University Of North Bengal (NBU)

The University of North Bengal was established by an Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962 with the mission “to encourage and provide for instruction for teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and course of study; t arious branches of learning and course of study; to promote advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning and to extend higher education to meet the growing needs of society.” The University of North Bengal campus covers an area of nearly 315.99 acres of land at the foothills of high Himalaya in close proximity of vast plains around it with a fascinating glimpse of the Kanchenjunga peak, tea gardens and forest cover. The University of North Bengal has acquired 31.50 acres of land and has already started setting up another campus at Jalpaiguri by the side of the campus of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College for widening the dimension and scope of Higher Education and Research in one more Centre for Higher Education through modern studies for spreading advancement of learning in various branches of Humanities, Science and Technology in order to reach the people of this region in a bigger way so that they can have better and easier access to Higher Education. The University of North Bengal, since its inception in 1962, has been fulfilling the objectives of imparting higher education and research to the people of this socio-economically backward area of the country. With the global advancement and requirements in the arena of higher education and research, the University has shouldered the responsibility of dissemination of knowledge by judicious expansion of its role in advanced, non-conventional, applied and job-oriented fields keeping the quality of education at par with global standards at low cost. The University has taken initiatives in qualitative growth by way of achieving excellence. The Departments are well-equipped with research programmes from various agencies and have received academic distinctions and recognitions. Located in the lap of Himalayas and situated far off Kolkata the University of North Bengal was established in 1962 with a vision to encourage and provide a congenial space of higher education, in particular to the socially and economically backward students, in the form of instruction, teaching, training and research in various branches of knowledge and to meet the growing needs of this region as the highest temple of learning and to commit to foster education on the basis of democratic values and ethos. With the passage of time along with its enriched capacity structure as a competitive University of national repute, North Bengal University envisions a global centered education system with a commitment to be a part of knowledge society and to provide quality based education to all. To establish a large, well-resourced vibrant multi-disciplinary teaching and research institutions by way of collaboration of teachers, research scholars, students, academic administrators and employees. To enrich a strong educational communities and to play a catalytic role to provide high quality education in this disadvantageous geography. The University envisages a broad based liberal post graduate education with rigorous specialization in chosen disciplines and to provide optimal learning environment students support services. To develop capable faculty and students who shall be energized and engaged so that they can become hearts of higher education in the region. The University is committed to make all its stakeholders as drivers of demand driven educational changes in national and international field. Finally, the University seeks to inculcate environmental awareness and sense of urgency of conservation of nature creating pollution free green campus by encouraging sustainable practices.