MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK HARYANA
MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY ROHTAK HARYANA
Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) is a public university located at Rohtak, Haryana, India. It is considered to be a center of academic excellence for studying Agriculture in India.Established in 1976 and named after the great saint Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, the varsity is a premier institution of higher education in the region. The university offers courses in different fields of study at undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral levels. Besides offering courses at campus, it also acts as an affiliating university and provides several programs through various colleges, institutes and centers throughout the region.
There are 66 Boards of Studies for developing and designing courses in various disciplines.As an affiliating University, it has 126 institutions and colleges under its wings with a cumulative enrollment of about 1.70 lac students in various disciplines.The University has established six Chairs to conduct research on the lives and contributions of some eminent Indians.The mission statement of the College is – “Established and Incorporated for the encouragement of inter-disciplinary higher Education and Research. Dedicated to spread the knowledge to every part of its jurisdiction as assigned by Govt. of Haryana. University is open to all races / classes / castes and creeds”.
Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak was established through an Act of Legislative Assembly of Haryana in the year 1976 with a specific objective to establish and incorporate a teaching-cum-affiliating University at Rohtak for the encouragement of interdisciplinary higher education and research with special emphasis on studies of Life Sciences and Environmental and Ecological Sciences. During the last over 26 years of its existence the University has achieved a remarkable degree of success in its expansion programmes, infrastructural developments and in academic excellence.
