Jodhpur National University (JNU) is a private university located in Jodhpur, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was established as a private university under a Rajasthan state legislative act and offers programmes across a range of disciplines, including engineering, management, sciences, humanities, education, and allied health studies.
| Name | Jodhpur National University |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | JNU |
| Type | Private university |
| Location | Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
| Established under | Rajasthan state private universities legislation |
Rajasthan was among the Indian states that enacted enabling legislation to allow the creation of self-financed private universities through individual state acts. Jodhpur National University was constituted under this framework, which empowers each such institution to award degrees recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956, subject to compliance with regulatory norms.
The university is situated in Jodhpur, the second-largest city of Rajasthan and a historical centre of the Marwar region. Jodhpur hosts several higher-education institutions, and JNU forms part of this academic landscape alongside older state and central institutions in the city.
The university is organised into faculties and schools that offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes. Common areas of study at such multidisciplinary private universities in Rajasthan include:
As a private university created by a state act, JNU operates under the oversight of the Government of Rajasthan and within the regulatory framework of the University Grants Commission. Specific professional programmes are additionally subject to the norms of statutory councils such as the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), depending on the discipline.
The establishment of Jodhpur National University reflects the broader expansion of private higher education in Rajasthan during the 2000s, when the state passed individual acts to charter a number of self-financed universities. These institutions broadened access to professional and technical education in regions that had historically depended on a smaller number of public universities.