Goa University
The Goa University, which is well-established on the Taleigao Plateau, is the largest public university in Goa, and is now amply prominent nationwide and internationally for its rich and rare courses. Established as per the State Legislature Act No-7 of 1984 of Goa, this Goa university became fully functional from June 1985, and is now counted among the top 25 reputed universities of India. NAAC has awarded it the high rating of four stars. Today, this fast prospering and highly prestigious university has twelve major academic faculties, 25 postgraduate departments, many centers for elevated studies and cutting-edge research, and about 55 duly affiliated professional and general-education colleges and institutions. About eight research-based institutions are also recognized by this Goa university to promote intensive and innovative research in significant disciplines. The affluent campus of this university of Goa is situated at Taleigao over an area of about 175 hectare, and is just about 5 Km from the State capital Panaji. This fast-paced and highly responsible Goa university is solely concerned for development and promotion of superb-quality higher education, professional education, and researches in cities all across Goa, for benefits to Indian and international students and scholars.
At present, the following 12 major academic faculties are efficiently functional within the campus of this Goa university, which collectively contain in about 25 PG departments and three well-equipped centers for studies and research
- Faculty of Language and Literature: Departments of English; French and Francophone Studies; Hindi; Konkani; Marathi; Portuguese
- Faculty of Social Sciences: Departments of Economics; History; Political Science; Philosophy; Sociology; Library Sciences; UGC Chair in Diaspora Studies; Centre for Latin American Studies; Centre for Women's Studies
- Faculty of Natural Sciences: Departments of Chemistry; Physics; Computer Science and Technology; Earth Science; Mathematics; Electronics
- Faculty of Life Sciences and Environment: Departments of Botany; Biotechnology; Microbiology; Marine Science; Zoology
- Faculty of Commerce: Department of Commerce
- Faculty of Management Studies: Department of Management Studies
- Faculty of Management Studies
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Performing, Fine Arts & Music
- Faculty of Design
- Faculty of Education
The Goa university india, is widely famous for rich courses in Latin American Studies and in International Studies, and online program in GIS, in addition to a rather extensive range of PG and doctoral courses in the subjects mentioned above. The main campus of this Goa university which is located at Taleigao, is primarily responsible for the postgraduate and doctoral research (M. Phil and Ph. D) courses. While the affiliated colleges and institutions of Goa university taleigao, are mainly concerned with providing undergraduate and graduate courses, including the diploma and PG diploma courses. In order to nurture and promote internationally acclaimed educational and research courses, this highly prestigious and innovative Goa university has bolstered academic collaborations with many reputed universities and institutions of India and abroad. Some of these are --- College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai; School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi; University of Colima, Mexico; the Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Austria; the National Institute of Oceanography, IGNOU, New Delhi; University of Aveiro, Portugal; National Centre for Software Technology, Mumbai; International Rice Research Institute, Philippines; and Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. Goa University's Academic Staff College (ASC), set up under the support of UGC, conducts rich and innovative refresher and orientation courses for college and university teachers. For getting detailed information about the courses of this top university in Goa, at varying academic levels, please visit its website: www.unigoa.ac.in.
Apart from well-equipped and lavish academic infrastructure and facilities, the following opulent amenities and facilities are available with this glamorous and internationally famous Goa university ---- well-equipped laboratories, well-stocked library, hostel accommodation, computer centre, university science instrumentation centre (USIC), remote sensing laboratory, university guest house, career counseling and placement cell, directorate of student welfare, health centre, facilities and services for foreign students and scholars, student facilitation centre, anti-ragging help line, banking and postal services, facilities for sports and games, shopping complex, Nehru study centre, ocean & atmospheric science and technology cell, research development & resource mobilization cell, and many other facilities and support services.