Patna University
Besides being the very first public university in Bihar, Patna University (PU) is the seventh oldest public university of India, duly recognized by the UGC. Established in 1917 during the British Empire, this patna university has been drawing students and scholars from entire north-eastern and eastern India, and also from countries abroad, for giving them highly qualitative and innovative education and research facilities. The two campuses of this highly reputed university are located at Ashok Rajpath and Saidpur. The university has 10 constituent colleges and many affiliated colleges and institutions which cover areas of study including law, education and teacher training, science, arts and humanities, commerce and management, medicine, and engineering and technology. Since the year 1974, this fast progressing and glamorous university has also a Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), for offering distance learning courses at diverse academic levels.
Collectively, the faculty departments of the patna university of Bihar, are the following at present:
- Faculty of SCIENCE --- Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Mathematics, Statistics, Geology
- Faculty of HUMANITIES --- Departments of English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Maithili, Persian, Philosophy, Arabic, Urdu
- Faculty of SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Departments of History, Psychology, Ancient Indian History & Archaeology, Economics, Sociology, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Geography, Political Science, Institute of Public Administration, Institute of Psychological Research and Service
- Faculty of COMMERCE --- Department of Applied Economics and Commerce
- Faculty of EDUCATION --- Department of Education
- Faculty of LAW --- Department of Law
- Faculty of FINE ARTS --- Department of College of Arts & Craft
- Faculty of MEDICINE --- BDS
Using these faculty departments, magnificent patna university patna, conducts highly qualitative and prolific postgraduate courses in the above-mentioned subjects or disciplines. Its constituent colleges and affiliated colleges and institutes are especially famous for offering the undergraduate and doctoral courses, including the postgraduate courses n the concerned streams. Some diploma and PG diploma courses and vocational courses are also provided by its constituent and affiliated colleges and institutes. Again, a rich gamut of distance education courses is also rendered by this reputed, and one of the top universities in patna, through its Directorate of Distance Education (DDE). For obtaining detailed information about the courses of patna university india, or its any specific course at any desired academic level, please visit its website www.patnauniversity.ac.in/-. The facilities available at the patna university bihar, are all-encompassing and opulent, and include the facilities of university central library, university computer centre, health centre, university guest house, university press, laboratories, UGC academic staff college, population research centre, sports board, cultural board, national service scheme (NSS), placement cell, awards and recognitions, seminars and conferences, anti ragging cell, and works departments for infrastructure maintenance.