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North Eastern Hill University
Motto	Rise Up and Build
Established	1973
Type	Public
Chancellor	M. G. K Menon
Vice-Chancellor	A. N. Rai
Location	Shillong, Meghalaya, India 25°36′36″N 91°54′5″E / 25.61000°N 91.90139°E / 25.61000; 91.90139Coordinates: 25°36′36″N 91°54′5″E / 25.61000°N 91.90139°E / 25.61000; 91.90139
Campus	Suburban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.nehu.ac.in

North Eastern Hill University is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. The university is in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, India. The university has two campuses: Shillong and Tura in Meghalaya. NEHU Tura Campus functions under a pro-vice chancellor.

Administration [edit]

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Library [edit]

The university Central Library, whose membership includes university and college teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate honours students and members of the non-teaching staff, has a collection of 200,000 books, 38,000 bound periodicals and it subscribes to 316 foreign and 366 Indian journals.

Schools [edit]

The university has the following schools (departments/centres of studies):

School of Physical Science

• Chemistry,
• Mathematics,
• Physics,
• Statistics,
• Science Education

School of Social Science

• Anthropology,
• Economics,
• History,
• Political Science,
• Psychology,
• Law,
• Sociology,
• Rural Planning & Development
• Cultural and Creative Studies

School of Life Science

• Agrotechnology,
• Botany,
• Biochemistry,
• Biotechnology & Bioinformatics,
• Microbiology,
• Pharmacy,
• Geology,
• Zoology.

School of Humanities & Education

• Education (at Shillong and Tura),
• English (at Shillong and Tura),
• Garo,
• Hindi,
• Khasi,
• Linguistics,
• Philosophy,
• Adult & Continuing Education,
• Distance Education

School of Human & Environmental Science

• Anthropology,
• Rural Development & Agricultural Production (at Tura),
• Geography,
• Environmental Studies.

School of Economics, Management & Information Science

• Commerce,
• Economics,
• Library and Information Science,
• Management.

School of Engineering & Technology

• Agriculture Science & Technology,
• Computer Science & Engineering,
• Electronics and Communication Engineering,
• Information Technology,
• Tea Science & Technology,
• Polymer Science and Technology,
• Water Resources Technology
• Basic Sciences & Social Sciences.

Each of the schools of studies comprises academic departments and centers of studies detailed above.

Jurisdictions and affiliated colleges [edit]

The jurisdiction of the university extended originally to the states of Meghalaya and Nagaland and the erstwhile Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. With the establishment of the Nagaland University on 6 September 1994, the jurisdiction of NEHU ceased over Nagaland. Likewise with the establishment of the Mizoram University the jurisdiction of NEHU over Mizoram also ceased from June 2001. Arunachal Pradesh has its own university.

There are 53 undergraduate colleges affiliated to the university including eight professional colleges.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website

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