Situated in the town of Rajgir, in the northern Indian condition of Bihar, Nalanda is a postgraduate, look into concentrated, worldwide college bolstered by the taking an interest nations of the East Asia Summit. The University appeared on November 25, 2010 by a unique Act of the Indian Parliament and has been assigned as an "organization of national significance".

Nalanda is roused by the scholastic fabulousness and worldwide vision of its memorable antecedent and tries to meet and set worldwide models of scholarly incredibleness and look into and empower limit working in every aspect of higher learning. The University is being bolstered by all the Member States of the East Asia Summit and Intergovernmental Memorandums of Understanding to that impact have been marked by 17 nations.

The University looks to recuperate the lost associations and organizations that existed in the district called Asia, before the onset of verifiable powers that prompted their disintegration. Asian societies have various connections that dive deep into the past and are reflected in an assortment of regular social components. The re-revelation of between Asian linkages as of late has prompted a resurgence in finding and expanding upon a common history. Nalanda University is visualized as a symbol of this new Asian renaissance: an innovative space that will be for future eras a focal point of between civilizational exchange.

The Schools at Nalanda University stress on advancing learning in various institutional situations to build up a nuanced comprehension of genuine problems.The University directly offers programs in the School of Historical Studies, the School of Ecology and Environment Studies and the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions. It selected its first cluster of understudies in Fall, 2014.In the coming years Nalanda will set up five more Schools: Linguistics and Literature, International Relations and Peace Studies, Information Science and Technology, Economics and Management, and Public Health.

School of Historical Studies

The School gives chance to gain information of worldwide history through a thorough engagement in methodological and hypothetical points of view basic for multidisciplinary verifiable research.

School of Ecology and Environment examines

The School crosses a wide scope of scholarly interests crosswise over regular sciences and sociologies, to advance instruction and research on the associations between the common habitat and human exercises.

School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions

This School will give uncommon accentuation to the investigation of Buddhist thoughts and values in connection to other philosophical and religious conventions. The more extensive social-chronicled social settings of the improvement of Buddhist conventions inspected through an imaginative and interdisciplinary educational programs.

Programmes Offered for the Academic Session 2017-18

Nalanda University offers Master’s degrees in three schools presently- The School of Historical Studies, The School of Ecology and Environment Studies and the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions

Masters Programme in the School of Historical Studies

Masters Programmes in the School of Ecology and Environment Studies

Masters Programme in the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions

As of January 2017, the Governing Board of Nalanda University consists of:

Dr Vijay Bhatkar- Father of India's first supercomputer and acclaimed scientist.
Amartya Sen – Professor at Harvard University.
Sugata Bose – Professor at Harvard University.
Wang Bangwei – Professor at Peking University.
Wang Gungwu – Professor at National University of Singapore.
Susumu Nakanishi – Professor at Kyoto City University of Arts.
Meghnad Desai – Emeritus Professor at London School of Economics.
A. Prapod – Professor at Chulalongkorn University.
Tansen Sen – Associate Professor at Baruch College, CUNY.
Nand Kishore Singh – Member of Parliament – Rajya Sabha, India.
Anil Wadhwa-Secretary (East) Ministry of External Affairs
Gopa Sabharwal – Vice-Chancellor Nalanda University

Contact:

Nalanda University
Campus Address:
Rajgir, District Nalanda, Bihar, India,
Pin- 803116,
T: +91-6112-255330,
Fax: +91-6112-255766

Delhi Office:
2nd Floor, Council for Social Development, 53 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India
Pin-110003,
T:+91-11-24622330,
Fax: +91-11-24618351