Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
The Utkal University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the seventeenth oldest university in India, It established in the year 1943, is the seventeenth oldest University in India. Its present campus at Vani Vihar, BHUBANESWAR is located on a sprawling 399.9 Acre area in the heart of BHUBANESWAR, with the Sainik School to its north, National High way No.5 to its south, Regional Research Laboratory and Institute of Physics to its west and the South Eastern Railway line to its east. The Foundation stone of this Campus was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India on 1st January 1958 and the Campus was inaugurated by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the second President of India on 2nd January 1963. This is a teaching-cum-affiliating University. There are at present twenty-seven Post-Graduate Departments located in the University Campus for Post-Graduate studies and research in various disciplines of Science, Humanities ,Business Administration, Social Science, Law and Commerce. The total number of students in the P.G. Department of the campus at Vani Vihar is nearly 3,000. This is in fact the largest affiliating University in the country with approximately 267 affiliated Colleges (Degree Colleges-219, Professional College-44, Other Constituent Colleges-2) under its jurisdiction.
The University has now the jurisdiction over 9 districts, viz, Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri and is spread over an area of 24,973 sq. kilometers catering to the needs of higher education of a population of more than 110 lakhs.
At present the University has twenty-seven Post-Graduate teaching and research departments located within the campus and three constituent Institutions, viz. Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education, University Law College at Vani Vihar and M.S. Law College at Cuttack. Besides the regular courses, twenty-six sponsored courses are offered under the direct academic control of the P.G. Council of the University.
Location:
The University campus is located at the heart of Bhubaneswar city and right on NH-5. It is nearly 5 km from both the Main Railway Station at MasterCanteen and Bus Stand at Baramunda. All the postgraduate departments and the University Law College are located inside the campus. Its present campus at Vani Vihar is located on a sprawling 399.9-acre (1.618 km2) area in the heart of Bhubaneswar beside the National High way No.5 connecting Calcutta and Chennai. The foundation stone of the present campus was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India on 1 January 1958 and the campus was inaugurated by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India on 2 January 1963. Now a number of students not only from within India but also foreign students are studying here.
M. Phil Programmes & Departments:
Analytical & Applied Economics, Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Anthropology , Botany , Chemistry, Commerce, English, Geography, Geology, History, Mathematics, Oriya, Personal Management And Industrial Relation, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.
Post Graduate Programmes & Departments:
Analytical and Applied Economics, Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Anthropology, Biotechnology, Botany, Business Administration, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science and Applications, English, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Library and Information Science, Mathematics, Oriya, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology , Public Administration, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.
Distance Education Academic Programmes:
1. M.A. in Oriya/History/Political Science/Sanskrit/English/Public Administration/Sociology/ Education (Two year course).
2. +3 B.A. with Pass & Honors in History /Political Science /Economics /Sanskrit /Philosophy /Oriya/Education/Sociology and only Hons, in Statistics.
3. +3 B.Com Pass and Honors in Accountancy
4. Diploma in Computer Applications (One year Course)
5. MCA (Evening Course-3 years)
6. P.G. Diploma in Hotel Management & Tourism (Eighteen months)
7. M.B.A.
8. Integrated M.B.A.
9. B.B.A.
10.P.G. Diploma in HRM, MM, FM, D&NM
11.P.G. Diploma in Computer Application
12.D.C.A.
13.B.Sc. (IT, &M.)
14.B.C.A
Facilities:
Guest Houses, Student Council, Computer Center, University Library, Gymnasium and Club, Student Accommodation, University Health Center
Contact Us:
Vani Vihar
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
India
Pin Code: 751004
Telephone: +91-674-581850, 580735-36
Website: www.utkal-university.org
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