North-Eastern Hill University
| Motto | Rise Up and Build |
|---|---|
| Type | Public central university |
| Established | 1973 |
Academic affiliations | UGC; AICTE; ICAR; ICSSR; BCI |
| Chancellor | Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (Retd.) |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prabha Shankar Shukla |
| Rector | Governor of Meghalaya |
| Visitor | President of India |
Academic staff | 300 |
| Students | 4,741 |
| Undergraduates | 1,075 |
| Postgraduates | 2,729 |
| 937 | |
| Location | , , 793022 , 25°36′36″N 91°54′5″E / 25.61000°N 91.90139°E |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Nickname | NEHU |
| Website | www |
North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU) is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of the Indian Parliament. The university is in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya, India. The university has two campuses, in Shillong and Tura. Both campuses are in Meghalaya state. The first pro-vice chancellor was Early Rising Singha
It is the University Grants Commission's University with Potential for Excellence (conferred in 2006). It was established as a regional university for the states of northeast India, including Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram, and had given birth to Nagaland University in 1994 and Mizoram University in 2001.