Chaudhary Charan Singh University, formerly known as MeerutUniversity was established in 1966 to cater the needs of higher education in Western Uttar Pradesh. Named after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the sixth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, CCSU is one of the renowned educational institutions of India, CCSU is located on a vast 222 acres of land. In 1991 the university celebrated its silver jubilee. The university currently offers post-graduate, under-graduate, diploma, advanced diploma and postgraduate diploma courses under self-financed scheme in areas of Agricultural Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Journalism, Mass Communication and Multimedia Techniques, Earth Sciences, Teacher and Physical Education, Fine Arts, Legal Studies, Applied Sciences, Home Science, Business Studies, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Censoring.