About Central University of Haryana

Central University of Haryana is one of the fifteen new Central Universities established by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (GoI) in XI Five Year Plan (2007-2012) under the Central University Act-2009 of the Parliament. The University has been accredited with ‘A’ Grade in the first cycle of NAAC assessment and accreditation conducted in March 2017. The University has been listed among the top 150-200 Universities in NIRF ranking. The University is fully funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Permanent Campus of the University is situated in 484 acres of land at Jant-Pali Villages, Mahendergarh district of Haryana from where CUH is running its academic operations. Presently the University offers 83 academic programmes (UG/PG/Research).

Vision

To develop enlightened citizenship of a knowledge society for peace and prosperity of individuals, nation and the world, through promotion of innovation, creative endeavours, and scholarly inquiry.

Mission

To serve as a beacon of change, through multi-disciplinary learning, for creation of knowledge community, by building a strong character and nurturing a value-based transparent work ethics, promoting creative and critical thinking for holistic development and self-sustenance for the people of India. The University seeks to achieve this objective by cultivating an environment of excellence in teaching, research and innovation in pure and applied areas of learning.

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About Department of Physics & Astrophysics

Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its motion and behaviour through space and time. It is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, with its main goal being the understanding of different natural phenomena. Keeping in mind, the Central University of Haryana's commitment to promoting scientific progress and creating a culture of creativity, innovation and enquiring approach, the Department of Physics & Astrophysics, Central University of Haryana was established in July 2013 under the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS). The school is currently named as School of Basic Sciences. All programs are based on a choice based credit system and the faculty to student ratio of the department is about 1:10. Currently, the department is running Integrated B.Sc-M.Sc. (Physics) , M.Sc (Physics) and PhD program. The department is having students from almost all states and union territories of India.

The department envisages imparting high-quality teaching and research to its students for them to excel in the world of basic sciences. The department has infrastructure for research in almost all the fields of Physics. The department offers high quality and interdisciplinary learning environment for Undergradute (UG) , postgraduate (PG) , and PhD students. We provide exciting research opportunities for UG , PG students and intensive research training to PhD students.