Nagaland University, the only Central University in the State, will launch a new undergraduate program in Basic Sciences from the Academic Year 2025-26.

The University also plans to launch a Multidisciplinary Research Centre that will offer more programs in Basic Sciences. These initiatives are in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Initially, the New Centre will offer 3-year/ 4-year Undergraduate programmes in Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology. The University also plans to offer more programs in Basic Sciences in the coming years, including Integrated Postgraduate programmes (in Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Zoology), Ph.D. Programmes in all sciences and social sciences with an emphasis on the topics of multidisciplinary research, Integrated PhD (PG + PhD) programmes in all sciences and social sciences with an emphasis on the topics of multidisciplinary research

Prof Jagadish K Patnaik, Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University, said, “We want to pursue and promote world-class research and training and push the frontiers of basic sciences, covering broad areas ranging from material to life sciences with topics of multidisciplinary nature. We are keen to remove rigid boundaries and facilitate new possibilities for learners. Further, the University will also offer creative combinations of disciplines of study that would enable ‘multiple entry and exit’ points and re-entry options”

Prof Patnaik added, “The ‘multiple entry and exit’ option will pave the way for seamless student mobility between or within degree-granting Higher Education Institutes through a formal system of credit recognition, credit accumulation, credit transfers, and credit redemption, through Academic Bank of Credit (ABC) mechanism.”

The Undergraduate/ Integrated Postgraduate programmes will start with an intake capacity of 50 students across all the disciplines (Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and Zoology) during the academic year 2025-26.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Undergraduate/ Integrated Postgraduate programmes: First class (60 %) and above throughout academics up to class 12, valid CUET (UG) scorecard in the relevant discipline.

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