University Schools

School of Social Science

Director: 
Prof Girija Pande

The School offers programmes like Economics, Political Science, Public Administration, History and Sociology. The University offers the programmes in English and Hindi both. The School is also starting some new courses like "Master of Social Work" (MSW) and certificate courses in "Panchayati Raj"

School of Management Studies & Commerce

The School of Management Studies offers a wide range of programmes with an aim to achieve excellence in management education with a multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral and developmental perspective. The school follows a system of programme-wise registration in its management programmes. In the management programmes semester system is followed i.e: July to December and January to June. The focus of the management programmes will be on the quality of management education by giving adequate attention to application of knowledge, self awareness among students, development of problem solving, and decision making skills. It offers Master’s as well as Bachelor’s degree programmes in Business Administration & Commerce

School of Tourism & Hotel Management

Professional hospitality education and training today have assumed significance catering to the global hospitality industry and other service sectors. Hospitality business is poised to create many new jobs, requiring appropriate education and training at all levels in this specialized sector of education. Teaching in this specialized area integrates both education and training to create and equip both supervisory level and entry level through a mix of education and training activities. The requirement in this modern arena is to provide a trained manpower in Tourism, and Hospitality & Hotel Administration. The basic objectives of these programmes are to provide certificate to:

  1. Persons who are in job and want to upgrade their qualifications.
  2. Persons who live in remote areas & hilly terrains where not many options of Pursuing higher education are available.
  3. The aspirants who wish to upgrade their knowledge through distance mode due to many reasons.

Opportunities in the field of tourism and hotel management exist with government tourism departments as well as in the private sector with travel agencies, civil aviation, tour operators and as free lancers. Self employment is a common feature in this sector.

The facilities proposed through norms and standards of this programme shall cater to delivery of the education and training of long and short duration programmes. The demand of the trained personnel in Tourism and Hospitality sectors on annual basis is huge and the objective is to provide training through standardized curriculum, not just for hotel and restaurant business but also for different spectrum of hospitality service sectors. Keeping this in view Uttarakhand Open University has started the academic programmes in Tourism, and Hospitality & Hotel Administration.

School of Agriculture

The University offers the programmes in English and Hindi both. The School is also starting new programmes like B. Sc. Agriculture Degree Programme and 10 Vocational Certificate courses in Agriculture and Allied subjects.

School of Rural Health Sciences

The school offers programms like Food and Nutrition, Medical Science. The university offers the programmes in Hindi. The school is also starting a new programme Diploma in Public Health and Community Nutrition & Diploma course of Medical Technicians

School of Education

Director: 
Prof J. K. Joshi

The school offers M.A. Education programme. It aims at providing opportunities for the intensive study of the sociological, philosophical and psychological bases of education and opportunities for the study of the educational trends in the historical and contemporary perspectives. It integrates knowledge so that students may become able to avail the opportunities of employment.

School of Computer Sciences & Information Technology

Director: 
Prof Durgesh Pant

School of Computer Sciences & Information Technology offers various programmes in collaboration with Hilton Calc.

School of Languages

Director: 
Prof H.P. Shukla

School of Languages currently offers programmes and courses in English, Hindi and Sanskrit. The undergraduate courses in these languages are offered as electives in the B. A. Programme. The Postgraduate programme – M. A. – is available in all the three languages. In addition, One year diploma and six month certificate programmes are offered in Sanskrit. Two certificate courses, each of six months duration (114 study hours) and in CBT module, are offered at select Study Centres in collaboration with LIQVID: 1. Elementary-Plus English
Edge, 2. Basic English Edge. The School shall soon launch certificate and undergraduate
courses in Urdu.

School of Humanities

Director: 
Dr Govind Singh

Music & Psychology

Our Programmes are designed to provide a comprehensive knowledge base including the latest trends in the discipline. These courses equip the learner for finding greater oportunities of employment as teachers, researchers and trained professionals They are also of great use while preparing for various competitive examiations.

Journalism and Mass Communication

This is the age of communication and Media has almost revolutionised the way we look at our world. By extending its reach to every field of knowledge and activity and to the remotest corners of civilised society, Journalism and Mass Communication has not only greatened our active participation in world events as responsible citizens, but has also opened up immense possibilities of employment. As a result, programmes in Journalism are being offered by every university and centres of higher learning. Our programmes in Journalism and Mass Communication at Uttarakhand Open University are designed to bring about a radical revolution in our awareness about the world of Media – its actions and responsibilities – by reaching out to our people even in the far flung areas of the state. These programmes also aim to provide a very large avenue of employment to our youth.

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