Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) is a central university located in

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Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

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. CURAJ has 12 schools, 30 academic departments and one community college covering

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programs with a strong emphasis on scientific, technological and social education as well as research. Total student enrollment at the university exceeds 1700 and includes students from over 23 states.

History

CURAJ was established by an Act of Parliament as a central university on 3 March 2009. The university was started in 2009-10 with two PG programmes namely M.Sc./

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statistics ( actuarial) and M.Sc.Tech. mathematics in

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. It shifted to R.K. Patni College,

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in 2010-11 and started six new PG programmes. In 2012-13, the university moved to its present location, on Jaipur-Ajmer Expressway ( NH-8) at Bandar Sindri village of Ajmer district. Doctoral and

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programmes were started in 2013-14.

Campus

CURAJ is located on the Jaipur-Ajmer Expressway ( NH-8), from Jaipur and from Ajmer, and measures more than 209 hectares (518 acres). This land was donated by the

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in 2010, construction started in 2011 and by July 2012 the university had moved to its current location. The nearest commuter railway station is Kishangarh Station and the nearest major railway station is the Ajmer Station. The campus is in developing phase. The departments are functioning from temporary buildings and expected to move to their permanent places in 2016. An air conditioned auditorium with a capacity of 1500 has been constructed on the temporary basis. The construction of the guest house is completed. The university has constructed the state-of-the-art permanent buildings for hostels and implemented the concept of

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successfully by creating seven ponds in the campus at different locations and a sewage treatment plant has also been constructed at the periphery whose outlet is used in watering plants. The buildings are constructed using a fusion of traditional architectural features of

with contemporary design elements. The

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and

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are used in the buildings to give a unique blend of the traditional and modern architecture.

Sports facilities

The university has a football ground, a cricket ground, two basketball courts, two volleyball grounds and many fields for various other sports.

Library

The university library has more than 31,000 books including references and subscribed more than 8000 online journals under e-ShodhSindhu (UGC- INFONET Digital Library) Consortium and more than 2,000 online journals being subscribed by the university library i.e. Science Direct,

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, Bentham Science, EBSCO,

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online journals. More than 100 national & international print journals also being subscribed by the university library.

Organisation and administration

Governance

Schools and departments

The university is organised into twelve schools, each of which has several departments:

Academics

Programmes

CURAJ offers academic and research programmes in

and

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. This includes five year integrated M.Sc. programmes in various fields, leading to the degree of B.Sc. and M.Sc. These programmes have four core subjects in the 1st and 2nd year (semester I - IV), and only one subject as major (like

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) in 3rd year (semester V & VI) in which the student will pursue the M.Sc. degree. The university offers various PG programmes with specialization, M. A. programmes, M.Sc. programmes and three-year Integrated M.Sc. B.Ed programmes.

Admissions

The university admits students to integrated M.Sc., integrated M.Sc.-B.Ed and PG programmes through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) held yearly, and conducted at centers all over India. Admission to M. Tech. programme is made once a year on the basis of GATE score through centralized counselling for

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/ M.Arch./M.Plan.. Admission to the doctoral programmes were accomplished through the CUET and followed by an interview. Admission to B.Voc. (

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) programme is done through an aptitude test conducted by the university. The university coordinates CUET each year from its introduction. In 2017, ten universities are taking part in CUET, including CURAJ. Other universities are Central University of Haryana, Central University of Jammu, Central University of Jharkhand, Central University of Karnataka,

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, Central University of Kerala,

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and

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Research

The university offers

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programs in each department.

Rankings

Central University of Rajasthan was ranked in the 151–200 band by the

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(NIRF) universities ranking of 2022.

Student life

Besides academics, a range of societies and clubs exist for students like the student-run University Magazine called उdaan, the film club, the music club, the dance club, the photography club known as the Lenswala, The

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, the Navsrijan Society and the Economics Society of CURAJ. The annual cultural fest is known as Marukriti. Math Earth, the Economania, Impresario and Myriad Hues are the annual fests of the respective department and student societies of the university. The university's students also participate in regional and national level inter-university fests and competitions like the Association of Indian Universities annual fest known as UNIFEST.

Halls of residence

There are 6 residences (hostels), including 2 hostels for UG and PG male students, 2 hostels for UG and PG female students, one hostel for male research scholars, teaching and non-teaching staff and one hostel for female research scholars, teaching and non-teaching staff. Hostel building

References

External links

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