Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU) is a private university about 25 kilometers southeast of Dehradun city and in close vicinity of Jolly Grant Airport, in the north

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Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. The university is named after Indian yogi Swami Rama

History

In April 2012, a proposal for establishing a university was put before the Government of Uttarakhand by Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust. In December 2012

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passed the 'Himalayan University Bill, 2012' and in February 2013 it became an Act through the assent of Governor of Uttarakhand as Himalayan University Act, 2012 (Uttarakhand Adhiniyam Sankhya 12 of 2013). The first academic session of university was started from July 2013.

Academics

SRHU is a private university and its academic activities are organized through its four constituent colleges (faculties), which run undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG) and doctoral degree programs. The four schools are listed below.

Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS)

HIMS offers courses in medical and paramedical studies. Undergraduate courses include MBBS and postgraduate courses are MD in

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, Community Medicine, General Medicine,

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, Skin (Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprosy), Radio Diagnosis,

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, Pulmonary Medicine Radiotherapy & optometry.

Himalayan College of Nursing (HCN)

Courses offered are Basic B.Sc. Nursing and Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing.

Himalayan School of Science & Technology (HSST)

Courses offered are Bachelor of Computer Applications, Bachelor of Technology in

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, Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, etc.

Himalayan School of Management Studies (HSMS)

MBA, B.Com Honours and BBA programs in specializations are offered by the School of Management Studies.

References

External links

Website of Swami Rama Himalayan University

Uttarakhand Government website

Website of Medical Council of India
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