Department started imparting education to the students of Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application Course(PGDCA) in the year 1983 initially. Afterwards starts MCA Course in the year 1988.  The Department is the oldest Department among all other Universities, which started imparting MCA Course in West Bengal. Presently the department is successfully running Ph.D. in Computer Science, MCA & M.Sc. (Computer Science) courses with uptodate modern syllabus with adequate advanced elective papers.

1. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.): The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) is a Research Program leading to Ph. D. degree in Computer Science. The course is open to anyone having passed Master’s Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Computer Engineering or any other allied subject as provided by the ordinances governing the program.


2. Master of Computer Application (MCA): The Master of Computer Applications (MCA) is a three year (six semesters) course open to graduates in any stream having studied Mathematics up to 10+2 level. The program is a right mix of Core and Application areas. Since the very inception, it has attracted the best students and carries respectable status among students, industry and academic fraternity.


3. Master of Computer Science (M. Sc.): The Master of Computer Science (M.Sc.) Program is a two year (four semesters) course open to Honours graduates in Computer Science stream in all three years of graduation. The program gives emphasis on Theory and Systems in Computer Science and is one of the highly sought after programs of its type in the country.

1. Research facilities available in the Department
   1. The Department maintains an excellent teaching/learning and research environment.
   2. Research Areas for Scholars: Artificial Intelligence, Medical image Processing, Artificial Neural Network, Soft Computing, Data Mining, GIS, Character Recognition, Expert System, Medical Decision Support System, Cryptography & Steganography, High Performance Computing etc.  
   3. A Research Laboratory with new generation High End Computer with other facilities readily available for Research Scholars.
   4. High Speed Internet Facility is available for the research process.
2. Research Grants & Consultancy services mobilized by the Faculty (2006-2015)

Apart from many laboratory and library, the following facilities are available at the department:

• Smart Class Room.
• LCD Projector
• Learning Objects, digital entities in the form of animations and graphics supported with voice-over and text are used.
• Instead following traditional multimedia, which gives the teacher a pre-structured sequence of frames within the unit, here lesson is divided into different components of animations with voice-overs and text, graphics with voice-over and text and only text.
• Active Learning, Constructive Learning and Cooperative Learning strategies.
• Plenty of Computer Laboratories with new generation computers are readily available for practical.
• Students can avail High Speed Internment at their Labs.
• Remedial classes allotted as when necessary for betterment of students.
• Frequent Campusing for Placement/Recruitment organized by the Department. IMB, TCS, Wipro, Oracle, Capgemini, NamuraInfotech are the few reputed MNC’s where our students are placed.
• Can take part in National and International level sports and events.
• NET/SET, Entry to Services, WBCS, English Speaking Courses Available
• Need base extra tutorials and project guidance.
• Feedback & Counseling system
• Industry Orientation

Special care is taken to provide the requisite skills to the students to enable them to pursue their career goals. Non class room based activities like value added programs are prescribed for the students which helps the students in enhancing their technical skills, personality and communication skills.  

Some of the value added programs are:

• Regular PPT Presentation on recants inventions and topics in Computer Science & Information Technology.
• Training in advance courses like Advance Java, C# .NET, PhP, MySql, ORACLE etc.
• Seminar, Conferences & Workshops on various topics.
•  Student participation in various Technical activities.
• Special assistance in industry based major project / live projects.
• Communication Lab for improving oral & written skills etc.

Department Address: Head, Department of Compter Science and Application, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammounpur, PO-NBU, Dist-Darjeeling, West Bengal, Pin-734013, India.

Phone(O): +91 - 0353 - 277 6344

Fax(O): +91 - 0353 - 277 63