Purvanchal University
Established	1987
Type	Public
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. RC Saraswat
Location	Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.purvanchaluniversity.org

Contents 1 About the university 2 Location 3 Faculties 4 References

[edit] About the university

Veer Bahadur Purvanchal University or just Purvanchal University is located in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the educational hubs of eastern Uttar Pradesh,established in 1987 as a residential-cum-affiliating university which is named after Late Shri Veer Bahadur Singh, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Continuous qualitative & quantitative growth, excellence in academic & administrative activities and transparent & efficient administration of more than 200 colleges have been some of the distinct factors for which the university is striving and on the basis of the same, the university has emerged as one of the leading universities of the country. Started with 69 affiliated colleges, the university now has widened its spectrum of activities with 470+ affiliated graduate and post-graduate colleges and students enrollment of nearly 300 thousands in 12 Districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The infrastructure development, achievement of academic excellence, quality assurance in the higher education and socio-economic development of this highly backward & rural region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh are the priority areas for which the university is continuously striving.

[edit] Location

The University is located at a distance of about 11 km from the historic city of Jaunpur on Jaunpur-Shahganj road which divides its 172.5 acres (0.698 km²) campus into two. Jaunpur is well connected by train, road and air with rest of the country. The nearest railway stations are Jaunpur Junction and Jaunpur City and the nearest airport is BabatpurVaranasi (40 km.).

[edit] Faculties

• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Applied Social Sciences
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Biotechnology

Faculty of biotechnology represents the university, passout students from here are busy in research in different reputed laboratory worldwide.

• Faculty of Commerce
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Management Studies
• Faculty of Science

[edit] References

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