Major/Minor Research Projects
The faculty in the Departments/Colleges under Ranchi University are encouraged to go for research and utilise the sponsorship provided by UGC/CSIR/ICSSR/DST / Ministries in Central and State Govt. A fair number of these projects are running in Ranchi University. Some of them are as follows.
UGC has sponsored Research Projects in the following Departments
| Department of Geography | 01 |
| Department of Geology | 04 |
| Department of Economics | 01 |
| Department of Anthropology | 01 |
| Department of Hindi | 01 |
| Department of Botany | 01 |
| Department of Physics | 01 |
In many colleges of RU also many research projects are running. Notable among them are Ranchi College, Marwari College, Ranchi Women’s College, Doranda College etc.
In session 2009-10 UGC has sanctioned following research projects.
| Department of Sociology | Major Research Project | 01 |
| Department of Zoology | Major Research Project | 01 |
| Department of Geology | Major Research Project | 01 |
| Department of Physics | Major Research Project | 01 |
| Department of Botany | Minor Research Project | 01 |
| Ranchi College | Major Research Project | 03 |
| Minor Research Project | 05 | |
| Marwari College | Major Research Project | 01 |
| Ranchi Women’s College | Minor Research Project | 01 |
| PPK College, Bundu | Minor Research Project | 02 |
| M. Azad College, Ranchi | Minor Research Project | 02 |
| J N College, Ranchi | Minor Research Project | 01 |