| North-Eastern Hill University | |
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| Motto | Rise Up and Build |
| Established | 1973 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | M. G. K Menon |
| Vice-Chancellor | A. N. Rai |
| Location | Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.nehu.ac.in |
North Eastern Hill University is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of Indian Parliament. The University is located in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya within the union of India. At present the University has two campuses - Shillong and Tura in Meghalaya, India. NEHU Tura Campus functions under a Pro-Vice Chancellor.
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The University Central Library whose membership includes university and college teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate honours students and members of the non- teaching staff has a collection of close to 2,00,000 books, 38,000 bound periodicals and it subscribes to 316 foreign and 366 Indian current journals.
The University has following schools (Departments/Centres of Studies)
Each of the 'school' of studies comprises of academic 'departments' and 'centers' of studies detailed above.
The jurisdiction of the University extended originally to the states of Meghalaya and Nagaland and the erstwhile Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. With the establishment of the Nagaland University on 6 September 1994, the jurisdiction of NEHU ceased over Nagaland. Likewise with the establishment of the Mizoram University the jurisdiction of NEHU over Mizoram also ceased from June, 2001. Arunachal Pradesh has its own university.
At present there are fifty-three undergraduate colleges affiliated to the University including eight professional colleges.
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