Department of Botany started in 2020 offering Masters programme in Botany with an intake capacity of 20 students. The students are admitted to this course through Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET) after their graduation with Botany as one of the subject. For those students who dream to join plant sciences with a difference and distinction the Department of Botany at Central University of Kashmir is the ideal choice in view of its excellence in teaching learning process. The department motivates    and trains students to meet the contemporary challenges of the present era. The department is nurtured by dedicated faculty members who are disseminating fruits of excellence in teaching as well as research. It is a department where creativity, originality and innovations are valued more than convention. The Department provides enabling environment to the teachers and students in achieving excellence in teaching and research. Since its inception,  the Department has progressed by leaps and bounds by catering to the expectations and needs of the students.