Nagaland University was established in 1994 as a Central University by Act of Parliament, Govt. of India vide No. 35 of 1089. It has three permanent campuses at Lumami as its Headquarter, Meriema and Medziphema as campuses and a temporary campus at Dimapur.

The University is comprised of Six Schools, Forty two Departments and Six UGC approved Centres.

Out of these 42 Departments, 14 Departments and 4 Centres are situated at Lumami Headquarter, 11 Departments and 2 centres are in Meriema campus, 12 Departments of Agricultural Sciences are in Medziphema campus, and 5 Departments of Engineering courses are located in the temporary campus at Dimapur.

Presently, four Departments, viz., Geology, Botany, Zoology and Chemistry are supported by DST-FIST programme. Botany department is supported by UGC - Special Assistance Programme.

Departments

• Anthropology
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Economics
• Environmental Science
• Forestry
• Geography
• Law
• Mass Communication
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Zoology

Centres

• Centre for Biodiversity Studies
• Centre for South East Asian Studies
• Tribal Research Centre