Doon University is located in the city of Dehradun in the Indian State of Uttarakhand and the university came into existence in the year 2005 on the Month of October. It is a public university affiliated by the University Grants Commission The university was established by an Act of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in the year 2005 on the month of October. The university follows semester pattern of education and the first academic session began in the year 2009 on the 9th of May. According to the Provisions of Section 5(1) of the University Act, it shall become a centre of excellence in the selected areas of studies and shall carry out research for the dissemination and advancement of knowledge.

Doon University offers education in five different faculties of education being School of Social Sciences, School of management, School of Languages, School of Communication and School of Environment and Natural Resources. Different Pg courses are offered by the university through these schools of education. Doon University follows some of the approaches like pedagogic approaches, active learning, learning beyond the classrooms, education for profession and career skills development. These approaches are followed by the university to ensure the best learning practice to the students. The list of courses offered by the Doon University through its different schools functioning under the university is given below:

School of Environmental and Natural Resources:

• Master of Science in Environment Science (with specialization in)

o Natural Resource Management

o Environmental Studies

• Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Studies & NRM

School of Communications:

• Master of Arts in Communication

• Five-year integrated Master of Arts in Communication

School of Languages:

• Master of Arts in Languages

o Chinese

o German

o Spanish

School of Social Sciences:

• Two-year Master of Arts in Economics

• Five-Year Integrated Master of Science in Economics

School of Management:

• Master of Business Administration

Thus, Doon University, which was established by the Government of Uttarakhand acts as one of the developing universities in the state of Uttarakhand. The university aims at offering value-based education and at offering state-of-the-art educational programmes in cutting-edge disciplines of international, national and regional relevance. Doon University plans to conduct multi-disciplinary and high quality research to push the boundaries of knowledge in selected areas of education and to provide a conducive and challenging environment for scholar-researchers to engage in the pursuit of excellence in the fields of education in which it is deemed to be fit.