Doon University Dehradun District Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand university, Doon University, Dehradun University

Uttarakhand is well known for the high standards of its school education. To cater to the educational needs of bright students leaving the schools, the Government of Uttarakhand approved the establishment of a University that would become a centre of higher learning in modern disciplines. The Doon University Bill, 2005 (Uttaranchal Adhiniyam Sankhya 18 of 2005) was passed by the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and assented to by the Governor on April 23, 2005. The Act of 2005 enacted to establish Doon University was published in the Uttarakhand Gazette on April 26, 2005. The Headquarters of the University shall be located at Dehradun with the provision that it may establish additional campus(es) at such other place(s) as necessary.

Fact About Doon University:-

Dr. Gajendra Singh joined as the first Vice Chancellor of Doon University on 15 September 2005. Dr. Singh graduated in 1966 from the G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar. He received his Master's degree from the Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, USA in 1968 and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, USA in 1973.
The University would initiate Academic Programmes leading to Bachelors’, Masters’ and Doctoral degrees in various areas of studies.

Courses offer by Doon University:-

Academic Programmes
Keeping its vision of ‘relevance’ and ‘excellence’ in mind, the following academic programmes are proposed to be offered by the University.

School of Environment and Natural Resources
(1) Environmental Studies
(2) Natural Resource Management
(3) Disaster Management

Center for Himalayan Studies
Postgraduate Diploma in Disaster Management as well as in Tourism to be offered jointly with the School of Management.

School of Communication
(1) Mass Communication

School of Social Sciences
(1) Development Studies
(2) Economics
(3) Psychology

Center for Public Policy
The centre to promote studies on public issues in collaboration with stakeholders, industry, institutes and researchers.

School of Management
(1) Management

School of Physical Sciences
(1) Physics
(2) Chemistry
(3) Mathematics
(4) Material Science

School of Technology
(1) Information Technology
(2) Applied Electronics & Communication
(3) Nanotechnology

Centre for Information Technology
The Centre to become a hub of research activities leading to Masters’ and Doctoral degrees.

School of Biological Sciences
(1) Biotechnology
(2) Life Sciences

Centre for Biotechnology
The Centre to promote research in frontier areas of Biotechnology and facilitate training towards Masters’ and Doctoral degrees.

School of Design
(1) Design

School of Languages
Foreign Languages
(1) English
(2) French
(3) Spanish
(4) Chinese
(5) Japanese

Indian Languages
(1) Hindi
(2) Other Indian languages to be added later

DOON UNIVERSITY OFFICE:

Kedarpur, Dehradun - 248 001
Uttarakhand (INDIA)
+91-135- 2100122, 2100116, 3201920

CAMP OFFICE :
388/2 Indira Nagar, Dehra Dun - 248006
Uttarakhand (INDIA)
+91-135- 2763076, 2763078

+91-135-2762994