Ranchi is a huge city. For the students of Ranchi University to plan their weekends, you should take into consideration the distance from your campus or residing place. 

• You should know the convenient routes, time, traffic and transport facilities.
• For instance, if you reside in Hatia, Birsa, Hawai Nagar, Dhurwa then you may go ahead with your weekend plans around Dhurwa dam, JSCA Stadium, Jagannath mandir etc. 
• If your residence is from Kanke’s side then your preferred choices could be Danke dam, rock garden, CMPDI Museum etc.
• If you are from the Ranchi University, you might want to visit places such as Morabadi ground, Oxygen Park, Tagore hill, Dada-dadi park, Sidho kanho park, etc. 
• If you are a bit tight on your budget and cannot afford to go out of the city then you do not need to worry as there are quite serene places around here. 
• You may enjoy waterfalls, valleys, and countryside views. 

There are also public libraries, shopping malls like nucleus, jd high Street, pantaloons, big Nagar, springcity, galaxia mall etc. and the cinema halls like PVR, carnival, eylex, sujata pictures, Fun cinemas, popcorn cinemas etc. where you could spend your weekend and wash your fatigue away.