Bengaluru North University is a state public university located in Kolar, Karnataka, India. It was established by the Government of Karnataka to cater to higher education needs in the northern parts of the erstwhile Bangalore University jurisdiction, including the districts of Kolar, Chikkaballapur and parts of the Bengaluru rural belt. The university functions as an affiliating body for a network of degree colleges in this region and offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.
| Name | Bengaluru North University |
|---|---|
| Type | State public university |
| Location | Kolar, Karnataka, India |
| Jurisdiction | Northern districts of the erstwhile Bangalore University area |
| Country | India |
For several decades, colleges across Bengaluru and the surrounding districts were affiliated to Bangalore University, which became one of the largest affiliating universities in India. To improve administrative efficiency and academic governance, the Government of Karnataka decided to trifurcate Bangalore University, carving out two new universities in addition to the parent institution. Bengaluru North University emerged from this restructuring, taking responsibility for affiliated colleges in the northern part of the original jurisdiction.
The university offers programmes in the arts, sciences, commerce, management and related disciplines, both directly through its constituent setup and indirectly through its affiliated colleges. As an affiliating university, it conducts examinations, awards degrees, prescribes curricula and regulates academic standards across its colleges.
A large number of government, aided and private degree colleges located in the Kolar and Chikkaballapur regions, along with portions of the Bengaluru rural belt, fall under its affiliation. These institutions span general degree colleges, professional colleges and postgraduate centres.
Like other state public universities in Karnataka, the university is governed under the Karnataka State Universities Act. Its statutory authorities include the Chancellor (the Governor of Karnataka), a Vice-Chancellor as the principal executive, the Syndicate, the Academic Council and the Finance Committee.
The creation of Bengaluru North University addressed long-standing concerns about the unmanageable size of Bangalore University and brought higher education administration closer to students and colleges in semi-urban and rural districts north of Bengaluru. Locating the university in Kolar also supports regional development by anchoring an academic hub outside the metropolitan core.