Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra University is a university established on 11January 1956 in Kurukshetra in the Indian state of Haryana, from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. The university was the idea of the then Punjab governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar. The Department of Sanskrit was the first and the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Indian Republic. Its campus is spread over .
History.
The Department of Electronic Science in 2011, was awarded a project on nanoscience by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. In 2012, the Department of philosophy introduced an academic course on Gita.
Academics.
Grading.
The university follows a weighted average pattern to calculate grades, with the 1st and 2nd semester contributing 20% to the aggregate marks and each further semester, up to the 8th, contributing 10%.
Rankings.
The university was ranked 99 among universities in India by the NIRF in 2020. It is one of the top 100 universities of India according to NIRF and at 68th position according to education world ranking 2020.
Sports achievements.
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra has a number of achievements in sports. In 2015 the Boxing Team of Kurukshetra University won the All India Inter-University Boxing Championship among more than 100 Universities from all over India. All India Inter-University Boxing Championship was held at LPU, Jalandhar. Boxers from KUK won 3 Gold and 3 Bronze Medals under their boxing coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound. The University has been awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, representing the highest award given for inter-university sports and university sportsperson performance in international and national arena by the Government of India, in the year 1966–1967.
Colleges and schools.
The university has these colleges, schools and institutes:
Centre of excellence.
Affiliated colleges.
The university has 457 affiliated colleges and institutes. Notable examples include: