Sikkim University

Sikkim University is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India. It is located at Gangtok. The university campus is expected to be built at Yangang in South Sikkim district, about 56 kilometres away from Gangtok. The university's first chancellor was M. S. Swaminathan and Mahendra P. Lama was the first vice chancellor. The university offers traditional courses in humanities, physical and life sciences and forestry along with non-traditional courses that would be unique and related to the state including subjects like ethnic history, mountain studies, border studies and hill music and culture. All the colleges in the state of Sikkim are affiliated to this university.

Welcome and thank you for choosing Sikkim University! As you already perhaps know, through the prospectus, website and through the word of mouth, our university is just about 9 years old and we still function from rented buildings spread over a distance of about 11 kms between Gangtok and its satellite town Ranipul. The rented buildings are often polluted by noise and dust, as they are mostly located along the National Highway No. 10. There is hardly any common space for students to meet and interact with each other. There are no subsidized canteens. The hostel seats are limited because buildings are not easily available for us to turn them into hostels, and when they are available the rent is above the market rate or there is severe paucity of water. We have some extra-curricular activities started from this year and hope that the Sikkim University Students’ Association will continue to organize them under the guidance of the Dean of Students’ Welfare in future as well.