Kishtwar Campus, University of Jammu, Kishtwar

Kishtwar Campus, University of Jammu which started functioning from the session 2010-11 is a constituent college situated in Kishtwar in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. It is a co-educational institution having a built up area of 47500 sq meters and is spread in 4. 75 acre and offers post graduate and diploma courses.

At present, the total enrolment of students in the campus is 34, while the faculty and staff employed only 8 in number, thus making it offer a personalised education. There are 4 courses in the institute and these are spread across the three degrees such as Information Technology, Geology, Kashmiri and Computer Applications.

Among all these campuses, Kishtwar Campus holds the key position to improving the quality of education in this area of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Kishtwar Campus has been fully equipped with amenities that are helpful for students. The total IT facilities consist of three computer laboratories that are fully equipped for the Geology Department and for M. Sc IT students.

To connect all the faculty rooms, offices and the library they have Wi-Fi network all over the campus. The library is a storehouse of knowledge which contains through collection of books, national and international periodicals and project reports. It is totally computerised with relaxed graphical user interface and adopts such techniques as CD, DVD, multimedia kits.

There are recreational facilities such as a volleyball court and playground for children. The campus also has separate hostels for boys and girls so as to make sure the students get comfortable accommodation. Kishtwar Campus, in totality, has four full time programmes out of which three are postgraduate programmes and one is Post graduate diploma programme. The postgraduate programmes include M.

Sc Information Technology, M. Sc Geology and M. A Kashmiri , which take two years in each programme. The one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Applications (PGDCA) completes the range of courses. The total number of students intake for each campus is 34, this of course infers that Tetovo Campus is a small learning institution that allows faculty to have a close interaction with the students.

The admission process of Kishtwar Campus,University of Jammu is easy so that any one can join this university. To guide the students in the development of their careers, the campus has a Training and Placement Cell which helps the students in the campus interviews as well as helps in the interviews part for recruiting the students.

This particular cell is active in making sure that an interface between the academy and the marketplace with students easily being absorbed into employment.