North Eastern Hill University

North Eastern Hill University occupies a sprawling forested campus on the edge of Shillong, and since 1973 it has been the central government's flagship university for the hill states of the Northeast. Its undergraduate and postgraduate departments in the sciences and humanities carry regulated central-university fees, and the altitude and pine-forest setting give the campus a character unlike any plains university. It holds an A grade from NAAC and a NIRF rank of 80. Shillong is a compact, music-loving hill city with a mild climate year-round, though connectivity to the rest of India runs through Guwahati. It suits students from Meghalaya and the wider Northeast seeking an affordable central-university degree, and students from elsewhere who actively want a residential education in the hills rather than a metropolitan setting.