Himachal Pradesh University is sited at a picturesque location in Shimla of Summer Hill.
This is a prestigious university in India that has over 25 departments focusing on other subjects such as Yoga, Ayurveda and Bhoti (a Tibetan language.
This university was established in the year 1970 on 22nd July.
Educational Streams
Himachal Pradesh University offers regular departments and this university has research centre for Agro-Economic that helps in carrying out investigations and research in Western Himalayan Region in the field of Agricultural Economics as this is a region of Himachal Pradesh as well as Jammu & Kashmir.
This university has established a centre for Environmental Studies so that the extensive amplitude of the state ranging from forests that are dry-scrub to alpine pastures can be used as it comprises of a large number of exotic as well as endemic flora, an opulent depository of medicinal as well as aromatic plants, multiplicity of wildlife and protected area network can be used.
Facilities
This university offers many hostels to accommodate students as residential studies. However, the girls and boys hostels are separate and these hostels are facilitated with Reading Room, Common Room, TV, Indoor games, mess and Geysers that are run by the boarders on co-operative basis.
The institution facilitates with a Library that is sited in its multi-storeyed building, particularly designed to accommodate various facilities of any modern university Library, besides it also maintains a comprehensive assortment of books as well as periodicals to encourage the formal programs of research and instruction in this university in diverse disciplines and encourage inter-disciplinary communications as well as general pursuits aiming the progress of knowledge.
The university awards the deserving students Merit Scholarships. There is Health Centre sited within the university providing medical facilities round-the-clock to the employees, students and other dependents. The university offers a Computer Centre with computing facilities to its students studying Computer Science and this is also given to other students of other departments. All the facilities offered have no restrictions and are available throughout the day.
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