Jai Prakash University (JPU) is a

state university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

located in

Chhapra Chhapra (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Chaparā'') is a city and headquarters of the Saran District in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated near the junction of the Ghaghara River and the Ganges River. Chhapra grew in importance as a river-based mar ...

Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

, India. Initially serving the needs of higher and quality education of the people of Saran commissionary, it has completed its 29 years and has entered its 30th year. With 21 constituent colleges, 11 affiliated colleges and 23 proposed colleges including 10 professional colleges, it is offering courses at the

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

level and

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

level in most subjects. It was established by the

Government of Bihar Bihar Government is the State governments of India, state government of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Bihar and its nine Divisions of Bihar, divisions which consist of Districts of Bihar, districts. It consists of an execut ...

in response to the needs of the people of Saran commissionary. The university was named in memory of freedom fighter Loknayak

Jai Prakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan Srivastava (; 11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), also known as JP and ''Lok Nayak'' (Hindi for "People's leader"), was an Indian politician, theorist and independence activist. He is mainly remembered for leading th ...

. The university is recognised by the UGC as a

and is a member of the Association of Indian Universities, having jurisdiction over the Saran Division, comprising the three districts of Saran, Siwan and Gopalganj.

Campus

of land has been acquired for a new campus. The university campus is about two km away from the main town. Jai Prakash Vishwavidyala (University) was established on 22.11.90 by the enactment of Section 3(b) of Bihar State Universities Act, 1976 with its headquarters at Chhapra, after carving it out from the then,

Bihar University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, (abbreviated as BRABU) also known as B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, is a state university located in Muzaffarpur. Established in 1960, the university has 37 constituent colleges and offers a range of ...

(now B.R.A. Bihar University).

Faculties

The university has four main faculties: Faculty of Social Sciences * Department of

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

* Department of

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

* Department of

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

* Department of

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

* Department of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Faculty of Science * Department of

Botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

* Department of

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

* Department of

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

* Department of

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

* Department of

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

* Department of

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

Faculty of Commerce * Department of

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

Faculty of Humanities * Department of

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

* Department of English * Department of

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...

* Department of

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

* Department of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Constituent colleges

*In

Saran district Saran district is one of the 38 Districts of Bihar, districts of Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. The district, part of Saran Division, is also known as Chhapra district after the headquarters of the district, Chhapra. It is ...

** ** Rajendra College ** Jagdam College ** Jai Prakash Mahila College ** Ram Jaipal College ** Ganga Singh College ** Prithvi Chand Vigyan College **

HR College, Amnour HR College, Amnour also known as Hotilal Ramnath College is a degree college in Amnour, Bihar, India. It is a constituent unit of Jai Prakash University. The college offers three years degree course (TDC) in arts and science. History The col ...

** Jaglal Choudhary College **

Yadunandan College, Dighwara Yadunandan College also known as YN College is a degree college in Dighwara, Bihar. It is a constituent unit of Jai Prakash University. College offers Intermediate and Three years Degree Course (TDC) in Arts and Science. History College was e ...

** Nand Lal Singh College ** Prabhunath College, Parsa *In Siwan district ** D.A.V Post Graduate College Siwan ** Vidya Bhawan Mahila College ** Ram Vilas Ganga Ram College **

Narayan College, Goreyakothi Narayan College, Goreyakothi is a degree college in Goriakothi, Bihar, India. It is a constituent unit of Jai Prakash University. The college offers intermediate and three years degree course (TDC) in arts and science. History The college was ...

** Hariram College, Mairwa *In Gopalganj district ** Kamla Rai College ** Mahendra Mahila College ** Bhola Prasad Singh College

Affiliated colleges

There are 11 affiliated colleges under Jai Prakash University. *P.R. College, Sonpur, Saran (Deficit Grant) *Z.A. Islamia College, Siwan (Deficit Grant and Minority College) *Dr.P.N.Singh Degree College, Chapra *B.D.S.M. Mahila College, Salempur, Chapra *Lok Mahavidyalaya, Hafizpur Baniapur (Saran) *Deoraha Baba Shridhar Das Degree College, Kadna Garkha (Saran) * Daroga Prasad Rai College, Siwan. *Mazhrul Haque Degree College, Tarwara (Siwan) *Desh Ratan Rajaendra Prasad Degree College, Ziradai (Siwan) *Shri Mahendra Das Degree College, Mathia Nechua, Jalalpur (Gopalganj) *Shrikant Babu Degree College(SKB) Belbanwa kuchaikote (Gopalganj) *Mata Rojhni Devi Chhathu Ram Degree College, Mairwa (Siwan)

References

External links

Official website
Universities in Bihar Saran district Memorials to Jayaprakash Narayan Universities and colleges established in 1990 1990 establishments in Bihar {{Bihar-university-stub