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{{Short description|Public funded university in Delhi, India}}
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| name = Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi<ref>http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/writereaddata/egaz20175719.11.16.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
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| established = {{start date and age|2008}}
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| type = [[Public university|Public]]
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| chancellor = [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]
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| vice_chancellor = [[Anu Singh Lather]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aud.ac.in/upload/2018/announcement/22feb2019/vc-aud.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140202/http://aud.ac.in/upload/2018/announcement/22feb2019/vc-aud.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| students = 2,979 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2022 |url=https://aud.ac.in/uploads/8/page/quality-assurance/nirf/nirf-2022-overall-category-2022.pdf |publisher=Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
| undergrad = 1,509 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| postgrad = 1,300 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
| doctoral = 170 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
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| city = [[Old Delhi]]
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| province = [[Delhi]]
| country = India
| campus = Urban Old Delhi (Kashmere Gate campus) - 16 acres West Delhi (Karampura campus) South Delhi (Lodi Road campus) - 2 acres North Delhi (Dheerpur campus - under construction) - 110 acres North-West Delhi (Rohini campus) Qutub Institutional Area (School of Heritage Research & Management)
| former_name = Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, Ambedkar University Delhi
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| faculty = 168 ({{small|2022}})<ref name=nirf_stud/>
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[[File:Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi.jpg|thumb|Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Kashmere Gate Campus, Delhi]]

'''Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi''', formerly '''Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi''' and '''Ambedkar University Delhi''', and simply '''AUD''', is a [[State university (India)|state university]] established by the Government of the [[NCT of Delhi]] through an Act of the Delhi Legislature.<ref>http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/writereaddata/egaz20175719.11.16.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The university began functioning in August 2008. It is a Unitary non-affiliating University whose main focus is on undergraduate and postgraduate studies and on research in the [[Humanities]] and the [[Social Sciences]]. It is completely funded by the State Government of the NCT of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.aud.ac.in/aboutus/ | title=About AUD | access-date=2011-02-17 | archive-date=30 June 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630155229/http://aud.ac.in/aboutus | url-status=dead }}</ref> The university is now declared eligible to receive Central Government Assistance.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://old.aud.ac.in/Downloads/UGC%2012%20B%20Notification.pdf| title=Ambedkar University, Delhi| access-date=2013-01-17| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114041104/http://old.aud.ac.in/Downloads/UGC%2012%20B%20Notification.pdf| archive-date=14 November 2013| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> The university has been graded 'A' by [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://aud.ac.in/upload/NAAC%20Certificate%20two%20page.pdf| title=NAAC acrreditation Certificate| access-date=2015-05-17| archive-date=15 March 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315014810/http://aud.ac.in/upload/NAAC%20Certificate%20two%20page.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is named after the polymath [[B. R. Ambedkar]], the architect of the [[Constitution of India|Indian Constitution]] and one of the founding fathers of India.

== Campuses ==
AUD is a multi-campus University with planned facilities across the city. AUD presently has three campuses - in [[Kashmiri Gate, Delhi|Kashmere Gate]], Karampura and, Lodi Road, where 40 undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes are currently on offer.

The Kashmere Gate campus is housed in the erstwhile [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]] campus, along with [[Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women]]. The historical campus originally built for [[Delhi College of Engineering]] also houses the 300-year-old [[Dara Shikoh]] library.

The Directorate of Higher Education, Government of the NCT of Delhi handed over the old campus of [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College]] of University of Delhi in the Karampura area of West Delhi to AUD. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College will move to its new campus in Dwarka.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aud.ac.in/upload/admissions2016/Admissions%20in%20Karampura%20Campus.pdf/ | title=Admission to Karampura Campus | access-date=2016-05-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807133457/http://aud.ac.in/upload/admissions2016/Admissions%20in%20Karampura%20Campus.pdf | archive-date=7 August 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

As of 2024 the university planned two new campuses, in Rohini and in Dheerpur.<ref>https://aud.delhi.gov.in/upcoming-campuses</ref>

==Schools==
* School of Undergraduate Studies
* School of Development Studies
* School of Global Affairs
* School of Human Ecology
* School of Human Studies
* School of Culture and Creative Expressions
* School of Design
* School of Management
* School of Public Policy
* School of Educational Studies
* School of Law, Governance and Citizenship
* School of Liberal Studies
* School of Vocational Studies

== Centres ==
* Centre for Community Knowledge
* Centre for Development Practice
* Centre for Social Science Research Methods
* Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development
* Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research
* Centre for Urban Ecology and Sustainability
* AUD Centre for Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
*Centre for English Language Education

== See also ==
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Delhi]]
* [[Government of Delhi]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://agracollegeagra.org.in/index.html Agra College Agra Official Site]
* {{Cite news |last=College |first=Agra |title=CUT OFF MERIT LIST FOR B.A.LL.B & LL.B ADMISSION 2023-24 |work=Agra College Agra Official |url=http://agracollegeagra.org.in/notices/2023/ballb_llb_cutoff_1712.pdf}}
* {{Cite news |title=III rd CUT OFF INDEX OF PG STUDENTS (M.A. / M.Sc.) |work=Agra College Agra |url=http://agracollegeagra.org.in/notices/2023/pg_cutoff_2012.pdf}}
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