20 disciplines, teacher training program (B.Ed.) and Ph.Ds programs. As of now these programs are offered at the temporary campus of the University located at Brambe[4], a 25 km drive from Ranchi (Capital of Jharkhand state in India) railway station.

Inner view of the temporary Brambe campus and university auditorium.

Admission

Admission to the M.Sc./M.Tech/M.B.A./M.A./ B.Ed. and Ph.D. programs are based on the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET). Admission to the Certificate & Diploma courses are based on Internal Entrance Test.[5]

Campus

The Brambe campus includes 70 independent class rooms and teaching labs, a 450-seat auditorium, research lab complex for sciences, engineering workshops, computer lab, and a linguistics lab. The university provides on-campus accommodation to students (total capacity 1000 boys and girls in separate hostels).[6]

CUJ permanent administrative Building at Cheri-Manatu Ranchi
Administrative Building at Brambe campus
Former President Dr. Abdul Kalam at CUJ

Schools and Departments [7]

Entrance view of the Campus

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Department of Human Rights and Conflict Management
  • Department of International Relations
  • Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Mass Communication and Media Technologies

  • Department of Mass Communication

School of Natural Sciences

  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Life Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Computer Science and Technology

School of Languages

  • Department of English Studies
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of Far East Languages (Korean, Chinese, Tibetan)

School of Engineering and Technology

  • Department of Nanotechnology
  • Department of Energy Engineering
  • Department of Water Engineering and Management
  • Department of Transport Sciences and Technology (Under process of establishment)
  • Centre for Excellence-Green and Efficient Energy Technology (CoE-GEET)

CoE-GEET is a project under FAST (Frontier Areas of Science and Technology) scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi. Established in year 2015 in the greenery of Central University of Jharkhand it has been brought up to develop materials, processes and systems which conserve and improve the existing social capital in the form of renewable energy resources and clean environment for the future generations. It involves collaborations between Department of Energy Engineering, Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry under School of Engineering and Technology and School of Natural Sciences respectively.[8] This centre hosts various advanced research equipment like X-Ray Diffractometer, Atomic Force Microscope and many others for material synthesis and characterization.

School for the Study of Culture

  • Department of Tribal Studies
  • Department of Contemporary and Tribal Customary Law
  • Department of Performing Arts

School of Natural Resources and Management

  • Department of Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Land Resource Management

School of Management Sciences

  • Department of Business Administration

School of Education

  • Department of Education

References

  1. ↑ The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 1, No.27, Friday March 20, 2009. Page 1-34.
  2. ↑ http://cuj.ac.in/vc1.php
  3. ↑ "Central Universities Act, 2009" (PDF). Central University of Karnataka. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. ↑ http://cuj.ac.in/index.php
  5. ↑ http://cuj.ac.in/AdmissionCUJ2018.php
  6. ↑ http://www.cuj.ac.in
  7. ↑ http://cuj.ac.in/downloads/centredepartmentchange0001.pdf
  8. ↑ http://cuj.ac.in/GEETDepartment.php
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