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University of Pune
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 University of Pune, one of the premiere universities in India, is positioned in the North-western part of Pune city. It occupies an area of about 411 acres. It was established on 10th February, 1948 under the Poona University Act. The university houses 46 academic departments. It has about 118 recognized research institutes and 269 affiliated colleges offering graduate and under-graduate courses. It is celebrating its diamond jubilee this year.

The Mission of the University of Pune is to be a global, socially conscious Center of Excellence in the conservation, creation, advancement and dissemination of knowledge, equipped to take up challenges of the enormous change taking place all around and committed to empower its faculty and students to contribute meaningfully to economic, technological and social development and progress.

It has jurisdiction over three districts of Maharashtra: Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar. The University of Pune has special programs of academic collaborations with renowned universities in developed countries such as USA, UK, Canada, Germany and Japan, covering a variety of subjects in the field of Arts, Science, Languages etc. Homepage: http://www.unipune.ac.in/