The Himachal Pradesh University was founded on July 22, 1970. It is located at Summer Hill which is at a distance of 5 km from the main town, Shimla. The University is nestled amidst tall and lush green trees of deodars, oats, pines, and rhododendrons. The location of the University presents a panoramic natural view among the woods, settled around Summer Hill. The camps where one-half baths in the fresh sun towards the east and another half in the grandeur of unique sunset on the West. Overlooking snow peaked majestic mountain ranges add to the lofty ideals and vision of the university. Its salubrious climate and calmness present congenial atmosphere to pursue higher studies. The University campus occupies an area of 200 acres and has been designed to possess a distinctive architectural style. Himachal Pradesh University is the only multi-faculty and affiliating University in the state. It firmly believes in what India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru said in his oft. Cited convocation address at the University of Allahabad, “A University stands for humanism, for tolerance, for the region, for progress, for the adventure of ideas and for the search for truth. It stands for the onward march of the human race towards even higher.
