Rajarshi Janak University


Rajarshi Janak University is a public university located in Janakpurdham of Dhanusha District, the capital of Madhesh Province. RJU operates through its two constituent campus, the central campuses in Janakpurdham and the other being newly established engineering campus in Gaushala. The university offers bachelor and masters level courses in a variety of fields.

History

The university was founded in October 2017 by the legislature-parliament after passing a bill as per the Constitution under special co-ordination of former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi. It is focused in educational development of Madhesh Province. The central office of the university is in Janakpur. It has its name based on King Janak, the legendary king of Mithila.
Some of the infrastructure of the university were provided by Tribhuvan University based on the government's decisions while it has established some on its own.

Faculties

The university is involved in agriculture, arts, ayurveda, philosophy, forestry, law, management, medicine and tourism. The university is planning to offer courses on Oriental Philosophy and Mithila Art to promote the culture and civilization of the ancient Mithila. At the early phase, the university started to offer bachelor's courses on public health and law. There are about 759+ students. The current faculties of the university are:

Bachelors

LevelCourseIntake
BachelorBachelor in Civil Engineering48
BachelorBachelor in Computer Application40
BachelorBachelor in Computer Science and Information Technology40
BachelorBachelor of Arts Bachelor of Law50
BachelorBachelor in Business Administration40
BachelorBachelor in of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology20
BachelorBachelor Public Health20
BachelorBachelor of Science in Agriculture30
BachelorBachelor of Information Technology30
BachelorBachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication30
BachelorBachelor of Digital Business Management40
MastersMasters of Business Administration20
M.PhilMasters in Eastern Philosophy20

M. Phill

  • M. Phill in Eastern Philosophy

    Constituent campuses

The RJU Act had provision on acquiring 3 constituent Campuses of TU but the current constituent campus includes:
1. University Campus, Janakpur
2. Gaushala Engineering Campus, Gaushala, Mahottari
3. Pandit Mangal Kumar Upadhyaya Multiple Campus, Gaur
4. Mahagadhimai Campus, Bariyarpur
5. Rajarshi janak School of Health Science, Janakpurdham