Department Of Zoology University Of Allahabad

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Department of Zoology of University of Allahabad was established in the year 1906.
The Department of Zoology is proud to have one of the best Zoological Museums in the country. Founded by Prof. Howlett, the museum was enriched over the years by great efforts of the faculty member.

It has a wide collection of animals belonging to different group, rare and precious specimens of many endangered species, primate and non-primate mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, skeleton of vertebrates such as the African and the Indian elephants, camel, goat, panther and human, freaks of nature in the animals, abnormal human fetuses and rare and expensive invertebrate specimens.

The museum is not only of educational value to the students but is also frequently visited by people coming to the city from all over the country and abroad.

The Department of Zoology has a very rich Library too-which is the heart of its academic pursuits. The library has had the privilege of subscribing to over thirty journals of international repute in the distant past and still has a collection of old journals related to almost every field of Zoology.
Besides, a large number of text books in traditional as well as modern disciplines are present in the library.

The Department is at present offering Animal Cytogenetics, Cell Biology, Entomology, Environmental Biology, Fish and Fisheries, Parasitology as special and Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Animal Behaviour and Formal and Experimental Embryology as compulsory subject to the postgraduate students in their final year.

The Department has now been inducted under SAP/DRS programme of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi and FIST Programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.

Contact:
University Of Allahabad
Address: Senate House Campus, University Road, Old Katra, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211002
Phone: 0532 246 1083