Established in 2007, University of Gour Banga is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the the urban setting of the small city of Malda (population range of 250,000-499,999 inhabitants), West Bengal. Officially accredited/recognized by the University Grants Commission, India, University of Gour Banga (UGB) is a coeducational higher education institution. University of Gour Banga (UGB) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees in several areas of study. UGB also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, as well as administrative services.

University of Gour Banga (Bengali: গৌড়বঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a university established in 2008 in Malda, West Bengal, India.^[2]At present there are 21 PG departments running with near about 2500 enrolment and 25 General Degree colleges and 34 B. Ed colleges with enrolment of 1.50 Lakhs. in Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur districts, with the exception of Raiganj University College, are affiliated with this university.The University is situated on N.H. 34 near Rabindra Bhavan. The Central Bus Terminus is adjacent to the University campus.The University of Gour Banga (UGB) is established by West Bengal Act XXVI of 2007 and located at English Bazar Town of Malda District in West Bengal. It is one of the new state universities established by the Government of West Bengal to address the concerns of ‘equity and access’ and to increase the access to quality higher education for people in less educationally developed districts of Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Daskshin Dinajpur which have a Graduate Enrolment Ratio of less than the state average and National average as well. The UGB, with its territorial jurisdiction of all over Malda, Uttar Dianjpur and Dakshin Dinjpur district initiated its academic activities from the academic year 2008 in keeping with the philosophy of achieving and maintaining the highest levels of academic excellence and meeting the aspiration of the socio-economically backward segments of Muslims, SC and ST which constitute more than 75 percent of the population in its catchment area

Surabhi Bandyopadhyay, the former vice-chancellor of Netaji Subhas Open University, became the first vice chancellor of the university, while the former registrar of University of North Bengal, Tapash Kumar Chattopadhyay, became the first acting registrar, all in 2008. Gopa Dutta was the second vice chancellor.^[3]

The former vice chancellor was Achintya Biswas, who was the head of the Department of Bengali of Jadavpur University. Dr. Bikash Mukhopadhyay of Burdwan University is the registrar.

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f the University of Gour Banga was prepared in the second week of June 2008 by Sameer Rakshit, the head of the Department of Architecture, Jadavpur University. Rakshit is also in charge of designing the main building of the University of Gour Banga, which started functioning from the ground-floor of the Post-Graduate Section of Malda College in 2008. From 2011 this university is functioning in its own place which is near Rabindra Bhaban, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.

About
The University

The University of Gour Banga (UGB) has been established by the West Bengal Act XXVI of 2007 at Malda, West Bengal. It is one of the two new State Universities established by the Government of West Bengal to address to the concerns of equity and access to quality higher education by people in less educationally developed districts which have a less Graduate Enrolment Ratio.

The UGB, with its territorial jurisdiction of the three districts (Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur and Uttar Dinajpur) of the northern part of West Bengal, has been initiated its activities from the academic year beginning 2008 in keeping with the philosophy of achieving and maintaining the highest levels of academic excellence, sensitivity to equity and access in enrolment and recruitment and emerging as a premier national educational and research institution in the country.

The University has nearly 33 acres campus, situated adjacent to the headquarter English Bazaar in the district of Malda, West Bengal State. It is claimed that UGB is one of the first state University to be accredited by the NAAC in a short time among the new ones. The University is also recognized by the UGC under section 2(F) and 12(B). The main objective of the University is integrating the components of Teaching, Research, Innovation, Training and Skill Development with an aspiration to excel in post graduate and research programmess. The University offers the programs under the following three dominant faculties: Arts and Commerce, Sciences, and Education & Law. Currently the University is running with 21 Departments and offering 1 Dual degree programme, 20 Master degree programmes, 18 Research programs.

Courses Offered

• Master Degree

  Arabic
  Bengali
  Economics
  Education
  English
  Geography
  History
  Philosophy
  Political Science
  Sanskrit
  Sociology
  Law (LL.M.)
  Commerce

  Botany (Combined)
  Chemistry
  Computer Science
  Mathematics
  Physics
  Physiology
  Zoology
  Library and Information Science

• M.Phil

  Arabic
  Bengali
  Economics
  Education
  English
  Geography
  History
  Philosophy
  Political Science
  Sanskrit
  Sociology
  Commerce

  Botany
  Computer Science
  Physics
  Zoology

  Ph.D

• • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Economics
  • Education
  • English
  • Geography
  • History
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Sanskrit
  • Sociology
  • Commerce
  • Botany
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Physics
  • Zoology