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{{Short description|Public University in Ayodhya}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University
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| image = Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University logo.png
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| motto = ज्योतिषां ज्योतिरेकम्
| mottoeng = Dedicated to Truth
| established = {{start date and age|4 March 1975|df=yes}}
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| type = [[ State University (India)|State university]]
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| chancellor = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
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| vice_chancellor = Bijendra Singh
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| faculty = 250+
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| students = 2,665
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| city = [[Faizabad]], [[Ayodhya district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
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| campus = Urban
| coordinates = {{coord|26.75369|82.14267|display=title,inline}}
| campus_size = {{Convert|112.24|acre}}
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| other_name = Avadh University
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| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
| accreditation = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]] B
| website = {{URL|www.rmlau.ac.in}}
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'''Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University''', commonly known as '''Avadh University''', is a state university located in [[Faizabad]], [[Ayodhya district]], Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1975 by the [[government of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University declares BEd-JEE results|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Ram-Manohar-Lohia-Avadh-University-declares-BEd-JEE-results/articleshow/13501779.cms|access-date=5 October 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=26 May 2012|archive-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117075239/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Ram-Manohar-Lohia-Avadh-University-declares-BEd-JEE-results/articleshow/13501779.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Presently, the university is catering education to about 5 lakhs regular/private student through its nine residential PG departments and on campus Institute of Engineering along-with more than 600 affiliated colleges.

==History==
The government of Uttar Pradesh, established Avadh University, Faizabad, initially as an affiliating university by its notification no. 1192/fifteen-10-46(6)-1975 dated 4 March 1975 and appointed Prof. (Dr.) Surendra Singh as the first [[Vice chancellor]]. In 1993–94, it was renamed as Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University in the memoriam of late [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia]], a socio-economic ideologue and freedom fighter.

The university initially started its office in a rental building at Civil Lines, Faizabad. Land acquisition process for varsity's formal office started in 1976. Ultimately, the then chancellor and governor of the state Shri G.D. Tapase laid foundation of the present administrative building of the varsity on 2 May 1978.

The university assumed the shape of an affiliating cum residential varsity in April 1984. The residential segment became functional with the opening of four PG departments in the campus viz. [[History]], [[Culture]] & [[Archaeology]], [[Economics]] & [[Rural Development]], [[Mathematics]] & [[Statistics]] and [[Physics]] & [[Electronics]]. Four more departments viz. [[M.B.A]], [[Biochemistry|Bio-Chemistry]], [[Microbiology]] and [[Environmental Sciences]] were added to its academic paraphernalia in 1993-94 which in turn brought recognition of the varsity under 12B scheme of [[University Grants Commission (India)|U.G.C.]]

In 2000–01, Institute of Engineering & Technology was established on the campus with [[B.Tech.]] (in [[Mechanical Engineering]], [[Information Technology]], [[Computer Science and Engineering]] and [[Electronics & Communication Engineering]]) and [[Master of Computer Applications|M.C.A.]] courses. In the same year, some other courses like M.C.J., [[Master of Social Work|M.S.W.]], [[Bachelor of Library Science|B.Lib.]] and [[Master of Library Science|M.Lib.]] were also added to widen the academic spectrum of the residential setup. In addition, a number of PG programs like M.Sc-Biotechnology, [[Master of Tourism Management|M.T.A.]], [[Master of Physical Education|M.P.Ed.]], [[Master of Education|M.Ed.]] and UG programs like [[Bachelor of Business Administration|B.B.A.]], [[Bachelor of Computer Application|B.C.A.]] and [[Bachelor of Physical Education|B.P.Ed.]] became functional on the campus from the session 2005–06.

The Sardar Patel Centre for National Integration has been established with the vision and mission of creating awareness towards integrating all cross sections of people, culturally and politically. Centre was established in 2020, where in three post-graduate degree programs are successfully running as mentioned in [[Public policy|Governance and public policy]], [[Strategic studies|Strategic Studies]] and [[International_relations|International Relations]].<ref name="SPCNI">{{citation |url=http://www.rmlau.ac.in/new/SPCNI.aspx |title=Sardar Patel Centre for National Integration |work=Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419045341/http://www.rmlau.ac.in/new/SPCNI.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Campus and infrastructure==
[[File:Avadh university faizabad.jpg|thumb|Front Gate of Awadh University]]
The university is spread over an area of 112.24 acres. It has 23 buildings which include the administration building, Kautilya administration building, examination building, Swami Vivekananda auditorium, health centre, central library, entrance examination cell, physics and electronics building, guest house and IT centre. It has two boys' and two girls' hostels and faculty housing.

==Departments and institutes==
* Sardar Patel Centre For National Integration<ref name="SPCNI"/>
* Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), established in 2000, imparting [[B.Tech]] and [[M.Tech]] degrees in various engineering areas, as well as [[Master of Computer Applications|MCA]].
* Department of Business Management and Entrepreneurship
* Department Of Mass Communication & Journalism (B.Voc Mass communication and MA Mass communication are ug and pg courses running in department)
* Department of Physics and Electronics
* Department of Mathematics and Statistics
* Department of Biochemistry
* Department of Microbiology
* Department of Environmental Sciences
* Department of Economics and Rural Development
* Department of History Culture & Archaeology
* Department of Adult, Continuing and Extension Education
* Department of Master of Social Work
* Department of Physical Education

==Affiliated colleges==
Avadh University has 134 degree colleges affiliated to it. They fall in the following zones: [[Ambedkar Nagar]], [[Amethi]], [[Ayodhya district]], [[Bahraich]], [[Balrampur]], [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Farrukhabad]], [[Firozabad]], [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]], [[Lucknow]], [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Raebareli]], [[Shravasti]], [[Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh|Sultanpur]].<ref>{{cite web |title=List of affiliated Colleges |url=https://targetstudy.com/university/321/dr-ram-manohar-lohia-avadh-university/affiliated-colleges/ |website=targetstudy.com |access-date=24 November 2019 |date=November 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109215923/https://targetstudy.com/university/321/dr-ram-manohar-lohia-avadh-university/affiliated-colleges/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Siddharth Univ becomes 25th state university |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Siddharth-Univ-becomes-25th-state-university/articleshow/47717377.cms |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |archive-date=27 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127194145/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Siddharth-Univ-becomes-25th-state-university/articleshow/47717377.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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*[[Afroz Ahmad]]
*[[Anupam Shyam]]
*[[Indrajeet Patel (runner)|Indrajeet Patel]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-ALAH-vegetable-vendor-in-past-indrajeet-patel-is-international-athlete-now-news-hindi-5569105-PHO.html |title=किसान का बेटा है इंटरनेशनल एथलीट, कभी गलियों में बेचता था सब्जी |trans-title=Farmer's son is today an international athlete, once used to sell vegetables in the streets |date=7 April 2017 |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |language=hi |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103092846/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-ALAH-vegetable-vendor-in-past-indrajeet-patel-is-international-athlete-now-news-hindi-5569105-PHO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]]
*[[Jitender Singh Tomar]]
*[[Sanjaya Sinh]]
*[[Hari Om Pandey]]
*[[Savitri Bai Phule]]
*[[Lallu Singh]]
*[[R. K. Chaudhary]]
*[[Ram Shiromani Verma]]
*[[Shah Alam (filmmaker)]]
*[[Manish Rawat]]
*[[Jagdambika Pal]]
*[[Ameeta Singh]]
*[[Anupama Jaiswal]]
*[[Krishna Raj]]
*[[Deepak Singh (politician)]]
*[[Vinay Kumar Pandey]]
*[[Daddan Mishra]]
*[[Sanghmitra Maurya]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=1365 |title=Sanghmitra Maurya (Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP)):Constituency - Aliganj (Etah) - Affidavit Information of Candidate, Uttar Pradesh 2012 |publisher=[[Association for Democratic Reforms]] |access-date=12 July 2020 |archive-date=15 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815111312/http://www.myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=1365 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.rmlayuuhh.in/}}

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