The University of Jammu was established in 1969 by an Act of the State Legislature which effectively bifurcated the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir University into the Universities of Kashmir and Jammu respectively, accredited as 'A' Grade University by National Assessment & Accreditation Council of India. It is the first university in India to receive the ISO-9001 certification. The University is at present located on the banks of the Tawi River at an altitude of 1030 ft. is Jammu. The University provides instructions in such branches of learning as it deems fit and makes provision for research and the advancement and dissemination of knowledge. The University stands for spiritual and material elements in life, thirst for knowledge and virtue under the backdrop of holy peaks of Trikuta Hills.
The University also admits, maintains, recognizes, affiliates colleges and other institutions. It is primarily a research, teaching, affiliating, examining body involved in promotion of arts, science and other branches of learning. The University is open to all classes and creeds with the sole objective to carry people from darkness to light.
The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs; it confers honorary degrees to persons of exceptional calibre. It also affiliates and recognizes colleges. More recently, the University has set up satellite campuses in Bhaderwah, Kathua and Poonch with an accent on vocational courses. Of these campuses, the Bhaderwah Campus at Sungli village is the first to have been formally inaugurated (by H.E. The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil).
Faculties & Departments:
1. Faculty of Life Sciences
* School of Biotechnology
* Department of Botany
* Department of Environmental Science
* Department of Zoology
2. Faculty of Arts/Oriental Languages
* Department of Buddhist Studies
* Department of Dogri
* Department of English
* Department of Hindi
* Department of Punjabi
* Department of Sanskrit
* Department of Urdu
3. Faculty of Sciences
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Computer Science & IT
* Department of Geography
* Department of Geology
* Department of Home Science
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics & Electronics
* Department of Statistics
4. Emerging Courses
* Remote Sensing & GIS
* Socio-Economic & Natural Resources
information of Jammu Region
5. Faculty of Education
* Department of Education
6. Faculty of Commerce
* Department of Commerce
7. Faculty of Management Studies
* The Business School
8. Faculty of Behavioral Science
* Department of Psychology
* Department of Sociology
* Department of Physical Education
9. Faculty of Law
* Department of Law
* The Law School
10. Faculty of Social Science
* Department of Economics
* Department of History
* Department of Political Science
* Department of Library and Information Science
* Department for Strategic and Regional Studies
11. Faculty of Medicine
12. Faculty of Engineering
13. Faculty of Music and Fine Arts
Facilities:
A. IT Facilities
* Internet Facility
* Optical Fiber Backbone Campus Network
* Video conferencing Facility
* Web based E-mail facility
B. Library: The university has a well equipped central library that caters the needs of the students of the university as well as others. The library has over 350,000 books and electronic media collection as well. Recently the university library has been renamed as Dhanvantri Library.
Contact Us:
University of Jammu,
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir,
India
Help Lines :- 0191- 2430830, 2431939
Vice Chancellor Chamber :- 0191- 2450014
Registrar :- 0191- 2431365
Website: www.jammuuniversity.in
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