Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University

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Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
Established 1994
Type Public
Chancellor K. Sankaranarayanan
Vice-Chancellor Sarjerao Nimase
Location Nanded, Maharashtra, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC
Website www.srtmun.ac.in

Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University was established in 1994. Named after Swami Ramanand Teerth, it is located at Nanded in Maharashtra, India.

The university is intended to serve primarily the southern part of Marathwada, specifically the districts of Nanded, Latur, Parbhani, and Hingoli. The main university campus, which is about 20 km south of Nanded township, occupies approximately 525 acres (2.12 km2), and there is a 22-acre (89,000 m2) sub-campus at Latur.

The university has received recognition from the UGC and the NAAC.

Sarjerao Nimase is the current vice-chancellor. The registrar, the director of Board of College and University, and the controller of Examination form the three statutory officers of the university.

The university has directors for sports and physical education, and students welfare. There is an NSS program officer.

The university offers 27 postgraduate courses in Arts, Sciences, Commerce, Education, Business Administration, and Pharmacy. The university also offers eight M.Phil. courses.

Schools[edit]

The main campus has the following schools:

  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Media Studies
  • School of Life Sciences
  • School of Computational Sciences
  • School of Languages & Literature and Culture Studies
  • School of Commerce & Management Sciences
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Chemical Sciences
  • School of Earth Sciences
  • School of Educational Sciences (Teacher Education, Physical Education)
  • School of Technology
  • School of Fine & Performing Arts
  • School of Mathematics

The sub-campus at Latur has the following three schools:

  • School of Management
  • School of Technology
    • M.Sc. Computer Science (Geoinformatics/ICT)
    • M.Sc. Bioinformatics
  • School of Social Science
    • M.A. Economics

Courses started at the Latur center:

  • School of Social Science
    • M.S.W.
  • School of Technology
    • M.Sc. Information & Communication Technology (ICT) (five-year integrated course after 12th)
  • School of Management
    • M.B.A. Rural Management

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