Ravenshaw University (RU), Cuttack was established in 2006.

It was an upgradation of Ravenshaw College established in 1868, one of the oldest and largest colleges in India which subsequently became an autonomous college with CPE status by UGC and ‘A’ grade by NAAC.

The College with all its glorious academic achievement and ceaseless scholastic pursuits had already created a distinct niche for itself in India and beyond.

The College originally was affiliated to Calcutta University and thereafter to Patna University in 1917 and was finally affiliated to Utkal University in 1943. The University has 27 departments of which 20 are post-graduate departments. M.Phil. programme is available in 14 departments and all the departments have provision for Ph.D. & D.Litt. programs. Presently the University runs 23 post-graduate courses with research facilities and 27 undergraduate honours courses.

avenshaw is the oldest and the best known centre for higher education in Odisha. It has a legacy of 150 years as a College and is proud to have trained some of the best minds. And yet, it is a young University which is hardly twelve years old. Formal transition is complete; but the transformation is yet to take shape. The old is in the process of giving way to a new institution, not simply in name, but also in its philosophy, outlook and objectives. We are striving to carry on the legacy of Ravenshaw, while at the same time, laying the foundations for a first rate research university.

Ravenshaw University is the first university in the State of Odisha to have earned ‘A’ accreditation in the very first visit by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Bolstered by the distinction accorded in recognition of the university’s contribution to research and teaching, Ravenshaw University has embarked on an even more ambitious programme of research by setting up two Centres of Excellence: 1) Centre for Environment and Public Health and 2) Centre for Odishan Studies. Four more independent Research Centres have also been set up: Centre for Aurobindo Studies and Futurology, Centre for Translation and Digital Humanities, Centre for Women’s Studies and Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Plans are afoot to set up a few more specialized centres of research in the university’s magnificent Greenfield New Campus, spread over about 124 acres, at the head of Mahanadi Delta in Naraj.

MISSION

Our mission is to make Ravenshaw University a transformative learning community such that students realise their dreams, the faculty create new knowledge, and the alumni become global leaders.

GOALS

The university aspires to achieve a distinctive global identity in the fields of collaborative practice, extension, resource development and social literacy.

OBJECTIVES

To consolidate and expand the university’s research portfolio;

To set up centres of excellence in research;

To attract international funding and facilitate university and faculty-led research collaborations