The University of
Hyderabad (UoH), one of the major institutions of higher education in India is
largely devoted to postgraduate studies and is widely known for its excellence
in research and for its distinguished faculty. Founded in 1974 with Prof. Gurbaksh
Singh as its first Vice Chancellor, UoH - also known as Hyderabad Central
University or HCU- has emerged as a leading centre of teaching and research.
The large campus located near Gachibowli, which is the IT hub of Hyderabad, has
immense bio-diversity and is home to over 75 varieties of bird, not to speak of
the lakes and rock formations which give the campus a natural beauty.
With 46 different
Departments and Centres organized in 10 Schools of study, the University has
over 400 faculty and over 5000 students. A School of Economics is proposed to
be started at the University. The University offers close to 150 different
programmes of study ranging from doctoral studies to Masters level degrees, as
well as a range of post graduate diplomas and short term courses by Distance
mode. It also has a thriving Five year Integrated Masters Programme. The
University hosts an ever increasing number of foreign scholars in the highly
popular Study in India Programme. The University has built up a reputation for
providing high quality academic training, and has been recognized through a
number of awards: PURSE, given by the Prime Minister of India, a grading of A,
which is the highest, by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC). International measures of research excellence also show the preeminence
of UoH - the University is counted among the top 100 in Asia in many of its
academic areas of study. These include the Basic Sciences, Applied Sciences,
Medical Science, Engineering Science, the Social Sciences, the Humanities, and
the Arts, Fine Arts, Media Studies and Communication, in addition to more
recent efforts in areas such as Folklore Studies, Health Psychology, Dalit
Studies, Women’s Studies, Neural and Cognitive Sciences.
The faculty of the UoH
have a high national and international profile and have been recipients of
major national and international awards- the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize of
the CSIR, the Ramon Magasaysay Award, the J C Bose Fellowship of the DST, the
Humboldt Prize, the TWAS Awards, the British Council, Commonwealth and
Fulbright awards, and the Padma Awards of the Government of India. Several of
our faculty also belong to major national and international Academies - the
Indian National Science Academy (INSA), the Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc),
the National Academy of Sciences of India (NASI), the Indian National Academy
of Engineering (INAE), the Sahitya Akademi, the Academy of Sciences for the
Developing World (TWAS).
The entire campus is
connected on 1 Gbps NKN connectivity, Wi-fi enabled and this facilitates
networking, vital for sustaining academic activity. In terms of
infrastructure and other collateral support, the University has been proactive.
The Indira Gandhi Memorial Library at the University has a collection of more
than 3.56-lakh books and other reference material and subscribes to about 600
foreign journals and 18,000 online journals and 10 online databases. This fully
computerized Library with special software for visually-challenged students
operates through the week.
A large number of
Institutions find their home on our campus, and we have close academic links
with them. These include the C R Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics,
Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS), the Association of Management
Development Institutions of South Asia (AMDISA), the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research (TIFR), The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), the
National Institute for Smart Government (NISG), the National Institute of
Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) and the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH)
and the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS). The National Museum of Statistics,
SANKHYA, is being set up on the campus, the first of its kind.
The University of
Hyderabad has seen considerable growth in the past few years, with the
introduction of new courses of study, new disciplines, and new initiatives.
With the range of disciplines represented and the quality of the faculty and
students at UoH, the University- which is among the finest in the country- is
well poised to make its mark internationally as well.
Prof. Ramakrishna
Ramaswamy
Vice Chancellor
Vice Chancellor
University of Hyderabad
(A Central University established in 1974 by an Act of
Parliament)
P.O. Central University, Prof. C.R. Rao Road,
Gachibowli, Hyderabad- 500 046, A.P.