Glocal University is a private and coeducational institution located in
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared a ...
,
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...
,
India
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. It is situated in the foothills of Shivalik mountains. The university is a
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
university established by the Uttar Pradesh Private Universities Act, 2011, (U.P. Act no. 2 of 2012) and is recognized by University Grant Commission. In keeping with its vision of ''Global canvass, local colours'', the school's name is a
portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words The university's 6 major schools offer more than 35 undergraduate, post-graduate, and professional courses.
Facilities
Campus
Glocal's self-contained campus is spread across 350 acres. It is situated close to the urban industrial cities of
Saharanpur
Saharanpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of Saharanpur district.
Saharanpur city's name was given after the Saint Shah Haroon Chishti.
Saharanpur is declared a ...
and
Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, district and is governed by the Dehr ...
, on the Dehradun-Saharanpur Road. The university is approximately a two hours by car from Dehradun's
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun Airport , also known as Jolly Grant Airport, is a domestic airport serving Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, India, located 25 km south of the city. Commercial operations began on 30 March 2008, after a runway extension to accomm ...
.
Glocal University is a part of the Grand Peak Group.
Classrooms and laboratories
Glocal's teaching spaces include
classrooms
A classroom or schoolroom is a learning space in which both children and adults learn. Classrooms are found in educational institutions of all kinds, ranging from preschools to universities, and may also be found in other places where educatio ...
amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...
. They are equipped with multimedia equipment to aid in instruction.
Glocal's engineering laboratories are located in a separate block from the classrooms. They are designed to encourage experimentation, practical application of classroom concepts, and independent work. The lab facilities are used for practical experiments and during academic tests. The laboratories are accessible at all times, although students must sign up for lab time in advance.
Library
The library is a central support to the university's teaching, learning, and research programmes. Its facilities are available for students, faculty members, and university employees.
Its collection includes CDs and DVDs; books on engineering, science, bioinformatics, humanities, social sciences and mass communication; and copies of research publications. The university is also expanding its holdings through an online portal to major libraries around the world.
Hostels
Glocal University is a residential campus, with separate in-campus hostels for males and females. The overall capacity for each hostel is 1030 students. Each room is equipped with bed, study table with chair, and almirah. As a whole, the hostels are equipped with
air conditioning
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, RO-filtered drinking water, an uninterrupted power supply,
wireless internet
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,
television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...
sets in common rooms, 24-hour security (with special attention to female residents),
gym
A gymnasium, also known as a gym, is an indoor location for athletics. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasium". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational i ...
nasium facilities, medical facilities and a
bank
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.
Meals are prepared on-campus under the supervision of a
dietician
A dietitian, medical dietitian, or dietician is an expert in identifying and treating disease-related malnutrition and in conducting medical nutrition therapy, for example designing an enteral tube feeding regimen or mitigating the effects of ca ...
and professional manager. Cuisines include
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
The institute provides coaches and physical facilities for students to keep them engaged and physically fit. The Glocal campus includes
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
and
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
courts,
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
and
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...
fields,
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
equipment, a
running track
An all-weather running track is a rubberized, artificial running surface for track and field athletics. It provides a consistent surface for competitors to test their athletic ability unencumbered by adverse weather conditions. Historically, v ...
, and a
swimming pool
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. The university's well-maintained landscaping also encourages outdoor activities.
Administration
Leadership
Dr. P K Bharti is the Vice Chancellor of the Glocal University Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
The academic council consists of Dr. Kashi Balachandran, Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Syed Safawi, and Prof.(Dr.)Rizwan Ahmad. The university's advisory group constitutes a mix of policy makers and experts in their respective disciplines.
Campus placements
The university has a placement office for students, headed by Indrajit Gupta. Other members of the office consist of alumni from the
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busines ...
and distinguished individuals from industrial, media and legal sectors.
The institute has strong ties with the corporate sector.
Internships
An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations and gover ...
are available with noted Indian and international companies.
Academic profile
Curriculum
The curriculum allows students to switch between courses and disciplines. This ensures flexibility and exposure to learning.
Exchange programs with foreign universities also offer Glocal students a first-hand experience of global trends.
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...
(AICTE), and the
Bar Council of India
The Bar Council of India is a statutory body established under the section 4 of Advocates Act 1961 that regulates the legal practice and legal education in India. Its members are elected from amongst the lawyers in India and as such represents ...
(BCI).
Departments and courses
The institute has major schools for instruction in technology, business and commerce, law, and health sciences. Each school has various courses to offer.
;Glocal School of Technology
The Glocal School of Technology comprises the B.Tech program, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Natural & Applied Sciences. Together, the School of Technology awards the following degrees:
*
BTech
A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of studi ...
in
Civil Engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
* BTech in
Computer Science
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...
* BTech in
Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
* BTech in Electronics & Communication
* BTech in
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...
Bachelor of Computer Applications
A Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, (abbreviated BSIT or B.Sc. IT), is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the information technology. The degree is normally required in order to work in the Information tec ...
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
* MCA (
Master of Computer Applications
A Master of Science in Information Technology (abbreviated M.Sc.IT, MScIT or MSIT) is a master's degree in the field of information technology awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. The MSIT degree is de ...
)
;School of Business and Commerce
* BBA (
Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...
)
* BCom (
Bachelor of Commerce
A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...
)
*
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
in
Finance
Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...
* MBA in
Human Resource Management
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* MBA in
Marketing
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...
;School of Law
The School of Law offers two 5-year integrated programs:
* BA –
LLB
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
* BBA – LLB
LLB
LLM
;School of Life and Allied Health Science
* BSc in
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
* BSc in
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...
* BSc in
Medical Lab
A medical laboratory or clinical laboratory is a laboratory where tests are conducted out on clinical specimens to obtain information about the health of a patient to aid in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Clinical Medical labor ...
Technology
* BSc in
Medical Microbiology
Medical microbiology, the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In addition, this field of science studies various ...
* BSc in Microbiology
;School of Pharmacy
* D.Pharm ( Diploma in Pharmacy)
* B.Pharm (
Bachelor of Pharmacy
A Bachelor of Pharmacy (abbreviated B Pharm or PharmB or BS Pharm) is a graduate academic degree in the field of pharmacy. In many countries, this degree is a prerequisite for registration to practice as a pharmacist. Since both PharmB and Phar ...
)
* M.Pharm (
Master of Pharmacy
The Master of Sciences of Pharmacy (MPharm) is the standard master's degree program in Pharmacy. It is the oldest honorable Diploma (Degree) authorized from the European Faculties of Pharmacy as it takes five years to complete. It is based on a c ...
)
;School of Nursing
* B.Sc (Nursing)
*A N M
;School of Paramedical
*BMLT
* B.Sc(Optometric)
*B.Sc (Renal dylasis)
;Inactive schools
The former School of Education & Research previously awarded post-graduate degrees in Guidance and Counselling, Educational Management and Leadership, and Education.
The former School of Media & Cultural Studies previously awarded undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Media Studies and Media/Cultural Studies.