Purnea University


Purnea University is a collegiate public state university located in Purnia, Bihar, India. It has jurisdiction over Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj and Katihar districts. It was established by an act of State Legislature in 2018. As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and affiliated colleges.
The Governor of Bihar serves as the university's chancellor.

Overview

Purnea University was established on 18 March 2018 after its bifurcation from Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura. The first academic year of the university was scheduled to be 2018–19.

Academic programmes

The programmes offered at the university are identical to those offered at Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University such as bachelor courses in humanities B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. and also Professional Courses such as bachelor of technology in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering, M.A. in Humanities, MBA.

Students' union election

On 6 September 2018 first students union election was held, Nupur Subhangi became President, Sanchit Wadhwani was elected as General Secretary of the Students' Union.

Affiliated collegeshttp://www.purneauniversity.ac.in/colleges