National Forensic Sciences University (abb. as NFSU; formerly Gujarat Forensic Science University) is a public international university and an autonomous institute located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is recognized as an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, by an act of the Indian Parliament. NFSU is solely dedicated to forensic science, investigative science and criminology.
History The Gujarat Forensic Science University was formed by the Government of Gujarat in 2008. It was created by Act 17 passed in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 30 September 2008. It was upgraded to the National Forensic Sciences University in October 2020. It is recognised as an Institution of National Importance by the Act of Parliament. It became an international university in April 2023, after the first campus of the university outside India at Uganda, which also became Africa's first Forensics Science University, was inaugurated and opened by the Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar.
Campuses As of April 2023, it has 9 campuses across India and 1 campus in Uganda.
India
No.NameEstablishedCityState/UT1NFSU Main Campus2008GandhinagarGujarat2 LNJN-NICFS1972DelhiDelhi3NFSU Goa Campus 2021 PondaGoa4NFSU Tripura Campus 2021AgartalaTripura5NFSU Bhopal CampusBhopalMadhya Pradesh6NFSU Pune CampusPuneMaharashtra7NFSU Guwahati CampusGuwahatiAssam8NFSU Manipur Campus2022ImphalManipur9NFSU Dharwad Campus2023DharwadKarnataka10NFSU Bhubaneswar Campus2023BhubaneswarOdisha11NFSU Patna Campus2026PatnaBihar
Uganda
No.NameEstablishedCityRegion1NFSU Uganda 2023JinjaEastern Region
Kazakhstan No.NameEstablishedCityRegion1NFSU Kazakhstan2025Astanacapital city of Kazakhstan
See also Central Forensic Science Laboratory National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science Institute of Forensic Science, Mumbai
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