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{{Short description|State university in Jaipur, Rajasthan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2012}}
{{Infobox university
| name = University of Rajasthan
| native_name =
| image = University of Rajasthan logo.png
| image_size = 150px
| caption =
| motto = ''Dharmo Vishwasya Jagatah Pratishtha''
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1948}}
| type = [[State university]]
| chancellor = {{Rajasthan governor}}
| vice_chancellor = Rajeev Jain<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor|url=http://www.uniraj.ac.in/index.php?mid=1303|website=www.uniraj.ac.in|publisher=University of Rajasthan|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>
| students =
| city = [[Jaipur, Rajasthan]]
| country = India
| campus = Urban
| website = {{URL|http://www.uniraj.ac.in}}
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=29&Unitype=2 |title=State University Directory, University Grants Commission, India |publisher=ugc.ac.in |access-date=2014-09-18}}</ref> [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationbhaskar.com/universities/MembersR.asp |title=Association of Indian Universities member list |publisher=aiuweb.org |access-date=2014-09-18}}</ref>
}}

'''University of Rajasthan''' is a [[public university|public]] and [[state university]] and is one of the oldest universities in the Indian state [[Rajasthan]], located in the city [[Jaipur]]. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of [[Rajputana]] and was given its current name in the year 1956.
<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Rajasthan: An Overview|url=http://www.uniraj.ac.in/about/Overviewf.html|access-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140702093901/http://www.uniraj.ac.in/about/Overviewf.html|archive-date=2 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Campus==

[[File:Rajasthan University Gate.JPG|thumbnail|Entrance gate of Rajasthan University]]
Spread in approximately {{convert|285.29|ha|acre}} on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg also known as the central spine of Jaipur the central campus incubates various departments, libraries, sports complexes etc.

==Organisation and administration ==
=== Faculties and departments ===
The university has the following faculties and departments:

==== Faculty of Arts ====

* Department of English
* Department of European Languages, Literature and Culture Studies
* Department of Hindi
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Sanskrit
* Department of Urdu & Persian
* Centre for European Studies
* Centre for Jain Studies

====Faculty of Science====
* Department of Physics
*Department of Zoology
*Department of Botany
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Biotechnology
*Department of Microbiology
*Department of Bioinformatics
*Department of Environmental Science
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Geology
*Department of Geography
*Centre for Conversing Technology
*Department of Statistics

====Faculty of Commerce====
* Department of Accountancy and Business Statistics
* Department of Business Administration
* Department of Economic Administration and Financial Management
* Centre for Entrepreneurship

====Faculty of Education====
* Department of Literal Education
* Department of Library & Information
* Department of Physical Education
* Department of Life Long Learning

====Faculty of Fine Arts====
* Department of Dramatics
* Department of Drawing and Painting
* Department of Music
* Department of Visual Arts

====Faculty of Law====
* Department of Criminology & Justice
* Department of Law
* University Five Year Law College
* University Law College (morning)
* University Law College Center II (evening)

====Faculty of Management====
* R. A. Poddar Institute of Management

====Faculty of Social Sciences====
* Department of Anthropology
* Department of Economics
* Department of History & Indian Culture
* Department of Political Science
* Department of Public Administration
* Department of Sociology

====Faculty of Technology====
* Information & Communication technology at CCT
* Cognitive & Neuroscience at CCT
* Nanotechnology at CCT
* Biotechnology & Bioinformatics at CCT

====Faculty of Business Administration====
* Masters of Commerce in Business Administration
* Masters of Human Resource Management
* Masters of Information Management
* Executive [[MBA]] & Ph.D.
* Post Graduate Diploma in marketing (three years)

====Interdisciplinary programmes====
* Department of Construction Management
* Department of Development Studies
* Department of Project Management
* Department of Public Health Science
* Department of Urban & Rural Development Studies

===University centers===
* Indira Gandhi Centre for Human Ecology, Environment Studies, and Population Studies
* University Centre for Computer Science and Information Technology
* Social Science Research Centre
* South Asia Study Centre
* Centre for European Studies
* Centre for Jain Studies
* Centre for Jyotirvigyan
* Centre for Development of Physics Education
* Centre for Non-Conventional Energy Resources
* Center for Converging Technologies (CCT)
* Centre for Ambedkar Studies
* Centre for Buddhist Studies
* Centre for Gandhian Studies
* Centre for the Study of Local Self Government
* Centre for Mass Communication
* Centre for Museology & Conservation
* Centre for Nehru Studies
* Centre for Rajasthan Studies
* Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusion Policy
* Center For Women Studies

=== Constituent Colleges ===
* University [[Commerce College, Jaipur|Commerce College]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rajasthan-Universitycollege-hostel-seats/articleshow/20851081.cms|title=Rajasthan University: Mad scramble begins for college hostel seats - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-26}}</ref>
* University [[Maharani College]]<ref name=":0" />
* University [[Maharaja College, Jaipur|Maharaja College]]<ref name=":0" />
* University Five Year Law College
* University Law College
* University Law College CENTRE-II
* University [[Rajasthan College]]<ref name=":0" />

==Academics==
===University library===
''See [[University of Rajasthan Library]]''

==Student life==
=== Residential student halls ===
This university has 16 student halls, a modern sports complex, and a large modern swimming pool with professional coaching.

== Notable alumni ==

=== Arts, Cinema And Literature ===
* [[Ramkumar Singh]] : Journalist, Fiction writer and Screenwriter

=== Politics and Law ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Vidyadhar Govind Oak]]
|
|
|
|former Chief Justice of [[Allahabad High Court]]
|
|-
|[[Vibhuti Bhushan Sharma]]
|
|
|
|Additional Advocate General, Gov. Of Rajasthan
|
|}

=== Science, Technology and Medicine ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Jainendra K. Jain]]
|
|
|[[Maharaja College, Jaipur|Maharaja]]
|Professor of [[Physics]] at [[Pennsylvania State University]]
|
|-
|[[Vineet Soni]]
|1997-2005
|
|Department of Botany, University Campus
|Plant Biologist at [[Mohanlal Sukhadia University]]
|
|-
|[[Dr D.P. Sharma]]
|1995
|
|University Computer Center, University Campus
|Research Professor & International Consultant/Adviser (IT), ILO-UN & National Ambassador, [[Swachh Bharat Mission]], Govt of India
|
|}

=== Sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]]
|
|
|
|[[field hockey]] player
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.uniraj.ac.in}}

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{{University of Rajasthan}}
{{Universities in Rajasthan}}
{{Education in India}}
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