MAJULI UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE

MAJULI UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE

Majuli University of Culture (MUC) is a non-affiliating multidisciplinary higher educational institution with specialisation in the studies and research in culture and cultural heritage of India. The university is established by Majuli University of Culture Bill, 2017 which was passed by the Government of Assam. It offers programmes of critical research in the field of humanities and social sciences, folklore, language and literature, music and dance, dramatic and theatre arts, applied, visual and fine arts, various forms of traditional and modern crafts and vocations, design and architecture, archaeology, ethnography and sculpture, Indian traditional systems of health cultures and knowledge systems and any other forms of human knowledge. The blue colour emblem of the university is a tree standing above an open book and supported by a pair of laurels. Below these its motto and its acronym are written. Its name is written on the circular border around the motifs. The emblem is placed on a stand. The tree stands for strength, individuality and expression, calmness, growth and the interconnectedness of everything and the open book symbolises knowledge, education and wisdom.