North Bengal University Wiki

When was the University of North Bengal established? Is University of North Bengal recognized and approved institute? Tell me about the courses and departments offered by the University of North Bengal? Provide m eth contact detail of the University as well?

Please provide me with the history of North Bengal University as well as the courses and centres affiliated by the University?

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University of North Bengal is a state university, in Raja Rammohanpur near Siliguri in Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The University of North Bengal was founded by Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962. This was the 1st university in the region. It has played a ground-breaking role since inception in spreading higher education and scientific attitudes within the predominantly rural areas.

The main campus of the university is broaden over an area of 330 acres and lies between Siliguri and Bagdogra Airport, in the Terai region. The 2nd campus is in Danguajhar in Jalpaiguri.

More than 36,000 undergraduate and almost 1500 postgraduate students and scholars enroll every year. Students enrol from North Bengal, rest of West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar and from SAARC nations like Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

The University of North Bengal provides two-year M.Sc. programmes in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Zoology, Botany, Bio-technology, Anthropology, Geography and Microbiology.

It also offers a three-year M.C.A. programme. The concerned departments of the university offer a 2-year Masters programme (M.A.) in English, Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, Economics, History, Library and Information Science, Philosophy, Sociology, Political Management, Tourism & Hotel Management, Environmental Law, Information Technology (IT), Disaster Management, Mass Communication & Video Production, Museum Studies & Cultural Tourism.

University has now started a diploma course in French language and certificate course in Electronic Instrumentation & Data Handling.

Centres
The university provides affiliation to research and academic centres on and off campus.
• Centre for Development Studies
• Centre for High Energy & Cosmic Ray
• Centre for Remote Sensing Application
• Centre for Tea Management
• Centre for Mass Communication
• Centre for Himalayan Studies
• Centre for Women's Studies
• Center for Social Research
• Centre for Studies in Local Language and Culture
• Professor Nurul Hassan Centre for Management Studies
• Centre for Tourism and Hotel Management
• Centre for Marketing Management
• Centre for Ambedkar Studies

Address:

University Of North Bengal
Canal Street, Kolkata,
West Bengal 700016
Phone: 033 2282 0124