Named after the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University is a premier institute of learning in the country. The University is located in southern New Delhi, the capital of India and the seat of the Indian Government. JNU’s main focus is research and the postgraduate courses that it offers are therefore research-oriented. There are some 4000 students pursuing different courses at the university. The staff strength is around 500. The University has been organized into nine schools and four independent special centers.A number of these centers like Center for Historical Studies, Center for the Study of Social Systems, Center for Political Studies, Center for Economic Studies and Planning, Center for the Study of Regional Development, all in the School of Social Sciences have been declared as centers of excellence. The JNU campus is well accessible from road as well as the three railway stations i.e., New Delhi, Delhi, Hazrat Nizammuddin.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport is located close by.Jawaharlal Nehru University was established through an Act of Parliament in 1969. The objective behind the establishment of the institution was to have an educational body that promoted the study of principles of national integration, social justice, secularism, and democratic way of life, international understanding and scientific approach in solving the society’s complex problems. The university, over the years has attained the status of the seat of educational excellence in the country.




