Central University of South Bihar


The Central University of South Bihar is one of the sixteen newly established Central Universities by the Government of India under the Central Universities Act, 2009. The university is located at Panchanpur, Gaya, India. On 27 February 2014, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar laid the foundation stone for the permanent campus in Gaya. When completed, it will be spread in a 300 acre campus at Panchanpur. Currently further construction is ongoing. Dr. C. P. Thakur is now the newly appointed Chancellor by President of India. CUSB is NAAC Accredited 'A' grade university.

Academics

The university offers postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in various fields. Admission used to be through its own test Central University of South Bihar Entrance Test, and in addition, in some cases, interview or group discussion. Now the university conducts an all India common entrance test re-christened as Central Universities Common Entrance Test, across cities in India at viable examination centres.

Schools

The university consists of the following schools:
  1. School of Earth, Biological and Environmental Sciences
  2. * Centre for Biological Sciences
  3. * Centre for Environmental Sciences
  4. School of Human Sciences
  5. * Centre for Psychological Sciences
  6. School of Languages and Literature
  7. * Centre for Foreign Languages
  8. * Centre for Indian Languages
  9. School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
  10. * Department of Computer Science
  11. * Department of Mathematics
  12. * Department of Statistics
  13. School of Media, Art & Aesthetics
  14. School of Social Sciences and Policy
  15. * Centre for Development Studies
  16. * Centre for Economic Studies and Policies
  17. * Centre for Historical Studies and Archaeology
  18. * Centre for Political Studies
  19. ** This centre offers a 2 year integrated programme M.A. in Political Science and International Relations.
  20. **Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations
  21. * Centre for Sociological Studies
  22. School of Education
  23. * Centre for Education
  24. School of Law and Governance
  25. * The school of law and governance offers three courses now:
  26. ** 5 year integrated B.A. LL.B. Programme
  27. ** LL.M. One Year Programme
  28. ** Ph.D. in Law

    Management

The President of India is the Visitor of the university. The first Chancellor is Meira Kumar, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha. H.C.S. Rathore is the Vice-Chancellor.