Meghalaya gets first state university almost 50 years after statehood

Meghalaya’s first state-run university, Captain Williamson Sangma State University (CWSSU), has invited applications for postgraduate programmes for the academic session 2025-26, officials said on Tuesday.

Various courses are being offered in the varsity’s Tura and Shillong campuses, the University’s Registrar, A Ch Marak, told reporters.

In the Tura campus, postgraduate programmes are available in Anthropology, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Garo, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology.