CCS University Meerut
One of the most famous universities of India is the CCS University Meerut, the former Meerut University. CCS is the acronym of Chaudhary Charan Singh the late prime minister who this university is named after. The CCS University Meerut was established in the year 1966 while it celebrated its silver jubilee in 1991. CCS University Meerut has a huge campus of over 219 acres located outside Meerut. The campus has large playgrounds, a botanical garden, experimental fields and a rose garden housing the life style statue of the late Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. In addition to all this, there is also an indoor stadium, a spacious auditorium, an administrative block, guest house, a community center, a well equipped library and a medical center on the campus.The different teaching facilities and departments of CCS University Meerut are found in different spacious buildings which each has well equipped laboratories. The CCS University Meerut is proud to be the first university in India to start the M.Phil. Program. The specialty of this program is that it has a semester system, and conducts continuous evaluation of the progress of its students through tests, quizzes and seminars. There are seven hostels in the CCS University Meerut where three are meant for boys, three for girls and one for sports. These hostels of the university provide excellent hostel accommodation for a stipulated number of bonafide, full time students who pay their fees regularly. These hostels for boys can accommodate about 200 boys while the girls’ hostels have a total accommodation of 186 rooms. CCS University Meerut is famous in India for its achievements in sports and games. It has produced numerous players who have reached both national and international levels. You can find many athletic meets being organized here, along with inter-collegiate sports activities like basketball, hockey, cricket and wrestling.