Baba Farid University of Health Sciences

About Baba Farid University of Health Sciences

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences is the Fifth of its kind in India and First in Northern India established under an Act passed by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in July, 1998. It is dedicated to a Great 12th century Punjabi, Sufi Saint Baba Farid. It is headquartered in Faridkot. The need for a University was imminent due to inadequacy of health professionals both in quantity & quality. Such a University is expected to be a “Pace-setter” – in developing appropriate modes & models of Health Care. The University committed to providing Community oriented need based education & Training programmes for Health professionals.

The mission of the University is to create an intellectual, academic and physical environment, conducive to free flow of ideas and exchange of information between various faculties of the University and between this University and other Universities of Health Sciences in the country and abroad,thereby opening a window to the world for the health professionals, health planners, health managers, biomedical and social scientists and educators in health sciences of the country. It is affiliated to Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi, Association of Commonwealth Universities, London and University Grants Commission

There are 87 Colleges which are affiliated to BFUHS. These are as follows

1.   Medical Colleges
2.   Dental Colleges
3.   Ayurvedic Colleges
4.   Homoeopathic Colleges
5.   Physiotherapy Colleges
6.   Nursing and Post Basic Nursing Colleges
7.   College of Sports
8.   College of Medical Lab Technology

Departments / Faculty

Facilities

Hostel- The hostel has the strength of 255 amongst Men' and 150 amongst women

Library - The University library of BFUHS is located in ground floor or administrative block. It is an easily accessible and in a central position of the university campus. It is managed by highly qualified team of library & information and computer science professionals. All the library operations have been automated with the help of e-Granthalaya software of National Informatics Center (NIC), New Delhi. All the books, theses, journals and other print resources have been bar-coded. The bar-coding technology has also been used for circulation purposes.

The University library & information system of BFUHS can be accessed online through its website. It provides access to its collection through online web OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) It is partially air-conditioned. Besides comfortable seating and reading environment, facilities such as internet surfing, document scanning, printing, CD-ROM facilities, online literature searching, on request literature search, subject bibliography, articles database searching, document delivery services, inter-library loan (university library is a member of Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi and network of Association of Commonwealth Universities, London), photocopying services have been provided.

ULCIL - University Library Computer & Informatics Lab are the major facilities available in BFUHS. The registered members of university library can use the University Library Computer & Informatics Centre (ULCIL). Others can also use the ULCIL with special permission of the university authorities/ university librarian/ library in-charge. The following services will be provided by the ULCIL

Online Services - ULCIL provides access to online Health Sciences databases on payment basis. The search fee for such online databases will be Rs. 50/- or for such price as may be decided from time to time per topic for a maximum of 40 abstracts. Rs. 1/- extra for each additional abstract will be charged. The amount is to be paid to the dealing assistant and a receipt may be obtained.

Internet Services - Internet browsing facility is provided in ULCIL on Rs. 15/- per hour basis or for such price as may be determined from time to time. The amount is to be paid to the dealing assistant and a receipt may be obtained.