Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, formerly Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi and Ambedkar University Delhi, and simply AUD, is a

state university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

established by the Government of the

NCT of Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

through an Act of the Delhi Legislature. The university began functioning in August 2008. It is a Unitary non-affiliating University whose main focus is on undergraduate and postgraduate studies and on research in the

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

and the

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

. It is completely funded by the State Government of the NCT of Delhi. The university is now declared eligible to receive Central Government Assistance. The university has been graded 'A' by

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body of the government of India that assesses and accredits higher education institutions (HEIs) in India. It is funded by the University Grants Commission and hea ...

. It is named after the polymath

B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Bhīmrāo Rāmjī Āmbēḍkar; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on t ...

, the architect of the

Indian Constitution The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India, and the longest written national constitution in the world. The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and ...

and one of the founding fathers of India.

Campuses

AUD is a multi-campus University with planned facilities across the city. AUD presently has three campuses - in Kashmere Gate, Karampura and, Lodi Road, where 40 undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes are currently on offer. The Kashmere Gate campus is housed in the erstwhile

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, formerly Indraprastha University (IP or IPU), is a state university located in Dwarka, Delhi, India. The university is organised around fourteen university schools and three university centers that f ...

campus, along with

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), is an all women's university located in Delhi, India on the heritage campus at Kashmere Gate, Delhi. It was founded as the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology in 1998. In May 201 ...

. The historical campus originally built for

Delhi College of Engineering Delhi Technological University (DTU), formerly Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) is a state university in Rohini, Delhi, India. It was established in 1941 as Delhi Polytechnic. In 1952, it started giving degrees after being affiliated with th ...

also houses the 300-year-old

Dara Shikoh Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title ''Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba'' () and was favoured ...

library. The Directorate of Higher Education, Government of the NCT of Delhi handed over the old campus of

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DDUC) () is one of the top constituent college of the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Located at Dwarka, Delhi near Netaji Subhas University of Technology. It is fully funded by Government of Delhi. It was ...

of University of Delhi in the Karampura area of West Delhi to AUD. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College will move to its new campus in Dwarka. As of 2024 the university planned two new campuses, in Rohini and in Dheerpur.https://aud.delhi.gov.in/upcoming-campuses

Schools

* School of Undergraduate Studies * School of Development Studies * School of Global Affairs * School of Human Ecology * School of Human Studies * School of Culture and Creative Expressions * School of Design * School of Management * School of Public Policy * School of Educational Studies * School of Law, Governance and Citizenship * School of Liberal Studies * School of Vocational Studies

Centres

* Centre for Community Knowledge * Centre for Development Practice * Centre for Social Science Research Methods * Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development * Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research * Centre for Urban Ecology and Sustainability * AUD Centre for Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship *Centre for English Language Education

References

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