Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university established on 11January 1956 in Kurukshetra, in the Indian state of Haryana, 160 km from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities.

History


The university was in 1956 as a unitary residential University. The Department of Sanskrit was the first and the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Indian Republic. The idea of establishing university was conceived by then governor of Punjab, Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar.

In 2012, the Department of philosophy introduced an academic course on Gita.

Campus
Spread over 473 acre, the KUK campus is located on the western bank of Brahma Sarovar in the Hindu holy city of Kurukshetra.

Grading
The university follows a weighted average pattern to calculate grades, with the 1st and 2nd semester contributing 20% to the aggregate marks and each further semester, up to the 8th, contributing 10%.

Rankings
The university was ranked in the 101-150 band among universities and in the 151-200 band overall in India by the NIRF in 2023.

Faculties
Faculty of Arts & Languages

Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Indic Studies

Faculty of Engg. & Technology

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Commerce & Management

Centre of excellence (CoE)

 * Centre of excellence for research on Saraswati river: Geoscientific research on palaeochannels & drainage basin
 * Centre for advance research in earthquake studies: Seismic hazard map and 24x7 seismic monitoring of Haryana
 * Centre for applied biology in environment sciences: Research on climate change and pollution
 * Centre for information technology and automation: Research on big data and business analytics
 * Centre for advanced material research: Ion beam centre to research on functional molecules, optical materials and nanostructures

Colleges and schools
The university has these colleges, schools and institutes:


 * University Senior Secondary Model School
 * Institute of Integrated and Honors Studies (Formerly University College)
 * University College of Education
 * Department of Chemistry
 * Department of Indic Studies
 * Department of Life Sciences
 * Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
 * Department of Arts and Languages
 * Department of Foreign Languages
 * Department of Physics
 * Department of Statistics
 * Department of Geology
 * Institute of Environmental studies
 * Department of Law
 * Department of Geophysics
 * University School of Management
 * University Institute of Engineering and Technology
 * Institute of Management Studies
 * Institute of Mass Communication & Media Technology

Affiliated colleges
Its jurisdiction extends over 5 districts -Ambala,Kaithal,Karnal,Kurukshetra,Panchkula,Panipat,Yamunanagar. The university has 457 affiliated colleges and institutes. Notable examples include:


 * E-Max School of Engineering and Applied Research
 * Government Engineering College, Nilokheri
 * Jind Institute of Engineering and Technology
 * Karnal Institute of Technology and Management, Karnal
 * Shri Krishan Institute Of Engineering & Technology
 * JMIT

Academic
The Department of Electronic Science in 2011, was awarded a project on nanoscience by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

Sports
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra has a number of achievements in sports. In 2015 the Boxing Team of Kurukshetra University won the All India Inter-University Boxing Championship among more than 100 Universities from all over India. All India Inter-University Boxing Championship was held at LPU, Jalandhar. Boxers from KUK won 3 Gold and 3 Bronze Medals under their boxing coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound. The university has been awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, representing the highest award given for inter-university sports and university sportsperson performance in international and national arena by the Government of India, in the year 1966–1967.