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Vishwakarma University

Vishwakarma University (VU) is a state private university located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Established under an Act of the Maharashtra State Legislature, the university is part of the broader Vishwakarma group of educational institutions, which has been engaged in higher education in Pune for several decades.

Key facts

Name Vishwakarma University
Type State private university
Location Pune, Maharashtra, India
Country India
Affiliation Vishwakarma group of institutions

Background

The university was founded as part of the expansion of the Vishwakarma educational trust, which had earlier set up engineering and management institutes in Pune. Vishwakarma University was established to bring multiple disciplines under a single multidisciplinary university framework, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes.

Academics

The university offers programmes across a range of disciplines, including:

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Management and Commerce
  • Design
  • Pharmacy
  • Law
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
  • Sciences

Programmes are structured at the diploma, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, with a credit-based system aligned to the regulatory framework of the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Campus

The main campus is situated in Pune, a city widely recognised as one of India's principal centres of higher education and information technology. The campus houses academic buildings, laboratories, libraries, hostels, and sports facilities supporting residential and day-scholar students.

Significance

Vishwakarma University contributes to Pune's role as an educational hub by offering multidisciplinary higher education within a private university framework. It complements the city's older public institutions such as the Savitribai Phule Pune University and the College of Engineering, Pune, by adding capacity in professional and applied disciplines.

References

  • Wikidata entry: Q48731017
  • University Grants Commission (India) — list of state private universities