Kurukshetra University was the dream of the then Punjab governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a great Sanskrit scholar, who wanted to set up an institute to promote Indian culture and traditions. The Department of Sanskrit was the first and the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by India`s first president, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Departments of Kurukshetra University
* Department of English (established in 1961)
* Department of Foreign Languages (1961)
* Department of Punjabi
* Department of Hindi
* Department of Library and Information Science (1969)
* Department of Commerce (1971)
* Institute of Management Studies (2003)
* University School of Management (formerly Department of Management)
* Department of Tourism and Hotel Management
* Department of Education
* Department of Physical Education
* Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Music
* Department of Fine Arts
* Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology
* Department of Law
* Department of Biochemistry
* Department of Botany
* Department of Microbiology
* Department of Biotechnology
* Department of Zoology
* Department of Computer Science and Applications
* Department of Electronic Science
* Department of Geography
* Department of Geology
* Department of Geophysics
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Statistics and OR
* Department of Political Science
* Department of Public Administration
* Department of History
* Department of Economics
* Department of Psychology
* Department of Social Work
Colleges under Kurukshetra University
* Institute of Environmental Studies
* University College of Education
* University College Kurukshetra
* University Senior Secondary Model School
* University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University
* Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University
* Institute of Instrumentation Engineering (formerly known as University Science Instrumentation Centre)
* Institute of Mass Communication and Media Technology
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