The University of North Bengal is located in
Siliguri in the
Darjeeling district of
West Bengal. It was set up with the aim of spreading knowledge in six North Bengal districts and also the northeastern state of
Sikkim. Lying between Siliguri and Bagdogra airport in the Terai region, the campus is spread over an area of 330 acres. Other than students from West Bengal and Sikkim, many students from
Bihar and SAARC countries like Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh also come to study in the University.
The University has played a pioneering role since inception in spreading higher education and inculcating scientific attitudes within the predominantly rural areas that comprise its vast jurisdictional territory.Well over 36,000 undegraduate students and over 1500 postgraduate students and scholars now enrol at different courses under the University during any given year.
Besides the territory under its immediate jurisdiction , the University also gets students and scholars from adjoining areas in Bihar and the North Eastern states,as also from SAARC countries like Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Several pioneering contributions made by researchers at the university have contributed to wider understanding of the special problems that confront the Eastern Himalayan and sub-Himalayan region and have provided practical inputs for current developmental interventions in the region.
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