Galgotias University
Galgotias University | |
Former names | Galgotias Educational Institutions |
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Motto | Creating Knowledge |
Type | Private |
Established | 1998 (University status-2011) |
Chancellor | Suneel Galgotia |
Director | Dr. R.Sundaresan |
Academic staff | 800 |
Students | Approx 7000 |
Location | , , 28°27′27″N 77°29′52″E / 28.457543°N 77.497748°E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC, MTU, ASIC-UK |
Website | http://www.galgotiasuniversity.edu.in |
Galgotias University is a co-educational private university situated at Greater Noida (NCR) in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Previously known as Galgotias Educational Institutions, it has been granted university status in 2011 by Uttar Pradesh government. Galgotias University has been established by "Uttar Pradesh Galgotias University act no. 14 of 2011" under section 3 of UGC Act 1956. The university's admission cut-off lists show its high requirements of percentage putting university in one of the top looked after private universities in country.
History
The institution was established by the Smt. Shakuntla Educational & Welfare Society as Galgotias Educational Institutions on 16, December 1998. The institution was established to provide top-quality engineering & management education to students from every walk of life, and the institute still thrives on this policy. Galgotias Educational Institutions(GEI) originally had three colleges namely-
- Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology (GCET) engineering college affiliated by Mahamaya Technical University (Uttar Pradesh Technical University)
- Galgotias Institute of Management & Technology (GIMT) management college affiliated by Mahamaya Technical University (Uttar Pradesh Technical University)
- Galgotias Business School (GBS) PGDM college
Apart from academics Galgotias has always been indulged in Publication & other activities providing their students a full market & industry interactions.
Location
Galgotias University (Galgotias Education City) is having its main campus in Greater Noida near Jaypee Sports Complex (Buddh International Circuit) while the original campus of Galgotias Educational Institutions is located at Knowledge Park-II right beside Noida Expressway.
Infrastructure
- Campus
Galgotias University campus is located at Noida-Delhi 8 lane expressway and is surrounded by agricultural land & educational societies. The campus has separate hostels for boys and girls. University has a complete wi-fi campus with fully automated library and a different Student activity centre for co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. University also boasts of state of the art auditorium, confrence & seminar halls.[1]
- Central Library
Central Library consists of a number of departmental libraries which collectively support the teaching, research and extension programmes of the Institute. All students, faculty members and employees of the Institute are entitled to make use of the Library facilities on taking library membership. The Library besides having a huge collection of books on engineering, science and Bioinformatics, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mass Communication offers library services through its various divisions. The Library uses (Libsys/SIM) software package which is an integrated multi-user library management system that supports all in-house operations of the Library. Libsys consists of modules on acquisition, cataloguing, circulation, serials, article indexing and OPAC. Central Library has 9925 titles, 74585 volumes, 238 National Journals, 165 International Journals, 75 magazines, 760 CD's. The Library is also in institutional membership with DELNET & American Central Library.[2]
Schools/Programs Offered
Galgotia University is a new age educational institution providing quality education in a wide spectrum of disciplines. The University has set up eight different schools offering courses in different streams of education:
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School of Business
- Business Administration
- Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA)
- Masters of Business Administration(MBA) - Health care Management
- Masters of Business Administration(MBA)
School of Engineering
- Bachelor of technology/Master of Technology
- Computer Science & Engineering(CSE)
- Mechanical Engineering(ME)
- Civil Engineering(CE)
- Electrical Engineering(EE)
- Electrical and Electronics(EN)
School of Computer & Information Sciences
- Computer Applications
- Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. (Bioinformatics)
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School of Arts & Social Sciences
- Psychology
- Ph.D/M.Phil. programme
- M.A Applied Psychology
- B.A. (HONS.) In Economics
- B.A. (HONS.) In Applied Psychology
- Library Science
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
- Mass Communication
School of Finance & Commerce
- Commerce
School of Hospitality & Tourism
- Hotel Management
- Bachelor of Hotel Management
School Of Legal Studies
- Law
- Master of Law (LL.M.)
- Doctorate of Law (LL.D.)
School of Basic & Applied Sciences)
- Physics
- B.SC. Forensic Science
- Biomedical Science
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Admissions
Engineering Programmes: 10+2 Examination with Physics and Maths as compulsory subjects along with one subject Chemistry/Bio-Technology/Computer Science/Biology with minimum 75% and UPSEE/AIEEE qualified.
Other Programmes on merit basis.
See also
External links
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- The official website/ Official website
- Google Profile
- LinkedIn Profile
- Facebook Profile
- Twitter Profile
- Picasa Photo Album
References
- ^ Galgotias, uni. "Campus Facilities". galgotias university. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Galgotias, Uni. "Laboratories". Galgotias University. Retrieved 12 July 2011.