Oriental University sprawls across an area of more than 77 acres of verdant territory overlooking the Indore-Ujjain highway close to the international airport. A spanking railway station is scheduled to be constructed which will also be located near the OU campus. One of the most celebrated architectural firms in India M/s Hafeez Contractor has designed the university and its associated structures.
The well-organized and awe-inspiring infrastructure of the academia includes smart classrooms equipped with the latest teaching and learning tools. The infrastructure also entails components such as workshops, research laboratories, computer labs, auditorium, academic department buildings, canteen, and sports facilities. The library of OU serves as a veritable reference source for students, researchers, and faculty members as well as administrative staff.
OU library has a vast collection of textbooks pertaining to academic disciplines like education, management, law, pharmaceutical sciences, engineering and technology. The university has installed highly competent and user-friendly ERP software which makes the library fully automated. The library is housed inside the 4-storied Crescent Block, encompassing the first three floors, and is Wi-Fi companionable.
Oriental University library, besides stocking textbooks and reference manuals, also contains resources like newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and theses both in printed and digital formats. The library stocks over 35000 textbooks and subscribes to 67 printed journals. The university maintains a fleet of 15 buses that come in perfectly handy for transporting students, faculty members, and administrative staff to and from the institution.
The institution keeps adding to its bus fleet in accordance with the number of students seeking fresh admission. Oriental Bank of Commerce, a leading public-sector bank in the country, operates a branch inside the university’s campus. The bank branch stays open from Monday through Friday from 10.30 a.m. till 4.00 p.m. and from 10.30 a.m. till 1.30 p.m. on Saturday.
Students and every other stakeholder in the university can carry out almost all kinds of financial transactions in the OBC branch. The academia authorities constantly motivate the students to take part in sports, extracurricular, and co-curricular activities so as to enable them to become well-rounded individuals. The campus of the university also houses a spacious auditorium equipped with the state-of-the-art broadcasting equipment.
The auditorium serves as the venue for a host of seminars, symposiums, cultural and social events, convocation ceremonies, and industry-academia interfaces. Oriental University is proposing to constitute a music club to kindle interest about various aspects and facets of music. OU provides a completely ragging-free academic environment that allows students to excel in their studies as well as launch their professional careers with a bang.
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