National Forensic Sciences University was initially established as the Gujarat Forensic University by Government of Gujarat in 2008 at Gandhinagar. It was upgraded to a National University in the year 2020 by Government of India and was designated as the Institution of National importance by an Act of Parliament under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The University is solely dedicated to Forensic and Investigative Science and is the only one of its kind in the world. It has twelve campuses and two Academies spread across the country in different states and one International campus in Jinja, Uganda. More campuses are planned to be established in the near future in different states to increase the outreach of Forensic Science across the length and breadth of the Nation. Besides Academics, the University has a strong focus on Research, Consultancy and Training and has a huge potential of collaboration with the Police and Judicial services as well as the Forensic Labs of States and Central Government.
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