University of Allahabad

(State University)

 

Establishment

Allahabad University has always occupied an esteemed place among the universities of India for over a century now. Established on 23rd September 1887, it is the fourth oldest university of India after Calcutta, Bombay and Madras University.The credit for conceiving a large Central College at Allahabad, eventually to develop into a University, is due to Sir William Muir, then Lt. Governor of United Provinces. As a result of his initiative the foundation stone of the Muir Central College (named after him) was laid on Dec. 9 1873 by His Excellency Lord Northbrook. Sir William Muir said on that occasion: “The establishment of a central college at Allahabad has been my earnest desire ever since I assumed my present office. Shortly after coming here I found that a strong wish prevailed among the chief people of the place for a better means of education at Allahabad; and being myself deeply impressed with the same conviction,
Courses Offered

The following are the different academic departments offering degrees and performing research at the University.

 Faculty of Arts

  1. Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology
  2. Anthropology
  3. Arabic and Persian
  4. Education
  5. Economics
  6. English & Modern European Languages
  7. Geography
  8. Hindi
  9. Medieval & Modern History
  10. Music & Performing Arts
  11. Philosophy
  12. Physical Education
  13. Political Science
  14. Psychology
  15. Sanskrit
  16. Urdu
  17. Journalism and Mass Communication
  18. U G C – Academic Staff College
  19. Department of Visual Arts
  20. BFA (Fine Art)

Faculty of Law
It is one of the oldest department of legal studies in India. It has the credit of producing a pretty large number of eminent jurists legal luminaries and judges par excellence including, judge of the Internationl Court of Justice, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of india and many other judges of High Courts in India.Hon’ble Mr. Justice D.Straight, Bar-at-law,became the first Chairman of the Law Department in 1890

Faculty of Science

  1. Bio-Chemistry
  2. Bioinformatics
  3. Botany
  4. Chemistry
  5. Defence and Strategic Studies
  6. Earth & Planetary Sciences
  7. Electronics & Communication
  8. Environmental science
  9. Mathematics
  10. Photography
  11. Physics
  12. Zoology
  13. Bioinformatics & Biotechnology
  14. Statistics
  15. Home Science
  16. B.Tech. (CS and EC)

Institute of Inter Disciplinary Studies

  1. Centre for Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences
  2. K. Banerjee Center of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies (KBCAOS),IIDS Estd. 2000
  3. M. N. Saha Centre of Space Studies (MNSCSS), IIDS Estd. 2001
  4. Bioinformatics center
  5. Center for Biotechnology
  6. Bachlore of Science(Applied science)i.e.Bioinformatics,Biotechnology,Biophysics,Biochemistry etc

Nanophosphor Application Centre

Admission Process

University of Allahabad has several of courses. A student can take admission in any of these courses by appearing in its entrance examamination.
Under Graduate Admission Test
The Entrance Exam of UGAT is conducted by the University of Allahabad in the month of June. The sale of form is commenced from the 2nd week of April. The cost of form is Rs. 400/- for Gen/OBC & Rs. 200/- for SC/ST.

Post Graduate Admission Test
The Entrance Exam of UGAT is conducted by the University of Allahabad in the month of June. The sale of form is commenced from the 1st week of Mayl. The cost of form is Rs. 400/- for Gen/OBC & Rs. 200/- for SC/ST.

Master of Computer Applications
The Entrance Exam of MCA is conducted by the Centre of Computer Education, Institute of Professional Studies in the last week of May. The sale of form commences from last week of April. The cost of form is Rs. 600/- for all categories.

Bachelor of Computer Applications
The Entrance Exam of BCA is conducted by the Centre of Computer Education, Institute of Professional Studies in the third week of July. The cost of form is Rs. 500/- for all categories.

Diploma in Information Technology
The Entrance Exam of DIT is conducted by the Centre of Computer Education, Institute of Professional Studies in the last week of May. The sale of form commences from last week of April. The cost of form is Rs. 300/- for all categories.

Diploma in Computer Application
The Entrance Exam of DCA is conducted by the Centre of Computer Education, Institute of Professional Studies in the last week of May. The sale of form commences from last week of April. The cost of form is Rs. 300/- for all categories.

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
The Entrance Exam of PGDCA is conducted by the Centre of Computer Education, Institute of Professional Studies in the month of June. The sale of form commences from last week of April. The cost of form is Rs. 400/- for all categories.

Affiliated Colleges

  1. Allahabad Degree College
  2. Arya Kanya Degree College
  3. Chowdhary Mahadev Prasad Degree College
  4. Ewing Christian College
  5. Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute
  6. Hamidia Girls’ Degree College
  7. Ishwar Sharan Degree College
  8. Jagat Taran Girls Degree College
  9. Shyama Prasad Mukerjee Degree College
  10. Sandanlal Sawaldas Khanna Degree College

Contact

University of Allahabad
(State University)

Senate Hall,
Allahabad 211 002
Uttar Pradesh

Tel : 0532-2461157/1089, 2545020, 2461083,
2250368
Fax : 0532 -2545021/2461083
Email : phrs@rediffmail.com,
registrarau@rediffmail.com
Website : https://www.allduniv.ac.in/

 

VC : Prof. R G Harshe
Reg: Shri Firdous A Wani