The University of Hyderabad also known as Hyderabad Central University is an Indian public university, largely devoted to postgraduate and doctoral studies. Founded in 1974, Prof. Gurbaksh Singh was its first Vice Chancellor.In 2012, the university was ranked seventh, ahead of the Indian Institute of Science, as published by India Today.
With 46 departments and centres organized in 11 schools of study, the latest addition to the schools list is the School of Economics, inaugurated on 22 October 2012. The university has over 400 faculty and about 5000 students. It offers 150 programmes of study ranging from doctoral studies to Masters level degrees, as well as post graduate diplomas and short term courses through the distance mode. It has an 5-year Integrated Masters Programme.
The university hosts an ever increasing number of foreign scholars. UoH has been recognized through a number of awards: PURSE, given by the Prime Minister of India, a grading of A, which is the highest, by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The campus has 24 hours surveillance and is connected on 1 Gbit/s NKN connectivity, and is Wi-fi enabled. The Indira Gandhi Memorial Library has 350 000 books and other reference materials, and subscribes to about 600 foreign journals and 18,000 online journals and 10 online databases. The library is computerized, with software for visually-challenged students, and operates through the week.The campus is also equipped with solar power source.
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