Overview

North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong is a Central University established on July 19, 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. It was established as a regional university for the states of northeast India, including Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, and had given birth to Nagaland University in 1994 and Mizoram University in 2001. The university offers 53 undergraduate colleges affiliated with the University including eight professional colleges.

Campus

NEHU has two academic campuses, one at Mawkynroh-Umshing, Shillong, and another at Chandmari, Tura. Shillong is the headquarters of academic and administrative functions. The 1025 acre main campus accommodates the National Council of Science Museum, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Sports Authority of India and The English and Foreign Languages University. The central library features a collection of over 230,000 books, 38,000 bound periodicals and it subscribes to 316 foreign and 366 Indian journals.

Academics

NEHU offers UG, PG and diploma courses. UG courses: BSc. BTech LLB BEd PG courses: M.A. (Master of Arts): Anthropology, Adult & Continuing Education, Economics, Education, English, Folkloristics, Geography, History, Hindi, Khasi, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Journalism & Mass Communication M.Sc (Master of Science): Anthropology, Botany/Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Zoology M.Com (Master of Commerce), M.LISc (Master of Library & Information Science) M.Ed (Master of Education) PG Diploma in Music and Painting under the Dept. of Cultural & Creative Studies, P.G. Diploma in Geoinformatics under the Dept of Geography M.Phil in Mathematics, History, Linguistics, Statistics, Geography, Economics, Hindi PhD in Anthropology, Adult & Continuing Education, Bio, Chemistry, Botany, Biotechnology, Chemistry Education, Environmental Science, Economics, English, Folkloristics, Geography, History, Hindi, Khasi, Library & Information Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Physics, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology, Linguistics.

General Information

Admission

Eligibility for BTech 1. Candidates must have passed 10+2 in science stream or its equivalent from any recognised board and secured at least 45 percent aggregate marks (relaxation for SC/ST candidates by 5 percent marks) in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry /Biotechnology /Biology/Technical 2. Candidatesmust have valid positive JEE (Main) score card. Eligibility Criteria for Law: Candidates must have passed (10+2) or its equivalent with minimum of 50 percent marks in aggregate for General categoryand 45 percent marks for SC/ST student from a recognised university/board The maximum age limit for General candidates is20 (twenty) years and 22 (twenty two) years for SC/ST and OBC candidates as on August 1, 2015. The admission forms may be downloaded from NEHU website www.nehu.ac.in and filled-in application form along with the copy of e-challan of the same amount can be sent to the respective Head of Departments, NEHU, Permanent Campus, Mawkynroh-Umshing, Shillong-793022 or NEHU, Tura Campus, Chandmari, Tura-794002 Fee - For detailed information on fee please contact the institute.

Achievement

The university ranks No.16 at the national level according to the India Today AC-Nielsen Best Universities Survey of 2012 and No.11 among Top Central Universities. It has a world rank of 1821 according to the University Ranking by Academic Performance.

Accommodation

NEHU provides comfortable accommodation facility for its students.