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 Guru
Nanak Dev University was established at Amritsar on
November 24, 1969 to mark the 500th birth anniversary
of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The
University has an eventful history. Carefully nurtured
by illustrious academicians as well as administrators,
it has created a place of pride for itself on the academic
map of India. The motto of the University as engraved
on its emblem (Guru’s wisdom illumines all) speaks of
the vision and idealism for which the university stands.
The
university is spread over a stretch of 500 acres towards
the west of the city and facing the Grand Trunk Road.
Guru Nanak Dev University is a residential as well as
an affiliating university. Its jurisdiction extends
over colleges in the five districts of Punjab, namely
of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Nawan Sheher, Kapurthala and
Gurdaspur.
In
addition to its obligatory pursuit of the spread and
propagation of Punjabi 1anguage and Guru Nanak studies,
the University in its initial years laid an equal emphasis
on the development of humanities and basic sciences.
As a result two of its major departments i.e Chemistry
and Life Sciences have been recognised for the UGC special
assistance by the expert committee for the 8th plan.
In recent years it has diversified in a big way into
applied sciences making it one of the distinguished
centres of industry related job-oriented programmes.
It is one of the few universities in country, which
have attempted to restructure the syllabi in the light
of reports submitted by UGC expert committees.
Faculties
and departments
Faculty
of Sciences
- Department
of Chemistry
- Department
of Physics
- Department
of mathematics
Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Department
of Applied Physics
- Department
of Applied chemical sciences & Technology
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Department
of Food science and Technology
 Faculty
of Life Sciences
- Department of botanical Sciences
- Department of Zoology
- Department of Human genetics
- Department of microbiology
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Department of biotechnology
Faculty
of Engineering & Technology
- Department Of Computer Science & Engineering
- Department of Electronics Technology
Faculty
of Physical Planning & Architecture
- Department of architecture
- Guru Ram Das School of planning
Faculty
Of Economics & Business
- Department of Commerce and Business Management
- Punjab School of Economics
Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of Library & Information Science
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- Department of sociology
Faculty
of Languages
- Department of English
- Department of Hindi
- School of Punjabi Studies
- Department of Sanskrit
- Pali and Prakrit
- Department of Foreign Languages
Faculty
of Physical Education
- Department of Physical Education
- Department of sports medicine and Physiotherapy
Faculty
of laws
Faculty
of music & Fine Arts
Faculty
of Religious Studies
- Department of Guru Nanak studies
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Higher
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