Directorate of Distance Education, Kurukshetra University Infrastructure Details

Yusuf Khan

Infrastructure Facilities of Kurukshetra University, KUK Distance Education

Campus:

• The campus of the University has often been rated as one of the most beautiful campuses in India.
• It resembles a large, self-contained educational village with lecture theaters, smart classrooms, Wi-Fi campus, 24 hrs library facility, laboratories, on-campus hostel accommodation, cafeterias, canteens, market, swimming pool, gymnasia, bank, ATM’s, post office and world-class sports facilities.
• The most remarkable feature of the campus is a seamless interconnection of nature and the built environment.
• There are a number of lush green gardens, water fountains, and sidewalks which provide an ideal environment on the campus for study and leisure.

Library:

• In order to provide adequate reading space  57500 sq ft. the area was added in the golden jubilee year of the university.
• This reading area is now known as  Golden Jubilee Reading Hall. After adding this library has an area of 1,06,730 sq ft. Library reading capacity has increased from 470 users to 1270 users.
• The library has 1270 reading seat capacity.

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Student support services

• A special feature of our Directorate is to ensure removal of difficulties at a personal level so that participation of the students in this programme becomes really effective and meaningful.
• Students finding any difficulty in pursuing the distance education courses with this Directorate may get in touch with Director secretariat/concerned officer/official or the Coordinator, Students Support Services in the Directorate during working hours.
• The students may also discuss and get their problems solved in consultation with the teachers in the Directorate and/or the Course Coordinators during working hours on any working day in the Directorate/concerned Department.

Library cum study center

• The Directorate has a centrally air conditioned Library-cum-Study Centre in its premises at Kurukshetra.
• Students are advised to visit the Library of the Directorate to take advantage of the facilities available to consult books during office hours, on the production of the identity card issued by the Directorate, whenever they happen to visit the DDE Library.

Computer labs

• The Directorate has two well equipped centrally air-conditioned Computer Labs for use by the students of distance education courses.

Teaching block

• A three-story teaching block exclusively for the distance education students has been constructed. It houses well-equipped, centrally air-conditioned computer Labs/Library, lecture theatres, common rooms, teachers rooms, audio-visual aid room, canteen, etc.

Jawaharlal Nehru Library

• The students of the Distance Education courses of this University can also make use of the consulting facilities available at Jawaharlal Nehru Library of the University at its Campus, on the production of their Identity Card, issued by the Directorate.

University employment information and guidance bureau

• In collaboration with the Department of Employment of the Haryana Govt., the university is running a full-fledged Employment Information and Guidance Bureau to assist the students in making the choice of career and courses. Students can take full advantage of the facilities available at the Bureau.