The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) is a central university located in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 2009

History
CUJ was established in 2009 under the first schedule of the Central Universities Act, 2009. The first and founding Vice Chancellor (VC), Darlando Khathing, was appointed 1 March 2009. Khathing served until March 2014, when he was replaced by acting VC A.N. Mishra.] Mishra served as active VC until the appointment of Nand Kumar Yadav Indu as permanent VC in August 2015.

Campus
The Brambe campus includes 70 independent class rooms and teaching labs, a 450-seat auditorium, research lab complex for sciences, engineering workshops, computer lab, and a linguistics lab. The university provides on-campus accommodation to students (total capacity 1000 boys and girls in separate hostels)

Organisation and administration
Schools and departments
The schools and departments under the Central University of Jharkhand are
School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Department of International Relations

School of Mass Communication and Media Technologies

• Department of Mass Communication

School of Natural Sciences

• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Physics
• Department of Life Sciences
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Computer Science and Technology

School of Languages

• Department of English Studies
• Department of Hindi
• Department of Far East Languages (Korean, Chinese, Tibetan)

School of Engineering and Technology

• Department of Nanotechnology
• Department of Energy Engineering
• Department of Water Engineering and Management.
• Department of Transport Sciences and Technology
• Centre for Excellence-Green and Efficient Energy Technology (CoE-GEET)

CoE-GEET is a project under FAST (Frontier Areas of Science and Technology) scheme of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi. Established in year 2015 in the greenery of Central University of Jharkhand it has been brought up to develop materials, processes and systems which conserve and improve the existing social capital in the form of renewable energy resources and clean environment for the future generations. It involves collaborations between Department of Energy Engineering, Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry under School of Engineering and Technology and School of Natural Sciences respectively This centre hosts various advanced research equipment like X-Ray Diffractometer, Atomic Force Microscope and many others for material synthesis and characterization.

School for the Study of Culture

• Department of Tribal Studies
• Department of Contemporary and Tribal Customary Law
• Department of Performing Arts

School of Natural Resources and Management

• Department of Environmental Sciences
• Department of Land Resource Management

School of Management Sciences

• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Commerce and Financial Studies

School of Education

• Department of Education

Academics
CUJ offers Masters Program in more than 20 disciplines, teacher training program (B.Ed.) and Ph.Ds programs. As of now these programs are offered at the temporary campus of the University located at Brambe, a 25 km drive from Ranchi (Capital of Jharkhand state in India) railway station.

Admission
Admission to the M.Sc./M.Tech/M.Com /M.B.A./M.A./ B.Ed. and Ph.D. programs are based on the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET). Admission to the Certificate & Diploma courses are based on Internal Entrance Test.

(source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_University_of_Jharkhand)