Barkatullah University

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Barkatullah University (BU), Hindi: बरकतउल्लाह विशवविधालय is an Indian university located in Bhopal, named after the great freedom fighter, Prof. Barkatullah, who was born in Bhopal. It is the main university of the capital city and provides degrees to most of the non-technical colleges in and around Bhopal. Funded by State Government, the university has a residential campus and also serves as affiliating university for colleges of seven other districts. The university affiliates the colleges of Bhopal district and other neighbouring districts like Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Betul, Hoshangabad, Harda and Rajgarh as well. Barkatullah University has been accredited as a B category university by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) [cite web
url=http://www.naacindia.org/Universities.asp?state=13#
title=Accredition
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

History

The University was established in 1970 as Bhopal University and was renamed to Barkatullah University in 1988. The University is a teaching and an affiliating institution. In 1974-75, Institute of Open and Distance Education was also established with the permission of UGC for imparting education by distance mode [cite web
url=http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/odl.htm
title=Institute of Open and Distance Education
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

Campus

The campus of Barkatullah University covers 360 acres and is located on the National Highway number 12 which passes through Bhopal. It is a residential type campus and apart from the quarters for the vice-chancellor and the staff, there are four hostel for boys and a separate hostel for girls. Within the campus, there are buildings for various departments such as Institute of Physics and Electronics, Department of Pharmacy, University Institute of Technology, Management Institute, Department of Law, Psychology Department etc. It also houses an administrative building, a guest house, an auditorium and a playground.

Courses

There are post-graduate courses, certificate courses, diploma courses, M. Phil programmes, post-doctoral fellowship etc. which meet the regional and national needs. In addition to the conventional courses, the university offers several innovative and other job oriented courses at PG level to the students. Most of these courses are non-traditional and interdisciplinary in nature. The total number of academic programmes, covering PG and UG courses, is 100. It deserves mention that there are 26 self-financing courses offered by the institution [cite web
url=http://www.naacindia.org/Universities.asp?state=13#
title=Report by NAAC
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

There are eight faculties in the college and consist of 23 teaching departments [cite web
url=http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/cources.htm
title=Courses on offer
accessdate=2007-04-02] . The faculties are:
* Faculty of Arts
* Faculty of Commerce
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Life Science
* Faculty of Science
* Faculty of Social Science
* Faculty of Engineering

The courses are offered in the 64 Government colleges and 159 private colleges that are affiliated to the university in the above mentioned 8 districts [cite web
url=http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/list.htm
title=List of Affiliated Colleges
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

Colleges of University

Apart from the affiliated colleges, which are situated outside the university campus, the colleges of University are located within the campus and are under the jurisdiction of Barkatullah University

University Institute of Technology

The engineering college of Barkatullah University was established as College of Engineering in August 1997 with the approval of the All India Council for Technical Education in concurrence with the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The institute changed it's name to UIT in the year 2000. It is a self financing institute and provides engineering courses in the following streams:
* Electronics & Communication Engineering
* Computer Science & Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Information TechnologyThe sponsorship of Barkatullah University and collaboration with the industries of the region provides excellent exposure to its students. The Barkatullah University has made available 30 acres of land for the UIT campus. The University has also provided infrastructural facilities which include a new college building with a floor area of 4763 m². Additional Institutional Building of 3726 m² (floor area) for creating state of art laboratory facilities are planned to be constructed soon [cite web
url=http://bubhopal.nic.in/uit/institute.htm
title=University Institute of Technology
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

Chakravarti Rajgopalachari Institute of Management

The management college of Barkatullah was setup in 1979. Chakravarti Rajgopalachari Institute of Management, or CRIM, offers a two year full time Postgraduate Programme in Management (MBA) for the students. The entry to this programme is regulated through a rigorous selection process conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board through Madhya Pradesh Management Joint Entrance Test. The Institute offers the following specialization options:
* Financial Management
* Human Resource Management
* Information Technology Management
* Marketing Management
* Rural and Urban Management
* Health System ManagementThe course is spread over four rigorous semesters and offers students five electives to choose from during the tenure. The curriculum contents are selected carefully in liaison with the industrial houses in order that the CRIM graduates can meet the needs and challenges of the industries in the prevailing and competitive business scenario [cite web
url=http://bubhopal.nic.in/crim_3.htm
title=Institute of Management
accessdate=2007-04-02] .

References

External links

* [http://www.bubhopal.nic.in Barkatullah University Website]
* [http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/uit/uit.htm University Institute of Technology Website]
* [http://www.bioinfobubpl.nic.in Department of Biotechnology (Faculty of Life Science) Website]