Sunday, 11 May 2014

English and Foreign Languages University

 English and Foreign Languages University :

The English and Foreign Languages University (or EFLU), formerly the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL),[1] is a Central University in India. Its main campus is located in Hyderabad. It also operates campuses at Lucknow and Shillong. In the month of March 2013 EFLU has launched its fourth campus at Malapuram in Kerala state. The Government of Kerala handed its over more than 75 acres of land for exclusive use of University academic activities.

Established by the government of India in 1958 as the Central Institute of English, the scope of its activities was expanded in 1972 to include the teaching of foreign languages such as French, German and Russian. Consequently the name changed to Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages before it was accorded Central University status in 2006 and was renamed as the English and Foreign Languages University.

EFLU provides for the study of English and foreign languages and their literatures, organisation of research, training of teachers, production of teaching materials, and extension services, to help improve the standards of the teaching of English and foreign languages in India. The School of Interdisciplinary Studies has research oriented Departments such as Translation Studies, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, Exclusion and Inclusion Policy, Philosophy of Arts and Aesthetics. It is the only university in India catering exclusively to the teaching/learning of foreign languages.

EFLU offers academic programmes in English, Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Turkish, Italian, Chinese, Korean, and Hindi.

EFLU was among the first institutes in the country to start a cultural studies course with an M.A in that subject. EFLU offers M.Phil and Ph.D. in this area which blurs the disciplinary lines between Sociology, Film Studies, Anthropology, History, Literature etc. In 2006, a decision was passed by the parliament of India to accord it Central University status.[2]

The university was renamed English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) on August 3, 2007 with Abhai Maurya of the Department of Slavic Studies, University of Delhi, as its first Vice-Chancellor.[3]

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