CUJ was established in 2009 under the first schedule of the Central Universities Act, 2009.[2] The first and founding Vice Chancellor (VC), Darlando Khathing, was appointed 1 March 2009.[3] Consequent upon culmination of his tenure in March 2014, he was replaced by acting vice chancellor A.N. Misra.[4] Prof. Misra served as acting VC until the appointment of Nand Kumar Yadav Indu as permanent VC in August 2015.[5] On completion of his term, Prof. Ratan Kumar Dey served as the acting VC for almost a year. Currently, Prof. Kshiti Bhusan Das is heading the university.
Campuses
The University has two operational campuses (temporary campus and permanent campus).
The Brambe campus (temporary) is a 45 acre transit campus located about 25 kms from the heart of Ranchi city. It includes 70 independent class rooms and teaching labs, a 450-seat auditorium, research labs for sciences, engineering workshops and computer lab. The university provides on-campus accommodation to students (total capacity 1000 boys and girls in separate hostels).[6]
The Cheri-Manatu campus (permanent) is a 510 acre campus located 17 kms from the epicenter of Ranchi city. Its infrastructure is developing rapidly. The administrative activities, undergraduate classes, and non-laboratory based departments are operational from this campus. Separate hostel for boys/girls and library are also located in this campus.
Administrative Building at Cheri-Manatu CampusAdministrative Building at Brambe CampusFormer President Dr. Abdul Kalam at CUJ
Academics in CUJ
Schools and Departments
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of International Relations
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Department of Economics and Development Studies
School of Mass Communication and Media Technologies
Department of Mass Communication
School of Natural Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Life Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Department of Statistics
School of Languages
Department of English Studies
Department of Hindi
Department of Far East Languages (Korean, Chinese, Tibetan)
School of Engineering and Technology
Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering
Department of Energy Engineering
Centre for Excellence-Green and Efficient Energy Technology (CoE-GEET)
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
School for the Study of Culture
Department of Anthropology and Tribal Studies
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development (CIKSD)
Department of Performing Arts
School of Natural Resource Management
Department of Environmental Sciences
Centre for Environment, Society and Governance for Sustainable Development (CESGSD)
Department of Geo-informatics
Department of Geography
School of Management Sciences
Department of Business Administration
Department of Commerce and Financial Studies
School of Education
Department of Education
Admission and Classes
Except a few departments, undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs are offered by almost all academic units of the University. Admission to undergraduate and post-graduate programmes is done through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA), whereas for doctoral degree, it is based either on UGC/CSIR NET examination or test conducted by University, after which a mandatory interview in convened. The University also offers part-time Ph.D. programme. The classes are operational at both the campuses as per location of the academic department.
Inner View of Temporary Campus and University Auditorium.
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