About Goa University
Name : Goa University
State : Goa
Type : Central Government
Intro : Goa University was established under the Goa University Act of 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984) and commenced operations on 1 June 1985. The university provides higher education in state of Goa.
After annexation of Goa by India on 19 December 1961, University of Mumbai established a Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) in Panaji. The CPIR offered affiliation to the first colleges that were instituted in Goa in June 1962. Since 1985, Goa University took over the role of the CPIR.
It is located on the Taleigão plateau and is one of India's few universities offering western languages such as Portuguese and French languages. The University's Department of Portuguese and Lusophone Studies is the only such in the entire Indian subcontinent.
Address / Web : http://www.unigoa.ac.in
Established in : 1985