UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN, BARDHAMAN, WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY
Burdwan University
History
The
last maharaja of Burdwan, Udaychand Mahtab left the entire property of Burdwan
to the government of West Bengal after the zamindari system ended in the 1950s.
The then chief minister of West Bengal, Bidhan Chandra Roy took the initiative
of establishing a university at the premises of the palace of the maharaja.
Thus the university was established in 1960. Sukumar Sen (ICS) was the first
vice-chancellor. The university began its function only with the humanities
division, with science and engineering courses included afterwards.
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Administration
Burdwan
University is an autonomous state university. The governor of the state of West
Bengal is its chancellor. However, the daily administration is handled under
the leadership of the vice chancellor, who is appointed by the governor on the
recommendations of the government of West Bengal. The vice chancellor is
assisted in his duties by the pro vice chancellor who is de facto a senior
faculty member of faculty of engineering and technology. Within the
university’s administrative structure, the highest body is the university
court. It consists of members elected by the staff members of the university
from amongst themselves as well as members of the alumni. Next in hierarchy
comes the executive council of the university, which takes all the decisions
relating to day to day functioning. It consists of staff and student members
from all the three faculties. The student members of the faculties finding
representation on the executive council are the chairmen of the three student
councils of unions. The three faculties in turn have their own councils which
are changed every four years and differ in their compositions. The engineering
faculty for example has members who are nominated either by the vice chancellor
or are invited from the various schools functioning under the faculty. The Arts
and Science Faculties have member from the respective faculties. However, a
common factor in each of the three faculties is that each department is
represented on the council by the Head of the Department and at least one other
faculty member of the department. Outside these councils are the offices of the
registrar, finance officer, controller of examinations, university engineer, faculty
secretaries, placement coordinator and deans of the three faculties and
students welfare which are responsible for the administrative tasks delegated
to them. Finally, at the departmental level are the heads of departments.
Academic
Faculties
Burdwan
University academic complex, South Gate
Admission
to Burdwan University is highly competitive, as it consistently ranks amongst
the best colleges in India. For admissions to the Engineering Faculty at the
undergraduate level, students are admitted through the WBJEE, an entrance
examination open to students from all over India. Unlike in a large number of
states, there is no domicile quota in BU as well as for the remaining
engineering colleges admitting students through the WBJEE. Postgraduate
students in engineering are admitted through GATE. Admission to the Arts and
Science Faculties is by means of individual examinations for each of the
departments at the undergraduate as well as the postgraduate levels. Weight age
is given to marks obtained at the higher secondary level for undergraduate
admissions at the undergraduate level for postgraduate level.
Science
(UG/PG)
Atomic
Physics, Biotechnology, Botany, Computer Science and Engineering (CSE),
Chemistry, Ecotechnology, Environmental Science, Energy Technology, Food
Science, Forensic Science, Geography, Geoscience, Genetics, Health Science,
Information Management, Mathematics, Medicine, Microbiology, Metrology,
Mechanics, Neuroscience, Oceanography, Physics, Pharmacy, Statistics, Space
Science, Systems Science, Zoology.
Arts,
Commerce, and Social Science (UG/PG)
Archaeology,
Anthropology, Bengali, Commerce, Cultural Studies, Development Studies,
Education, Economics, English, Fine Arts, Hindi, Home Science, History,
International Relations, Industrial Relations, Library and Information Science,
Law, Literature, Linguistic, Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Human
Resource Development, Mass Communications, Music, Political Science, Project
Management, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Sanskrit, Teaching, Tourism
Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Visual Arts.
Distance
education
This
university has a Directorate of Distance Education (DDE,BU) for conducting post
graduate studies in distance mode. This is for people (mainly workers) who
cannot undergo post graduate studies in regular (full-time) mode. The
Directorate of Distance Education was established in 1994. Courses of distance
education in the university is approved by University Grants Commission (UGC)
and the Distance Education Council.
Admission
Due
to its good reputation in education scenario of West Bengal, students and
research scholars are keen on receiving admission in this institute. For
undergraduate and post graduate admission, students keep a close watch over the
admission notification which comes out after publication of higher secondary
(10+2) and graduation (10+2+3) level results, respectively.
For
research level programs, the aspirants have to sit for a qualifying test
followed by an interview. It is mandatory that they secure at least 55% marks
in their post graduate level examination.
University
Institute of Technology (UIT)
Main
article: University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University
University
Institute of Technology (UIT) is a professional engineering college under the
University of Burdwan, and currently represents the faculty of engineering that
was at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur since its inception. This
college was inaugurated in 2001 by the then chief minister of West Bengal Sri
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya. UIT is approved by the government of West Bengal and
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). UIT is a National Board of
Accreditation (NBA) Accredited Institute. Admission in this college is done
through the merit list and counseling by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
Board.
Courses
offered
Bachelor of Applied Electronics &
Instrumentation Engineering
Bachelor of Computer Science and
Engineering (CSE)
Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Electronics & Communication
Engineering (ECE)
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (IE)
Bachelor of Information Technology (IT)
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