Jadavpur University Infrastructure Details & Reviews ,Jadavpur, Kolkata

Jadavpur University is a state university located in Bengal. It is extremely keen on the betterment of the infrastructure to promote a more conducive academic environment. The campus has hostels, a guest house, a library, a daycare centre, a health centre, JU Employees’ Coop Credit Society Limited and a Computer Aided Design Lab (CAD). The university keeps on working on improving the infrastructure and the major improvements are being done during the 2008-2013 period. Read further to know more about Jadavpur University Infrastructure:

Jadavpur University Campus Highlights 2024

Jadavpur University is not only known for its academic excellence but also for its excellent infrastructure facilities. The university is spread across 56 acres of land in West Bengal. The university is well-equipped with all the latest infrastructure facilities, yet it keeps on expanding and improving to provide a comfortable environment to the students. The university has comfortable and spacious classrooms, labs with the latest technologies, a library with a knowledge hub with digital library as well, day care, health care and other such facilities.

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Jadavpur University Hostel & Residential Facilities

Jadavpur University has 13 hostels, out of which 4 are for girls and 9 are for boys. In these 16 hostels, there is a provision for accommodating over 1600 students. To increase and improve hostel infrastructure, the university is making efforts for the extension of the existing buildings and the construction of new buildings. The hostel has a mess that is conducted by the students' mess committee under the guidance of the Superintendent of the respective hostel. The main hostel complex is situated outside the hostel. The hostel premises' private canteen is supervised by the Students' committee. 

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Jadavpur University Hostel Fee

Jadavpur University offers affordable hostel accommodation to its students. The students are required to collect a form from the Information Office and submit it to the Office of the Dean of Students. The payment of two meals provided differs from hostel to hostel.

Jadavpur University Hostel Life

Jadavpur University offers a safe, comfortable and friendly atmosphere at its hostel premises. The hostels have free wifi for speedy internet and 24*7 security with CCTV surveillance for added safety. Rooms are kept clean and spacious, with 2-3 students sharing a room. Single rooms are available at the Salt Lake Campus Hostel. The university tries its best to ensure that students are living safely and comfortably at the hostel premises. 

Jadavpur University Academic and Research Facilities

Jadavpur University places a lot of focus on research. The university allocates over 35% of the total yearly budget to research. The research is conducted as per global standards. The university allocates 15 lakhs INR of its funds every year to support research activities by students. Twenty-two out of the university’s thirty-six departments have been recognised by, and have been receiving funds from, national and international agencies, primarily because of their research output.

Jadavpur University Library

Jadavpur University has a Central Library, which is a three-storeyed building on the campus. Although the shelf space and working space of the library is 36,000 sq. ft.,(approx), it is being extended by the new construction of annex building 5,500 sq. ft. (approx.). The library has 7 reading rooms, carrels, and an alcove for bound volumes of journals providing sitting accommodation for 700 readers. There is one more library at Salt Lake, the space of which is 6,500 sq. ft. (approx.). 

The University also has a Digital Library, which has The Digital Library possess a Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and a reading room. The Digital Library Management Software Dspace, developed by MIT, USA and Hewlett Packard has been installed in the library. It is open-source software and has been customized to suit our requirements. DSpace accepts all forms of digital materials including text, images, video and audio files.

Jadavpur University Sports Facilities

Jadavpur University pays adequate attention to the sports facilities so that students can possess the significant development and promotion of sports culture within the university. The university believes in the idea of "Sports for All", as sports are considered the fundamental right of all which seems to preserve the integrity of sports in the university. The sports board encourages sporting activities as an imperative part of the university community that can generate a feeling of national pride and identity.

Every year about 200-250 students of the university participate in the inter-university sports competition. Such participating events are Aquatics (Swimming & Diving), Rowing, Chess, American Football, Karate, Grappling, Kick Boxing, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Cricket, Tennis, Table Tennis, Air Rifle Shooting, Squash Rackets, Kho-Kho, Kabadi, Badminton, Ball Badminton, Athletics, Taekwondo, Weight & Powerlifting, Gymnastics, Yoga, Handball, Netball, Wrestling, Archery, Judo etc.

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Places to visit in & around the Jadavpur University Campus

Jadavpur University is surrounded by Parks and nature, historical and cultural sites and other attractions. In their free time, if students wish to explore parks and nature, they can explore Rabindra Sarobar Lake, Science City, and Benu Bana Chaya Lake. A few historical and cultural sites that could be explored are St. Paul Cathedral, Tagore House, Howrah Bridge and Victoria Memoria. A few other places that could be explored are Jadavpur Lenin's Statue, Graffiti warehouse, and Nuner Bheri Picnic sport. 

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